Silver Creek News

SINCLAIRVILLE Bon-nie Sue Roach, 53, died Fri-day, Nov. 20, 2009, at Brooks Memorial Hospital.

People in Silver Creek are remembering the life of a sixth-grader who died of a sudden illness.

Silver Creek Central School District Superintendent David O'Rourke spoke about the district's loss last Tuesday of sixth-grader Katelin Doctor at the Board of Education's Wednesday meeting.

Dunkirk Mayor Richard Frey had heard enough. During my last appearance Nov. 9 on WDOE's "Viewpoint," news director Dave Rowley asked whether a change in the council would matter to city voters after the election.

The 2nd annual Forestville Fall Festival took place Oct 2-4 at the Forestville Elementary School with this year's event achieving much higher attendance that last year.

Silver Creek officials will ask contractors to take a second look at the specifications to dredge sludge from the community's harbor.

Two days after the death of 11-year-old Katelin Doctor, a sixth-grade student in the Silver Creek Central School District was reported, Chautauqua County Department of Health Director Christine Schuyler said the county health department has no involvement in the case.

Tensions were high at the Hanover Town Hall Monday as members of the Sunset Bay Volunteer Fire Company, representatives of the Village of Silver Creek and its fire department, and numerous concerned citizens filled the courtroom for the public hearing on the town's fire protection contract with the Village of Silver Creek for Fire Protection ...

The Silver Creek school community is mourning the loss of a student today. An announcement regarding the death was posted to the school district's website Thursday.

Cathy Ryan has directed enough high school plays to know that the productions are family affairs.

Dennis J. Snyder, 24, of North Main Street, Cattaraugus was charged Saturday with felony driving while intoxicated, felony first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation and refusing to submit to a pre-screening test.

November 09, 2009, 7:08 AM / Three Chautauqua County residents were arrested Saturday by state police assigned to Operation Impact in Buffalo after they stopped a vehicle at Niagara and Hampshire streets and found a small amount of heroin and hypodermic needles.

WHEATFIELD Pharmacy site of burglary Niagara County Sheriff's deputies were called to a pharmacy on the 2500 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard for a reported burglary early Monday morning.

Family and friends are trying to come to grips with the deaths of four western New York teenagers killed in a horrific crash.

Viktor Shapiro had a speeding conviction, two license suspensions and a slew of pending tickets, but his license to drive was in good standing when he raced past a stop sign Sunday night in Clarence, killing himself and three other teenagers.

Two Silver Creek men were taken to Chautauqua County Jail Monday after an alleged sale of a rented television that one of the men then reported stolen, Chautauqua County sheriff's officials reported.

Schools across the region have had H1N1 on their radar since last spring when the New York State Health Department established an on-line service for districts to report absenteeism due to illness.

Homes in Silver Creek are still being repaired after the devastating floods hit in August.

Would you have liked to help out with the relief efforts in Silver Creek or Gowanda but felt unprepared or didn't know how to get involved? The American Red Cross is always recruiting volunteers to respond to loan and national disasters.

Two public hearings were held Monday at the Hanover Town Board meeting, prompting one local law to be passed and another put on hold for further discussion by the board.