Dunkirk News

Theodore Wickham of Dunkirk has been sentenced to one to nine years in state prison for shooting Fredonia resident Frank Slate in 2012.

The residents at St. Columban's on the Lake Retirement Home started celebrating St. Patrick's Day Friday when the Irish dance classes from Chadwick Bay Academy of Dance in Dunkirk presented a program.

She was born March 20, 1951 in Dunkirk, the daughter of Leonard J. Coniglio of Fredonia and the late Lucille M. Coniglio.

How do you describe the experiences of a 50-year veteran of local ski patrols? In as few words as possible, in the opinion of Fritz Worosz of Dunkirk.

The Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation's Local Economic Development Committee is pleased to share that in 2013 a solid foundation was laid for Northern Chautauqua's economic development.

Much of the contents in numerous offices and workspaces in the three-story building that sat in the 300 block of Central Avenue were also a casualty.

The DOT took it over from CSX late last summer and I walked it shortly after. It is part of taking over dispatch control from the CSX regional base in Dunkirk NY.

Walter R. Szczublewski, Jr., 74 of Dunkirk, NY died Friday morning March 14, 2014 at home surrounded by his family.

Mrs. Korbas lived in the area most of her life and was a member of Blessed Mary Angela Parish St. Hyacinth Church.

Several years ago when the city of Dunkirk reached a new labor agreement with Local 616 Dunkirk Professional Firefighters Association, the union agreed to the elimination of two positions.

Brian Schneider is running for a seat on the Forestville Village Board on March 18. Schneider is running for trustee unopposed and is endorsed by the Democrat and Republican parties.

The New York Lottery announced Thursday a top prize winning ticket for the March 12 TAKE 5 drawing was sold at the Tops Market at 3955 Vineyard Drive in Dunkirk.

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.