BEMUS POINT - While the Chautauqua County Republican Committee says it will wait until June to announce its endorsement for County Executive, a current member of the Chautauqua County Legislature is throwing his hat into the ring. Chautauqua County … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Republicans Court Three Potential Candidates for County Exec
MAYVILLE - The Chairman of Chautauqua County’s Republican Committee says there are three potential candidates his party is considering in the race for County Executive. Last week, current County Executive Greg Edwards made the surprising … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Democrats to Hold off on Announcing County Executive Candidate
MAYVILLE - For the first time in 16 years, the race for county executive in Chautauqua County will be an open seat. That has gone unnoticed by the county’s Democratic Party, which has made the decision to hold off on announcing its candidate for the … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Edwards Announces He Will Not Seek Third Term as Executive
MAYVILLE - The residents of Chautauqua County will be voting in a new County Executive this coming November. On Friday afternoon, Current County Executive Greg Edwards (R-Jamestown) announced that he would not be seeking a third term in office this … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Dems to Announce Candidate for County Executive Next Week
Chautauqua County residents should know by the middle of next week who the democratic candidate will be for County Executive. That’s according to they county’s Democratic party chairman - Norman Green – who tells WRFA that his party intends to … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Lawmakers Approve Resolution Maintaining Current Sales Tax Level
MAYVILLE - The Sales tax in Chautauqua County remain at 7.5 percent. That after the Chautauqua County Legislature last night voted in favor of a resolution that authorizes the county retain it's local sales tax of 3.5 percent. Currently under state … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Working to Bring Pet Food Business into Ashville Location
ASHVILLE - Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards and County Director of Development Bill Daly say an international pet food manufacturer and distributor could soon be coming to Chautauqua County to set up operations. Last week the two met with … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Gun Owner Privacy and County Home to be Discussed today in Mayville
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will continue its committee meetings today with three committees meeting in Mayville. At 4 p.m. the public safety committee will meet and while it has a light agenda, there is one item on the table that … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Officials to Announce Entertainers for 2013 Lucy Comedy Festival
JAMESTOWN - A major announcement from the Lucille Ball–Dezi Arnez Center for Comedy will be made later today in downtown Jamestown. Officials with the Lucy-Desi Center will hold a press conference at the Jamestown Gateway Train Station today at noon … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Child Advocacy Program to Hold Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Seminar
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards is calling on all county employees to help in the fight against child sexual abuse. In his most recent Monday Morning Memo, Edwards said that he has challenged all of his department leaders and … [Read more...]
