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Clymer playground success leads to another potential grant

[galleryids=1400576, 1400577] CLYMER — The recent success of the town of Clymer’s KABOOM! Playground build has led to the possibility of the town being able to get another community-based grant. During the town board’s July meeting, the build days for the playground that occurred at the ...

Dunkirk council hears residents’ financial fears

The Dunkirk Common Council passed just two resolutions at its latest meeting Tuesday, and heard out some more worrying about city finances. Reva Byczynski and Nancy Nichols, two regular speakers during public comment time at council meetings, needled city officials a bit over finances. Byczynski offered well-wishes for new city Comptroller Tracy Smith-Dengler. “I know her to be an honest, hard-working civil servant. Why she wants to get involved in this hornet’s nest at City Hall, I don’t know — but I wish you all the best, Tracy,” she said. Byczynski expressed a rumor ...

‘Truly Special’: Dunkirk resident to be honored at fly-in Saturday

After nearly six decades of flying, teaching, and maintaining aircraft, Louis Nalbone will be recognized for a lifetime of contributions to aviation during the 59th annual Rotary Fly-In Breakfast on Sunday, July 26, at the Chautauqua County/Dunkirk Airport. Nalbone recently earned two of the ...

City man charged after assault near Riverwalk

A Jamestown man was taken to the city jail after an incident Monday on the city's Riverwalk. Shawn P. Clutter, 38, of Jamestown was charged with first-degree robbery, second-degree assault, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree menacing, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation and fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property at 4 p.m. Monday. Officers responded to the Riverwalk for an assault complaint. Clutter allegedly assaulted a person sitting in the area by punching the person, choking the person and allegedly cutting the other person ...

Falconer to hold time capsule opening Saturday

FALCONER — Fifty years after more than 150 people gathered in Davis Park to bury a piece of Falconer history, the community will gather Saturday to discover what has been waiting beneath the park since 1976. The Village of Falconer will celebrate the opening of its 50-year-old time capsule during a weekend of events Friday and Saturday under the theme, “Forward: Into the Past.” The original time capsule was created in 1976 as the nation celebrated the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The project was spearheaded by the Falconer Lions Club and ...

Dunkirk mayor takes command on city spending

Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiasz ended her second meeting of city department directors with a reminder that also served as a warning: She controls day-to-day spending. Wdowiasz complained that a city councilman, who she did not name, recently authorized a department to spend money on something. ...