Cassadaga News Archives

So far, an electrified fence has prevented another bear raid on beehives that are located on Barnum Road, just outside of Cassadaga.

By APRIL DIODATO OBSERVER Staff Writer CASSADAGA - Come cloudy skies, rain or thunder - it didn't stop 23 motorcyclists from hitting the road and braving the elements for a good cause on Saturday.

District Attorney David W. Foley announced the following pleas and sentences in Chautauqua County Court.

Finally, the Putnam Road water line replacement project is moving forward at a steady clip.

The flower garden that graces the home of Rodney and Lisa Waite on Dale Drive in Cassadaga was chosen by SCORE to receive the organization's Yard Beautification Award.

Erie County's Kevin Gaughan sounded a familiar refrain during a luncheon at the White Horse Inn in Cassadaga on Wednesday: downsize Western New York governments.

Abel Thompson came to Stockton in 1812 and purchased land including the place where the Hotel stands at the present time.

The Putnam Road water line replacement project will get under way shortly. The Cassadaga Village Board recently approved the low bid of $138,116 received on the project from L.W. Parker of Dewittville.

A 35-year-old Sinclairville woman was taken by Mercy Flight to Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, on Saturday after the car in which she was riding veered off a rural road and struck a tree, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office reports.

Robert J. Austin, 31, of Ulrich Park Drive, Cassadaga was charged Sunday with second-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree unlawful imprisonment and second-degree harassment.

Sabrina Johnson, 27, of Ellery-Centralia Road, Dewittville, was charged with fifth-degree welfare fraud, second-degree offering a false instrument for filing and misuse of food stamps on Tuesday.

Reva B. Pastor, 94, of Dunkirk, formerly of Lily Dale, died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, at home.

Saturday's spectacular parade and an equally spectacular set of fireworks culminated Cassadaga's 200th birthday and annual Labor Day celebration.

By JOAN JOSEPHSON OBSERVER Staff Writer CASSADAGA - The light fog that shrouded Cassadaga early Saturday morning quickly burned off in the sunshine that blessed the village's combination 200th birthday and annual Labor Day celebration.