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VFW Post 8647 hosts golf tournament to benefit Mayville Food Pantry

Lake Chautauqua Memorial VFW Post 8647 sponsored its annual golf tournament to benefit the Mayville Food Pantry recently. The tournament began 27 years ago when former post commander Donald Skellie and his wife, Bonnie, organized the first golf event. Skellie passed away several years ago but the event continues to be held each year. VFW Auxiliary members Doug Johnson and Shannon Larson were co-chairs. Larson was a key volunteer and organizer of the event. The rain held off with 116 golfers playing the Chautauqua Lake Course. Proceeds of $6,500 will be divided between the Mayville ...

Norden Women’s Club holds member guest dinner

The Norden Women’s Club began its 111th year recently with a member-guest dinner in the Park Room at the Chautauqua Harbor Hotel. Brenda Fitzgerald and Marla Oste served as hostesses for the 60 members and guests in attendance. Fitzgerald welcomed everyone and introduced Birgitta Hofert, ...

County may again increase senior property tax exemption

County officials may once again increase the income level to get a real property tax break for low income seniors. For tonight’s Chautauqua County Legislature meeting, a resolution has been filed to increase the Senior Citizen Homeowners' Partial Real Property Tax Exemption from $32,000 to $33,000. The resolution is sponsored by legislators Marcus Buchanan, D-Dunkirk and Tom Nelson, D-Jamestown. When it was originally filed, the resolution proposed annual increases based on Cost Of Living Adjustments. During the discussion at the Administrative Services Committee meeting, ...

BPU seeks council approval of new division

Kristofor Sellstrom, Jamestown Board of Public Utilities General Manager, is asking the City Council to request council members approve the formation of a sixth BPU division concerning its fiber project. Sellstrom explained that the new division would become known as the Digital Infrastructure Division, joining Electric, Water, Wastewater, District Heating and Solid Waste. Establishing a new BPU division may require City Council approval. The new division will own, operate and maintain the utility’s open-access fiber network and support future digital infrastructure initiatives. ...

Busti approves water project engineering work

BUSTI - The Busti Town Board is moving ahead with the next steps on a $5.28 million water project as it looks for the remaining 30% of the project’s cost. Andy Johnson presented a proposal from EcoStrategies during a recent Busti Town Board meeting regarding engineering, diagnostic design and permitting for a portion of the water extension project. The proposed $5.82 million project was approved in May 2024, and is a 2.1 mile loop that begins at the five-way intersection in Busti and runs to Busti-Sugar Grove Road, Lawson Road and Mill Road to the intersection to complete the loop. ...

Former Fredonia school board member voices concerns with tackle football

Football season is underway again in Western New York, but at least one member of the Fredonia school community is not happy about it. Michael Bobseine recently sent a letter to Superintendent Dr. Brad Zilliox and the Fredonia Board of Education detailing concerns with tackle football as a ...