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First Lutheran makes donation to Boys, Girls Club

The Winifred Crawford Dibert Boys & Girls Club of Jamestown recently received a $1,000 donation from First Lutheran Church to provide winter items for children. Pictured are Ellen Maynard and Jon Bragg, representing the club, along with club members.

Tom Carlson announces write-in candidacy for Mayville mayor

Tom Carlson is running as a write-in candidate for mayor for the village of Mayville. “As a lifelong resident of Mayville, I care deeply about our community and have serious concerns about the direction of its future. I am not a career politician with a personal agenda, but a resident with solid experience in governance,” he said. If elected, he pledges to: • respect, listen to, and heed the residents of Mayville, value the input of all trustees, honor the Chautauqua and Mayville Comprehensive Plan’s path and work to fulfill the wishes of the community, support village ...

Ripley hears cost issues with fuel, salt

RIPLEY — The record high U.S fuel prices, including diesel, are not just impacting truckers, but municipalities as well, Town of Ripley council members learned at their meeting this month. Highway Superintendent Jason Jones told council members that the Town of Ripley used 53.49 gallons of gasoline and 1275.34 gallons of diesel fuel in the month of September. He added that the total cost for upcoming winter prep includes $26,709 for road salt and $7,700 for sand. Town Supervisor Laura K. Pless told the board that Ripley is being impacted by the price of diesel fuel, which is more ...

WMH Foundation annual campaign underway

WESTFIELD - The Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation has begun its 2026 Annual Campaign, according to Dr. Kathryn S. Bronstein, president of the WMH Foundation Board. “We’ve all seen first-hand that when neighbors come together - meaningful things happen,” Bronstein said. The ...

Schumer asks Flock CEO to answer questions

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, Senate Democratic leader, recently demanded answers from Flock Safety, the private company behind a nationwide network of license plate cameras, about what it does with the data it collects on Americans and demanded personal data not tied to a crime be deleted from Flock’s servers. In a letter to Flock CEO Garrett Langley, Schumer pressed the company on its National Lookup Tool, which lets agencies search camera data collected outside their own jurisdictions, and on recent reports of hacked cameras and misuse of license plate readers. Schumer called on the ...

Clerks Association makes donation to NCCR

The Chautauqua County Municipal Clerks Association held its August meeting in Westfield and members brought baskets of donated items that were raffled. Proceeds from the raffle were donated to two local charities, the Sinclairville 76ers and Northern Chautauqua Canine Rescue. Each charity ...