MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will be having its monthly meeting tonight in Mayville with several items on the agenda. VIEW ALL PREFILES FOR JULY, 2013 MEETING At the top of the list is the issue of whether or not Chautauqua County … [Read more...]
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MORNING NEWS: FEMA Workshop Scheduled for July 31 in Dunkirk
DUNKIRK - Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning) is announcing an upcoming Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) workshop in Dunkirk to help local fire departments and EMS organizations better care for and meet their firefighting and emergency … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Three Jamestown City Council Seats for Grabs in 2013 Election
JAMESTOWN - The deadline has passed for local residents who plan on running for election this coming November and it appears two current members of the Jamestown city council will not be seeking reelection. Neither councilman Steve Szwejbka (I-Ward … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: 2013 Election Features 10 Contested Legislature Races with Three Primaries
MAYVILLE - Ten of the 19 Chautauqua County legislature districts feature contested races for the 2013 elections – and of those ten races, three will feature a major party primary. As WRFA previously reported in June, the legislature’s District 16 … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Reed Calls on Senate to Finalize and Approve Student Loan Bill
WASHINGTON - Chautauqua County's representative in congress says the U.S. Senate needs to act soon on a student loan interest rates, otherwise it will be too late for those who will be going to college starting next month. During a recent media … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Volunteers Still Needed for Water Chestnut Pulling
JAMESTOWN - Local officials and organizations are continuing their effort to keep an invasive plant species from taking over our area waterways. Over the weekend dozens of volunteers arrived on Chautauqua Lake to help in the effort to locate the … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Lawmakers to Consider Borrowing $250,000 for Initial Phase of Falconer Shop Upgrade
FALCONER - The issue of whether or not Chautauqua County will spend $4,000,000 to upgrade the Falconer Department of Public Facilities Shop will come before lawmaker this week.On Wednesday night, a resolution calling on the county to take out a … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Blue-Green Algae Blooms Force Closure of Bemus Point Beach
BEMUS POINT - Residents and visitors in Bemus Point are being forced to go elsewhere if they want to escape the heatwave by taking a dip in Chautauqua Lake. The public beach in Bemus Point was closed Thursday after the County Health Department found … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Taglianetti Pretrial Wraps Up, Motion Deadline is Aug. 1
MAYVILLE - The pre-trial hearing for the man allegedly involved in the shooting death of the Clymer school superintendent has wrapped up this week in Mayville. The hearings are connected to the upcoming trial of Anthony R. Taglianetti II, who faces a … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Chautauqua Prepares for Visits from Supreme Court Justices
CHAUTAUQUA - Two Supreme Court Justices will be speaking at Chautauqua Institution on two consecutive Mondays. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy will speak on Monday, July 22, in the Hall of Philosophy at 3:30 p.m., and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will … [Read more...]
