LAWMAKERS PASS BUDGET THAT FALLS UNDER CAP Homeowners in Chautauqua County will see their property taxes increase by just two-percent next year. That after the Chautauqua County Legislature spent nearly two hours yesterday in budget hearings and … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Oct. 26, 2011
COUNTY LEGISLATURE HOSTS TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will meet this afternoon for its monthly voting session, but a second meeting is also scheduled for tonight so lawmakers can focus on the 2012 … [Read more...]
WRFA NEWS – Oct. 19, 2011
COUNTY LAWMAKERS DISCUSS FUTURE OF AIRPORTS MAYVILLE - Some county lawmakers say it may be time for the county to consider privatizing its the two airports. Today’s Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting that the legislature's Public Facilities … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Oct. 11, 2011
OFFICIALS TO MEET THIS AFTERNOON FOR RIVERWALK GROUND-BREAKING JAMESTOWN - The next phase in the Jamestown Riverwalk project will get underway later this afternoon. Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi is one of several individuals who will be on hand for a … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Sept. 30, 2011
SENATOR YOUNG ANNOUNCES BILL TO REFORM MEDICAID PAYMENTS Senator Cathy Young is announcing an effort in the state Senate to stop the burden of local Medicaid payments. Yesterday, Young released a statement saying she has signed on as a … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Sept. 1, 2011
OFFICIALS TO ANNOUNCE WELFARE TO WORK INITIATIVE TO CLEAN UP THE LAKE A group of local and state officials will be making a major announcement tomorrow that will benefit Chautauqua Lake as well as the unemployed in Chautauqua Lake. A press … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Aug. 31, 2011
TERESI PROVIDES DETAILS ON WNY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL The effort by Governor Andrew Cuomo to create economic development councils in six different regions of the state could be a major boost for Jamestown and Chautauqua County. That’s according … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Aug. 17, 2011
JAMESTOWN JETS LAWSUIT SEES MOVEMENT IN DISTRICT COURT A lawsuit filed by the owner and coach of the Jamestown Jets junior hockey team has seen some movement in a state district court in Buffalo. A judge in the state’s Eight Judicial District … [Read more...]
WRFA News – July 28, 2011
YOUNG INTRODUCES 'PROTECT OUR CHILDREN ACT' ALBANY, NY - Senator Cathy Young is co-sponsoring legislation in the state Senate that she says would better protect children. The “Protect Our Children Act” was introduced by the Olean republican and … [Read more...]
