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County participating in NY SMART I-Corridor

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MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County is connecting its manufacturers, workforce, entrepreneurs, and educational institutions to the NY SMART I-Corridor, a federally supported initiative positioning Upstate New York as a leader in semiconductor manufacturing, innovation and workforce development. In ...

Wdowiasz ends boycott, attends Dunkirk city council meeting

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DUNKIRK - Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiasz returned to the Dunkirk Common Council on Monday. She will still hold her own city government meetings, however. The mayor had skipped several council meetings since announcing in May that she would no longer attend. “Council has not taken any ...

Mall owner files new assessment challenge

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LAKEWOOD - The Chautauqua Mall is, again, challenging its tax assessment. On Friday, Chautauqua Mall Realty Holding LLC filed an Article 7 filing in the state Supreme Court in Mayville asking the court to review the assessment of the three parcels that make up the Chautauqua Mall property - ...

Proactive Approaches

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In preparation for the Fourth of July holiday, Chautauqua Lake Partnership crews completed a second Eurasian watermilfoil herbicide treatment while the Chautauqua Lake Association pulled 190 tons of material from the lake last week and 1,105 tons so far this year. About 50% of the areas ...

Comptroller raises issues domestic violence hotline

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Too many calls to New York’s domestic violence hotline are going unanswered, or aren’t answered quickly enough, according to a recent state Comptroller’s Office audit. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently released the results of an audit of the state’s domestic violence hotline ...

Lawmaker proposes microfiber filters for washing machines

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Assemblywoman Anna Kelles isn’t coming for anybody’s washing machines - but she wants the machines that are used to filter out microfibers before they are sent into the wastewater streams. Kelles introduced legislation (A.11609) late in the legislative session that would require the ...