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CBA To Host Dining In The Dark April 17

CELORON - CBA Vision Rehabilitation Services invites the community to its 14th annual Dining in the Dark on Friday, April 17, at the Chautauqua Harbor Hotel in Celoron. The event gives guests the chance to enjoy a three-course meal completely without sight, guided by trained ...

Love INC. To Host March Mania Game Saturday

Love INC. will host its annual pastors versus pastors basketball game at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Falconer High School gym. “This our 9th Annual Ministers March Mania and we are so excited!” said Susan Justham, executive director of Love In the Name of Christ. Ministers from area churches will play basketball to benefit the less fortunate served through Love INC of Southern Chautauqua County. Love INC's mission is to mobilize local churches to help those in need. As a 501c3 organization, Love INC provide non-emergency assistance that includes household furnishings, toiletries, ...

Two Charged After Puppy Dies, Pets Found In Squalor

Two Jamestown residents are facing charges after a search warrant led to the discovery of malnourished pets and a deceased puppy. Jamestown police reported that Kristen A. McCauley, 42, and Darian A. McCauley, 18, were charged with eight counts of overdriving, torturing and injuring animals; ...

Legislator wants county clerk’s salary reduced

At least one Chautauqua County legislator thinks the clerk is overpaid. Legislator Bob Bankoski of Dunkirk, the Democratic leader in the County Legislature, is proposing a $10,000 reduction in the county clerk’s salary. “In 2024 I voted against a huge $17,800 salary increase for the county clerk,” he said. “That increase was larger than the increase for the county executive or sheriff. With that $17,800 increase, the clerk is now costing county taxpayers $89,300 plus generous benefits.” Bankoski stated that in 2018 the Republican majority in the Legislature decided that ...

Portland expresses support for proposed project at Sugar Hill

PORTLAND — The Portland Town Board has an open mind when it comes to a development in the town on one of its prime pieces of real estate. At the latest Town Board meeting, the Board passed a resolution expressing its support for a proposed data center to be located on the grounds of the ...

Sheridan not interested in having Pomfret run its highway department

When Chautauqua County lawmakers vote on resolution for Pomfret to explore various consolidations, Sheridan officials want them to know they are not interested in being part of a regional highway department. This past week, Pomfret Supervisor Dan Pacos appeared at different county legislature committee meetings, requesting $50,000 from the county’s Government Reduction Initiative so the town can explore various consolidation opportunities. Some items the town wants to explore include having a highway department that would service multiple communities, merging the Fredonia and ...