Cassadaga News

In 1909, Charles M. Dow had written Jamestown Mayor Carlson offering cash prizes for the best kept lawns in the city, and designated as judges, the mayor, F.P. Hall and Maj.

Parents, teachers and "undergraduate" students lined Cassadaga Elementary's halls Thursday, to "clap out" the fifth graders on their last day of school.

A Cassadaga Elementary fifth-grader has a confirmed case of swine flu, it was announced Wednesday.

Kyle McIntyre's game-winning RBI single late in the game lifted Jamestown Savings Bank past Randolph, 12-11. Jake Swan tripled and doubled for Jamestown Savings and Jake Yartz had a two-hit day that included a double.

A man who was previously convicted of driving while intoxicated was arrested on a felony DWI charge after deputies recorded a blood-alcohol limit far above the legal limit, the Erie County Sheriff's Office said.

The Putnam Road project came under review for the second time when project engineer Greg McCorkhill outlined his latest plans for the Cassadaga Village Board.

The weather Saturday morning was just about perfect for the Convoy of Hope's distribution of faith, free food, and a fun time.

Are you a teenager in need of a summer job? Were you hoping to work for your local municipal government's youth program? If you don't have a job yet, you may be out of luck.

Discounted advance sale ticket outlets for the 2009 Chautauqua County Fair have been announced by the Chautauqua County Agricultural and Fair Assoc-iation, Inc.

Book signings with Bryna J. Fireside, author of Choices For The High School Graduate, will be held at Cassadaga Job Corps Academy, 8115 Glasgow Road, Cassadaga , from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday and at The Book Nook, D&F Plaza, Dunkirk, at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

It's a big year for the Cassadaga Job Corps Academy, where students and staff are celebrating the center's 30th anniversary with tall achievements in job training and in community service.

A Fredonia man was arrested Tuesday on a warrant issued from the Town of Stockton Court for allegedly assaulting a man at the Kwik Fill gas station in Cassadaga on Friday, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office reported.

"I just had a connection with the sound of the words," says singer and bass player Natsuko Miyamoto when she answers my question about the name of her band, Mass of the Fermenting Dregs.

Parents, grandparents, pet dogs and the New York State Police accompanied Cassadaga Elementary's third-grade students on a three-mile hike around Cassadaga Lakes Thursday.

It's not morbid to be interested in cemeteries, Cassadaga village historian John Sipos told a group of individuals who turned out for a tour of Cassadaga's Cemetery.

Troy Smith, the director of the Chautauqua County Veterans Services Agency, would like to inform all county veterans that starting on Tuesday, June 9, the Dunkirk Veterans Service Office will now be staffed full time by Veteran Service Officer Lewellyn Hurley.

Tuesday's head-on crash on Route 60 between an SUV and a tractor-trailer truck claimed the life of Donald F. Lines, 65, of Jamestown and seriously injured his wife, Georgianna E. Lines, 69, also of Jamestown.

David Spunaugle, 33, of Jamestown was charged with petit larceny Wednesday night after he was allegedly caught putting merchandise into his pocket at the Rite Aid store in Brooklyn Square.

CASSADAGA a ' A head-on crash on Route 60 Tuesday between an SUV and a tractor-trailer truck took the life of the SUV driver and injured his wife, a passenger in the SUV.

Voters in all school districts in the OBSERVER circulation have approved their budgets, although Ripley residents rejected the proposition which would tuition high school students to neighboring school districts.