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Lifeguards honored for help in bicycle-car accident

WESTFIELD – Two lifeguards have been honored by the local police for their assistance in a bicycle accident. On July 30, around noon the Westfield Police Department responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a vehicle and a child bicyclist on Union Street in the village. Prior to ...

Lifting a community

Gov. Kathy Hochul put pen to paper to ensure that a new hospital would be built in northern Chautauqua County. Thursday afternoon, she signed something just as important, but even more practical. Hochul visited the site of the future Northern Chautauqua Hospital, located at 412 East Main St. ...

Council discusses ongoing issues with Third Street flags

Mayor Kim Ecklund spoke with the city council during their City Council members have been receiving complaints about the American flags that hang on the Third Street bridge not being hung or displayed correctly, as they get twisted around their respective poles. The issue was discussed ...

Shut Down Sought

Testimony from two former board members of Healing for Heroes are among the exhibits entered into evidence by the state Attorney General’s Office in its attempt to close the charity. Joshua Larsen and Lisa Borbe both filed affidavits in the case. Attorney General Letitia James filed court ...

Investigation underway after body found on Ripley beach

RIPLEY --- Chautauqua County sheriff's deputies are investigating the discovery of a dead body in the town. On Thursday at 9 a.m., the office responded to the area of Brockway Road and Barden Road for a report of a found human body. The body had washed up on a beach behind a nearby residence ...

Housing Committee talks demolition list

Housing demolitions continue to move forward in the city, and city Development Director, Crystal Surdyk, gave an update to the housing committee on Monday about where some specific demolitions in the city stand. The Jamestown Urban Renewal Agency is moving forward with some property ...