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Next NY Forward meeting set in Falconer

FALCONER - The next public workshop to help decide how Falconer’s $4.5 million NY Forward grant will be spent will be held Sept. 17. The village is in the midst of a public process that will result in a plan to spend the state grant. Falconer officials are seeking input from residents, businesses owners and others that can be used to help revitalize downtown Falconer. The first of two public workshops have been scheduled as part of the Falconer NY Forward planning process to gather feedback on challenges and opportunities in the community as well as the types of revitalization ...

Economic silver linings evident near Labor Day

Over the last three months, despite a slightly higher jobless rate in July at 4.6%, there is reason for optimism when it comes to the Chautauqua County economy. In the weekend before the Labor Day holiday, it appears major projects that bolster the region are working out. Last week, area ...

Dunkirk mayor, council continue battling

DUNKIRK - The relationship between Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiasz and the Common Council looks worse than ever. Wdowiasz used her mayoral report time during Tuesday’s council meeting as an attack on the group, accusing it of inaction and underfunding. Councilmen Frank Torain and Michael ...

Fredonia restores public comments at meetings

Public comments are allowed again at Fredonia Board of Trustees meetings, after the board voted Monday to restore them. The move came with the support of Trustees Ben Brauchler and Paul Wandel, along with Mayor Michael Ferguson. The trio supported the original suspension of comments a few months ago, citing concerns about the tone of some of them. Monday’s vote to restore the comments period within meetings was 4-0, with Trustees LeeAnn Lazarony and Tim Mulholland also voting “aye.” Trustee Christine Cruz Keefe did not attend the meeting. Ferguson commented that if he had a ...

County to host 9/11 ceremony

Chautauqua County will host a remembrance ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The ceremony will be held at noon on Friday, Sept. 11, on the front steps of the Chautauqua County Courthouse, 3 N. Erie St., Mayville. The public is invited to attend this solemn observance. “Twenty-five years later, we continue to remember the lives forever changed on September 11, 2001,” said County Executive PJ Wendel. “We remember the nearly 3,000 innocent people who lost their lives that day, the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice during ...

‘Extraordinary Commitment’

Dr. Anton Korynevych, Legal Adviser and Director for International Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has been named the recipient of this year's Joshua Heintz Award for Humanitarian Achievement. The announcement was made at a recent ceremony as part of the International ...