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County celebrates milestone in major Wells project

DUNKIRK -- Another milestone has been reached in the Wells Enterprises project in Dunkirk. A ribbon cutting was held for the $425 million project, which includes the recently completed state-of-the-art employee center and new production lines. The facility significantly increases production ...

Showing its age

LAKEWOOD — Should the existing police headquarters be renovated, or is it better to build a new facility elsewhere? At Monday's meeting of the Village Board at 20 W. Summit St. one of the main topics of discussion was how to address the issues facing the aging police department ...

BPU reports on design for fiber work

Over the past month, work has continued forward with the Board of Public Utilities’ fiber network project, and at the BPU’s August meeting General Manager Kris Sellstrom reported they have reached the final design phase for the underground work. “We have been busy with the fiber project, getting that rolling forward,” Sellstrom said. “We do have final design for the underground work downtown. I think we eliminated 95% of the conduit that was going to be installed by leveraging our existing conduits.” There are also some key areas where Sellstrom said they would be ...

Mayville seeks Sea Lion Drive property

MAYVILLE – The village of Mayville is looking to take possession of a property that it paid to have a dilapidated house on it removed. “Finally after 20-some years, that has been completed and torn down,” Mayor Rick Syper said at the August village board meeting. “There was close to ...

Officials praise $20M grape juice purchase by USDA

On a rainy Monday, Chautauqua County’s grape growers received some sunshine. One week after a visit to Portland and a plea from U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its decision to purchase $20 million worth of Concord grape juice, providing critical ...

GOP legislator wants fund balance reduced

For the past few years, Democrats in the Chautauqua County Legislature have been calling for the county’s reserves to be spent down to lower property taxes. It appears they have an unlikely ally. Legislator Fred Johnson, R-Westfield, who is a member of the Audit and Control Committee and ...