MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE Originally airing Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 WRFA public affairs director Jason Sample talks with Doug Conroe, executive director of the Chautauqua Lake Association, about the organization and its mission along with … [Read more...]
Chautauqua Lake Protection and Rehabilitation Agency Meets Wednesday in Mayville
MAYVILLE - The members of the Chautauqua Lake Protection and Rehabilitation Agency (CLPRA) will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9 - weather permitting - in Room 331 of the Gerace Office Building in Mayville. CLPRA was created by the Chautauqua … [Read more...]
County Legislature Approves Funding for Weed Removal in Burtis Bay
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature Wednesday night approved a resolution to provide up to $25,000 in money from the county’s 2 percent occupancy tax fund for the cleanup of weeds in Chautauqua Lake’s Burtis Bay. According to the … [Read more...]
NCCWD and SCCLSD Receive State Funding for Drinking and Clean Water Projects
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County was recently awarded $5,972,000 through New York State’s Water Infrastructure Improvement Act (WIIA) program to help complete two water infrastructure projects. The North Chautauqua County Water District received … [Read more...]
County Legislature Tables Funding Request for Weed Removal
MAYVILLE - The wintry weather didn’t prevent the Chautauqua County Legislature from holding its monthly voting session Wednesday night in Mayville. During the meeting the legislature unanimously tabled a resolution that would have provided over … [Read more...]
County Legislature to Act on Emergency Funding for Weed Removal in Burtis Bay
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will be voting on a resolution later this week to allocate $25,870 from the County’s 2 percent Occupancy Tax Funding Reserve to help clean up Burtis Bay on Chautauqua Lake. The proposed allocation is … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – City Resident and Community Activist Doug Champ
MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE Originally Airing Nov. 15, 2018 WRFA public affairs director Jason Sample talks with city resident and local community activist Doug Champ. … [Read more...]
Chautauqua Institution lawsuit Against DEC, Ellery will Remain in Erie County Supreme Court
BUFFALO - The Post-Journal is reporting that Chautauqua Institution’s lawsuit against the state Department of Environmental Conservation, Town of Ellery and Chautauqua Lake Partnership will remain in Buffalo. Judge Donna Siwek of state Supreme … [Read more...]
Lakewood Still Without a Mayor Following Friday Meeting
LAKEWOOD - The village of Lakewood continues to be without a mayor. Last month embattled Mayor Cara Birrittieri resigned from her post amid controversy surrounding a request to test the waters of Chautauqua Lake for herbicides off the shore of the … [Read more...]
Chautauqua Institution Challenges Intervention Effort by Chautauqua Lake Partnership in Herbicide Lawsuit
The Jamestown Post-Journal says Chautauqua Institution has filed a motion opposing the requested involvement of the Chautauqua Lake Partnership (CLP) in a State Supreme Court lawsuit filed by the institution earlier this year. In August the … [Read more...]
