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Falconer grants Peak Development project extension

FALCONER - The Falconer Village Board of Trustees is giving Peak Development a one-year extension of its contract with the village. In an official correspondence dated September 21, Peak Development President Lee Crewson expressed the company's commitment to the village of Falconer to ...

IT purchases, new BPU division on council agenda

Two items are up for council approval tonight under new business, IT purchases from multiple departments, and the creation of a new division for the Board of Public Utilities. BPU General Manager, Kris Sellstrom, spoke with the council last week during their work session on the BPU looking to create a Digital Services and Infrastructure Division, in connection to the ongoing fiber project. The division would operate similarly to the other five BPU divisions, and allow for a division for BPU employees to focus solely on the fiber and related items. Up for approval tonight is a local law ...

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Watts Flats UMC To Host Craft Show Oct. 3 WATTS FLATS - Watts Flats United Methodist Church, 866 Blockville-Watts Flats Road, Ashville, will host a craft show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3. Lunch will be available for purchase. Sewer Districts Board To Meet Thursday The South & Center Chautauqua Lake Sewer Districts will meet at noon Thursday, Oct. 1, at the North Harmony Administration Building conference room, 5350 Stow Road, Ashville. The public is welcome to attend. Mobile Pantry Truck At Ashville UMC On Tuesday ASHVILLE - The Mobile Pantry Truck from the Food ...

Dunkirk woman sentenced to probation in government theft case

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Angela Kellogg, 35, of Dunkirk, who was convicted of theft of government money, was sentenced to serve three years’ probation by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. In July 2020, Kellogg provided her identification information and social security number to a ...

Sales include buildings for Jamestown bar

 A downtown Westfield building that houses multiple businesses has changed ownership. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from July 14-20. The county does not provide transaction information, but ...

Whatever happened to “hello?”

There was a time when a ringing telephone meant something. Someone wanted you. The phone rang in the kitchen and everybody heard it. If you were a teenager, you might sprint 100 miles an hour from another room to get there before your mother did. There was no caller ID. No advance warning. You ...