Two neighboring towns in Chautauqua County are considering merging their courts. A public hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 20 at 6 p.m. at the Ellington Town Hall, where the community is invited to share their thoughts on a proposal to merge the Ellington and Charlotte town ...

A partnership between Bemus Point Central School students, the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy and Audubon Community Nature Center is for the birds - literally. The students recently helped build nesting poles, specialized structures that typically range from 35- to 60-feet tall with ...

Thanks to Cummins Inc., the Bemus Point-Stow Ferry has received a much-needed boost. With the recent installation of a 4B 76 horsepower engine, the ferry now can continue taking passengers across the lake from Bemus Point to Stow. The installation would not have happened without board ...

City parking meters have been seeing some issues lately, and one council member brought some complaints he has been hearing from residents to the council. Councilman Andrew Faulkner, R-Ward 6, said some parking meters do not currently take coins, forcing residents to have to use an ...

Electrovaya, one of the newest additions to Jamestown’s manufacturing base, is projecting a roughly 30% increase in revenue for the rest of 2026. One reason for the company’s revenue and profit growth is the opening of its Gigafactory in Ellicott. Company officials said work on the site ...

Efforts to find Christopher Allenson, 58, of Jamestown who has been missing since May 12 are continuing. In multiple Facebook posts, he was last seen on Shady Lane, and he was also seen on video on Harrison Street walking past the Crescent Inn at 7:11 a.m. He is 6 feet 1 inches tall, ...