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'Run like the wind'

Microphone in hand and standing near the 10-yard line at Strider Field on Jamestown’s south side, Lexi Lindamer, the director of athletics for the Chautauqua Striders, makes an announcement to the dozens of youngsters who are in attendance for the organization’s Youth Track & Field ...

Fredonia woman charged after thefts from nursing home patients

DUNKIRK - A Fredonia woman has been charged after a months-long investigation into the theft of funds from nursing home patients. Around April 22, Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Investigators received a complaint regarding the issue at a facility in the town of Dunkirk. Investigators later charged Stacey Fadale, 45, with third-degree grand larceny and first-degree falsifying business records. It is alleged that over the course of several years, Fadale had stolen in excess of $11,000 in funds from multiple patients. It is also alleged Fadale destroyed records of the facility in ...

City clerk, treasurer pay hike criticized

DUNKIRK - Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiasz defended a $15,000 pay raise for Clerk/Treasurer Amy Dobek after city resident Albert Dawson demanded its cancellation. “When the elected treasurer position was eliminated, the city clerk salary jumped 37.5%, from $40,000 to $55,000, with total compensation even higher,” Dawson said at a Common Council meeting. “That’s a $15,000 raise while Dunkirk taxpayers are absorbing an 84% property tax hike. We were promised that department consolidation would save money. Instead, savings are immediately followed by a pay bump. The justification given ...