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Electrovaya among Canada’s fastest-growing tech companies

Electrovaya’s growth - which includes the opening of a new factory in Ellicott - has landed the Canadian company on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 list for Canadian companies. Electrovaya was fourth on the Canadian Technology Fast 50 list in the Enterprise - Industry Leaders category, ...

Bemus Point to open overland/blue water trail system in 2027

BEMUS POINT - The Village of Bemus Point's Board of Trustees and the Strategic Plan Oversight Committee are about to launch their connecting overland trail system and blue-water navigable trails. “The two leadership bodies have actively pursued the implementation of objectives identified ...

Portland man charged with rape

A Portland man has been charged with third-degree rape and endangering the welfare of a child. In July 2026, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office received a sex offense complaint that occurred in the Town of Portland. After an investigation deputies obtained a warrant for Kevin D. Brown, ...

‘Doors Are Open’: Pilgrim Memorial Church celebrates 125th anniversary

 A Jamestown church that began as a Sunday School ministry outreach of downtown’s historic First Congregational Church in the 1800s recently celebrated its 125th anniversary. The chapel that is home to Pilgrim Memorial Church, located at 70 McKinley Avenue, on the corner of Forest and ...

Veterans charity fight AG’s charges

The operators of a veterans retreat in Bemus Point are fighting charges filed in August by the state Attorney General's Office. Attorney General Letitia James alleges Healing for Heroes - A Disabled Veteran's Retreat and Wooded Oasis Inc. defrauded donors, billed itself as an outdoor ...

Odds of Dunkirk hosting a nuclear site increases

The odds of Dunkirk being able to host a nuclear facility if it wants to is increasing. During the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency meeting, Chief Executive Officer Mark Geise noted there were eight communities across the state that submitted an application to host one new nuclear facility to be constructed in the state. Now, he said, the state is actually eyeing constructing five nuclear facilities. Geise said one of the sites has been selected. That was Fort Drum. “That leaves four more of the seven communities that are in (consideration). That’s pretty ...