MAYVILLE, NY - Chautauqua County lawmaker have started the process of considering whether or not to ban the sale of healthcare products that contain microbeads. On Wednesday night the legislature’s Planning and Economic Development Committee heard … [Read more...]
Sheriff’s Office Kept Busy Responding to Distressed Boaters Over Weekend
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Navigation Patrol was busy this past weekend responding to at least three separate incidents of distressed boats on both Lake Erie and Chautauqua Lake. CHAUTAUQUA LAKE BOAT FIRE On Saturday just before … [Read more...]
Reed Announces Funding for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
WASHINGTON - Congressman Tom Reed is pleased to announce increased support for both the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) and Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) under the House-passed consolidated appropriations bill. … [Read more...]
Gillibrand Pushes for More Great Lakes’ Funding to Battle Invasive Species
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is announcing several provisions within the federal omnibus appropriations bill that she says would increase the environmental health of the Great Lakes, including Lake Erie. Specifically, the provisions … [Read more...]
Reed to Unveil Details of Water Resources Reform and Development Act in Dunkirk
Congressman Tom Reed will be in Chautauqua County this morning to discuss waterway infrastructure improvements from Chautauqua Lake and Lake Erie. The Corning Republican, who’s represented Chautauqua County since January of this year, will be at … [Read more...]
Recent SUNY Fredonia Graduate Drowns in Lake Erie
DUNKIRK - A 22-year-old recent graduate of SUNY Fredonia who had roots in Brooklyn lost his life Thursday afternoon following an incident at the Cedar Beach Lighthouse in Dunkirk. According to the Dunkirk Police Department, at 4:30 p.m. a witness … [Read more...]