Dunkirk News

Things are looking up in the Dunkirk City School District's $41.18 million 2014-2015 budget proposal, according to some officials.

The hearing was for public comment on the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency's proposal to provide potential exemptions or partial exemptions from sales and use taxes, mortgage recording taxes and real property taxes, but not including special assessments and ad valorem levies for the proposed Chadwick Bay Marina facility.

No Common Council member works harder in Dunkirk than Stephanie Kiyak, which is why it makes sense the at-large representative will be representing the city on the Chautauqua County Water Agency.

Thomas Makris, age 68, of Dunkirk, NY died Monday, March 10, 2014 at Buffalo General Hospital.

Kelsie R. Briggs, 21, of Dunkirk was charged Tuesday with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, unlicensed operation, failure to keep right and uninspected motor vehicle.

Fire Chief Keith Ahl-strom gave an update on the plans at a recent meeting of the Common Council's Public Safety Committee.

The New York State Bluebird Society and the Lake Erie Bird Club will co-sponsor a Bluebird Work-shop in Western New York on March 17 beginning at 7 p.m. at the BOCES North Center in Fredonia.

The Fredonia Village Board may have declined to support the now-successful grant writing process for the northern county's regional water district, but that does not mean the village has been written off from having its concerns addressed.

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.