Dunkirk News

Mark D. Butler, 48, of Eagle Street, Forestville, died Friday, March 7, 2014 at Buffalo General Hospital, following a lengthy illness.

"The new sub-station cuts the response time to Westfield Memorial Hospital in half," stated Executive Director David Thomas.

The NCCYHA Steelers Midget MOHL team held Senior Recognition Night recently.?Pictured are the seniors.

Shootings, robberies and home break-ins are among the crimes which have most residents concerned and no one knows that better than city of Dunkirk Police Chief David Ortolano.

During an administrative board meeting Tuesday, the board enstated Tom Walsh as the permanent director of operations for the sewer district, effective immediately.

A continued affiliation with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center at Hamot Hospital in Erie was approved Thursday night by the Brooks Memorial Hospital board of directors.

Upstate Shredding has announced the acquisition of the assets of Brant Auto Parts, located in Irving in the western region of New York state.

St. George Enterprise of Fredonia bid $15,600; H Olsen & Sons of Forestville bid $17,940; and Sall-Tee & Sons of Dunkirk bid $9,250.

He was born April 8, 1925 in Fredonia, the son of the late Arden J. Griswold and Harriett Griswold.

The New York State Bluebird Society and the Lake Erie Bird Club will co-sponsor a Bluebird Workshop in Western New York on Monday, March 17. This workshop is free and the public is invited.

The Dunkirk Senior High School Class of 1989 will host its 25-year class reunion on July 25 and 26 in Dunkirk.

OBSERVER Photo by Dan Kohler An accident Tuesday in the city of Dunkirk at the intersection of Lake Shore Drive East and North Jerboa Street led to two people suffering minor injuries and one person getting charged with following too closely.

Upstate Shredding , based in Owego, N.Y., has announced the acquisition of the assets of Brant Auto Parts , located in Irving, N.Y. Brant Auto Parts, founded in 2003, has been serving Buffalo, Hamburg and Dunkirk, N.Y., and the surrounding areas for more than 10 years.

At a recent Board of Directors of the Dunkirk Historical Society a schedule of dates for monthly membership meetings was set.

Dunkirk resident Christopher M. Grant will spend 20 months to five years in state prison for his role in the September 2012 shooting death of Frank T. Slate Jr., 73, of Fredonia.

What started out as an educational video on the ethics of fracking followed by a question and answer session turned into a heated debate recently at Jamestown Community College North Training Center in Dunkirk.

TV weathercasters love their cliches. They talk about Mother Nature and Old Man Winter and March coming in like a lion.

For years, its residents have flocked to the pier on Thursday nights and taken part in a number of city festivals during the summer months.

When the flood hit Tri-County Hospital in 2009 and caused countless counselor layoffs, Mike Tramuta was left with no place to go to do what he loved most, which was helping people.

Donald D. Summerton, 83, of Old Main Road, Silver Creek, formerly of Forestville, died Friday, February 28, 2014 at Buffalo General Hospital.