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Benefit Is Sunday For Man Battling Two Types Of Cancer

Matt Ekstrom is a man known to always be willing to help others, and now it is his turn for that same help as he faces two different types of cancer. A benefit for Ekstrom is set for Sunday at the Celeron Legion, 26 Jackson Avenue, supported by the Brothers By Choice. The benefit will be a ...

City Proposes Spending More CDBG Money On Business Development, Marketing

City Council members have a better idea of how exactly the Development Department will spend its 2026 Community Development Block Grant and HOME program funding. At the Housing Committee meeting, City Development Director Crystal Surdyk took the time to outline each section, the amount of ...

N. Harmony Approves Herbicide Use With Changes

STOW - In the end, North Harmony Town residents had to settle for a compromise. And most did not like it. The North Harmony Town Board adopted an amended resolution in support of herbicide application for the management of eurasian watermilfoil in designated areas within the ...

New Charge Filed: Westfield Man Tied To Attempted Murder Of Village Woman Allegedly Violates Order Of Protection

A Westfield man, who is being held on $1 million bail after allegedly trying to murder a woman in March in the village, is facing an additional charge. On Monday, an investigation was conducted by the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division. It was found that Jahmaul W. Johnson, 53, allegedly contacted an individual who had a valid stay away order of protection against him. Johnson was charged with second-degree criminal contempt and will answer the charges in Chautauqua Town Court later. Johnson was already facing second-degree attempted murder, ...

Constitutional Question: CLPOA Appeals Wetlands Act Court Decision

Chautauqua Lake property owners won a battle over the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act, but the Chautauqua Lake Property Owners Association wants to win the war. The CLPOA- along with the town of Ellery, Builders Exchange of the Southern Tier Inc. and Bemus Point Business Association - ...