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Walk To End Alzheimer’s is Saturday in Dunkirk

DUNKIRK - The Alzheimer’s Association will host its Chautauqua County Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday at Point Gratiot Park in Dunkirk. Check-in begins at 9 a.m., with opening ceremonies at 10 a.m. and the walk commencing at 10:15 a.m. “This is a pivotal moment in the fight against Alzheimer’s. With new treatments and proven lifestyle habits that support brain health, there is real hope," said Kaitlyn Less, director of development for the Western New York Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. "Together, we can build a brain‑healthy future and help end this disease. ...

Cedric the Entertainer to perform in Salamanca in January

Cedric the Entertainer will bring his vaunted stand-up act to the Seneca Allegany Casino stage in January. Beginning in the 1990s, Cedric the Entertainer built a career in stand-up comedy, as well as in film, television, and voice acting, earning recognition for his contributions to ...

Jamestown’s Art in the Alleys to get an update

Jamestown’s Art In the Alleys will have new artwork arriving this spring through a partnership with the Chautauqua Art Gallery, the Jamestown Renaissance Corp. and area high school students. The JRC is working with Stephanie Baker at Southwestern Central High School and Leslie Calimeri of ...

Council approves IT purchases with 2026 contingency funds

Information technology purchases for multiple city departments have been approved by the City Council in a pre-emptive move to lessen spending in the upcoming 2027 budget proposal. The total cost for the purchases is $40,578. Purchases to be made are as follows: an Epson DS-900WN document scanner for the City Comptroller’s office, a passport system for the City Clerk’s office, a computer in the City Clerk’s office, a computer in the Corporation Counsel’s office, a computer for DPW director Mark Roetzer, a computer for the Parks Department, a new monitor in the City ...

Dunkirk mayor plans BESS moratorium veto

Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiasz said she is vetoing the Common Council’s moratorium on new Battery Energy Storage System proposals. Wdowiasz told city department heads at her monthly meeting with them last week that Dunkirk was threatened with a lawsuit over the moratorium. She didn’t say who made the threat. “They need to do it properly,” she said of the Common Council. “Local law, public hearings, one end of the spectrum to another.” The veto may be only symbolic, because all five council members voted for the moratorium. Going by past city practice, the council would ...