Dunkirk News

This year the Westfield Memor-ial Hospital Auxiliary will hold its annual "Celebra-ting Spring" event on Saturday, May 10. Please note the change in venue.

More incentive for getting a regional water project up and running was discussed at Wednesday's Portland Town Council meeting.

I'd like to introduce you to Albert Stanios from the Czech Republic, hereby known less formally as "Bert."

Boaters and fishermen using the city of Dunkirk boat launch will find a different looking operation this season.

William D. Barber, 91, a resident of the Chautauqua County Home, Dunkirk, formerly of Forestville, died Saturday, April 12, 2014 at his residence.

The Dunkirk Common Council will convene a little early today; instead of its usual 5:30 p.m. start council will convene at 5:20 p.m. to hold a public hearing on proposed changes to the city's sewer treatment ordinances.

The Erie County Legisla-ture's Majority Caucus has formed a Volunteer Out-reach Team to assist organizations in achieving their charitable goals.

The Town of Dunkirk got a thumbs-down on the proposal for a new light on the dangerous intersection of Route 60 and Williams Street.

Aaron L. Green, 29, of Silver Creek was charged Monday with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation and inadequate muffler.

Democratic 23rd Congressional District candidate Martha Robertson has announced that in the wake of ConAgra's decision to shutter plants in upstate New York, she is asking the U.S. Justice Department to review ConAgra Foods' actions for possible violations of anti-trust laws aimed at ensuring free and fair competition.

Candidates seeking office may not agree with what their opponent says, but they do need to be honest about it.

The recent decision by ConAgra to shut down its Carriage House plants in Dunkirk and Fredonia, resulting in the loss of over 400 local jobs, reveals once again how decisions made in distant places can have a significant impact on the local economy.

A Fredonia man who grew Red Wing, currently Carriage House, into a national powerhouse of the private-label industry had some words of wisdom for many living here if they want to make the area more inviting to business in the 21st century.

A veteran of the U.S. Army attached to the Air Force. Albert served during WWII.

In 1914, the school at Shamburg, Pa., near Titusville, erected 45 years previously during the height of the oil excitement in that area, was a landmark used jointly as church and school of late.

According to the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office, Mary Rigby, 65, of Angola was traveling south on Center Road around 9:30 a.m., and proceeded into the intersection of Route 39 after stopping at a stop sign.

The town board authorized their planning committee to lead the comprehensive plan process and at the recommendation of the planning board the town board appointed a team of consultants from MRB Group and Environmental Design Research to lead the process, which will take place over the next 18 months.

According to the latest annual report, Dunkirk-based Lake Shore "expect to open additional new branches in the near future" whose one-time fixed expenses - coupled with low levels of initial branch income - will reduce the bank's short-term profitability.

Chautauqua Striders Inc. is celebrating its 35th year of mentoring and guiding youth through education, advocacy and athletics.

Donald L Woods Sr., 77, of Portland, N.Y., passed away late Wednesday evening, April 9, 2014, at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk, N.Y. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Morse Funeral Home of Brocton, N.Y., as soon as they become available.