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UPDATE: Budget Proposals Pass With Ease, Except In Fredonia

Chautauqua County schools were reporting low voter turnout as budgets were passed with ease. But that was not the case in Fredonia. Its budget was defeated 472-414. Residents there may have taken their anger out on the schools for the 65% village hike. The 2025-26 Fredonia School Budget carried a total amount of $38,336,005. That figure was an increase of 5.23% from the previous budget, but carried a tax increase of 2.59% to district voters. Districts reporting include: Cassadaga Valley, 145 yes to 54 no; Chautauqua Lake, 223-61; Clymer, 176-96; Falconer, 110-7; Gowanda, 77% to 23% ...

‘Incredible’

The distance from Jamestown to Atlanta is about 850 miles. Or, measured another way, it requires 12 hours, 30 minutes behind the wheel. For Blake Johnson, it’s a road trip in which he has become quite familiar over the course of the last year. “I put 35,000 miles on my car in four or ...

Rushdie attacker sentenced to 25 years for stabbing

MAYVILLE – The man who brutally attacked a world-renowned author at Chautauqua Institution nearly three years ago has been officially sentenced. Friday morning, Chautauqua County Court Judge David Foley sentenced Hadi Matar to 25 years for the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie on Aug. 12, ...

Arrest made in Jamestown drug trafficking case

A Buffalo man has been arrested for allegedly selling drugs in southern Chautauqua County. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo has announced a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jason Talley, 46, with narcotics conspiracy, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joshua A. Violanti and Louis A. Testani, who are handling the case, stated that according to the indictment, between 2018, and May 26, 2022, Thayer conspired with Joseph S. Zaso and others, to sell heroin and fentanyl in the Jamestown area. ...

Jamestown man guilty in Mayville library attack

MAYVILLE – A Jamestown man has been found guilty of trying to kill a librarian following a jury trial. District Attorney Jason Schmidt announced that Xavier Guadarrama, 23, was found guilty Wednesday of second-degree attempted murder, two counts of second-degree assault, and two counts of ...

Fire Destroys Mobile Home In Ellery

A structure fire at 5:06 a.m. Tuesday destroyed a mobile home in the High Acres Mobile Home Park in Ellery. The Fluvanna Fire Department along with several neighboring mutual aid fire departments responded to the scene. Upon extinguishing the fire, the Fluvanna Fire Department requested the assistance of the Chautauqua County Fire Investigation Team to conduct an origin and cause investigation. As a result of the residence being unoccupied for an extended period of time along with the extensive damage to the structure, no immediate cause was able to be determined.