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Council Approves PILOT Agreement For Gateway Lofts Project

The Gateway Lofts project being worked on by Southern Tier Environments For Living took another step forward Monday night at the City Council’s voting session. City council had a resolution up for discussion under new business regarding entering into a payment in lieu of taxes agreement ...

Starting the hike: Conservancy seeks improved access to Cassadaga park

The Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy wants to improve access to its Cassadaga Lakes Nature Park with a new driveway. Twan Leenders, the organization’s director of conservancy, attended the February Pomfret Town Board meeting to seek assistance for the effort. Leenders said the current ...

County Senior Citizen Property Tax Exemption may get slight bump

A proposal by county Democrats to increase the real property tax exemption for senior citizens is moving forward but with a lower amount. In January, Democratic Legislators Tom Nelson of Jamestown and Bob Bankoski of Dunkirk proposed amending the partial real property tax exemption for ...

Hank’s House: Ashville Library To Host Purrfect Event

The Ashville Library will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the adoption of its library cat, Henry (Hank to his friends), with an open house event on Saturday, March 7, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The library will offer special activities and will serve custom cookies from Gypsy Moon Bakery. In ...

New Neighbors Coalition Celebrating Purim

The New Neighbors Coalition, at St. Luke’s Episocpal Church, will be hosting a community celebration for the Jewish holiday of Purim. Being a holiday of great importance, and typically celebration, the group hopes that this can give people in the community a new look into different ...

Local 4-H Dairy Teens To Compete In Scotland

Two members of the New York state 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Team have been selected to represent New York at an international judging competition during the Scottish Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh, Scotland, in June. Dayne Jantzi of Chautauqua County and Olivia Shawley of Cattaraugus County ...