The developer of a battery energy storage system in Dunkirk says the project will cost a half a billion dollars and is looking for some tax assistance. Daniel Brennan with GCI Lighthouse Energy Storage appeared at the recent Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency meeting. It was ...
No matter the party affiliation, whether red or blue, state budget proposals always come down to one color: green. With recent spending plans being announced within the last month in New York and Pennsylvania, there is a similar refrain. Democrats from both states often sing praises for ...
With the continuous winter weather, the city of Jamestown’s Public Works department has had a lot of work to do to keep up with the snow. Recently, the weather allowed them to be able to get out their snowblower sidewalk plow. “It is essentially a snowblower mounted on the front of a sidewalk plow and has been part of our operations for a long time—over 20 years,” Director of Public Works, Mark Roetzer, said. “It is primarily used for clearing snow off bridges around the city, but we also use it on New York State Department Of Transportation routes such as Foote Avenue, ...
A Sinclairville woman died in Sunday’s horrific two-car crash on Route 60 in the town of Gerry, Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies reported late Wednesday. At approximately 6:18 p.m., the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office and multiple other agencies responded to the accident with serious injuries. Upon arrival and through investigation at the scene, it was determined that a vehicle was traveling north in the southbound lane of Route 60. A second vehicle was traveling south in the southbound lane, and the vehicles struck each other head on. The sole occupant of the ...
DUNKIRK — Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiasz criticized state lawmakers Tuesday for advocating a city financial control board. The mayor spoke at a Common Council meeting. Wdowiasz initially repeated statements touting her administration’s work on city finances, including the investigation and arrest of former Treasurer Mark Woods for allegedly swiping about $120,000. She then bashed the city control board idea advocated by local representatives in Albany, State Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor. Wdowiasz countered with an idea of her own: A regional financial control ...
Nothing beats a hot bowl of soup on a cold day. The WCA Foundation challenged area restaurants to compete in the Best Soup in Chautauqua County at the SOUPer Bowl Sunday XI, held recently at the Celoron American Legion.2 Gingers Inn located at 1118 E. Second Street, Jamestown won the ...
