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Art Trail ready for Labor Day ‘journey’

The Chautauqua–Lake Erie Art Trail returns Labor Day weekend, Saturday, Sept. 5, and Sunday, Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, offering visitors a unique opportunity to explore Chautauqua County while meeting artists in their studios, galleries and special hub locations. Marcia ...

Finishing touches

Three schools in the city have been undergoing construction work throughout the summer, and while construction projects are still being worked on, all three schools are expected to be open for students and staff for the beginning of the school year. Dr. Kevin Whitaker, Jamestown Public ...

County DA to address license plate reader issue

Chautauqua County’s district attorney has been receiving some criticism regarding some License Plate Readers, commonly referred to as Flock cameras, that were recently installed in the village of Fredonia. Those criticisms continued at Wednesday’s Chautauqua County Legislature meeting. ...

UCAN director eyes retirement — again

Dec. 31 is a target date the executive director of the United Christian Advocacy Network (UCAN) City Mission has kept on his radar for some time. Bruce Baehr has been at the helm of the city mission located at 7 W. First St. through periods of expansive growth, programming expansions, ...

Area Police Reports

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT — MAYVILLE — At 8:22 a.m. Saturday, Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office stopped a vehicle on North Erie Street for a speed violation. It was later determined the vehicle operator, Peter Way, 31, of Pittsburgh, was driving while intoxicated. Way was issued tickets for driving while intoxicated, speed in zone, and consuming alcohol in a motor vehicle. He is to answer the charges in the Town of Chautauqua Court later. — GERRY — At around 10:24 p.m. Friday, deputies were dispatched to an address for a past tense altercation. Upon ...

Pact for flood mitigation project on city agenda

The city’s department of public works is looking to enter into an agreement for engineering services with C&S Engineers for their flood mitigation project near Jones and Gifford Avenue, and this agreement is up for approval at tonight’s voting session. The agreement is not to exceed $403,300, and the project is set to improve existing drainage channels along Jones and Gifford Avenue from Washington Street to reduce flooding impacts to transportation infrastructure and nearby industrial properties. According to tonight’s voting session agenda, the engineering scope includes survey ...