Chautauqua News

By DAVE EMKE Special to the OBSERVER MAYVILLE a ' A state audit of internal controls over reserves in the Chautauqua Lake Central School District has revealed confusion from the district about how it should have been handling its Capital Reserve Fund.

Sandra Duffee and Heather Johnson, Chautauqua Miniatures and 2 Chixx Gift Shoppe owners, have celebrated the start of the Christmas season at their new location in Red Brick Village, which is along Route 394, 5031 W. Lake Road, Mayville.

Are you, or someone you know, one of the more than 13,000 residents living within Chautauqua County who does not have health insurance? With the continued rising cost of health care, people everywhere are struggling to maintain affordable health care coverage for themselves and their families.

On Tuesday, members of the Charles Tinley Memorial Chapter 142, Disabled American Veterans, sponsored a luncheon for the Chautauqua County Home veterans.

Three dozen Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Career & Technical Education students from across Chautauqua County were given the opportunity on Oct.

The Peoplea s Law School will present a session on matrimonial and family law Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Distance Learning Centers at Dunkirk High School in Dunkirk, Jamestown High School in Jamestown, Chautauqua Lake Central School in Mayville, and BOCES center in Olean.

November 15, 2009, 10:19 AM / Child welfare officials in New Mexico last year took four daughters away from a doctor after police charged him with subjecting the girls to cruel and bizarre punishments.

In 1909, a large three story tenement house at 218 Steele St. in Jamestown was badly damaged by fire the previous afternoon.

CHAUTAUQUA Four candidates battled it out for two seats in the town of Chautauqua.

The Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation will join more than 770 community foundations across the United States in celebrating charitable giving during National Philanthropy and Community Foundation Week, Nov.

The mansion built for the co-founder of the Packard Motor Car Co. on Chautauqua Lake has been sold for $3 million.

A prize of $5,000, publication by Louisiana State University Press, and a one-month residency at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson is given annually for a poetry collection by a U.S. citizen who has not published a book of poems in a standard edition.

Two local resources have been organized to meet the needs of survivors of the Aug.

Arkwright voters decided to extend the term of their supervisor to four years. In Pomfret, the incumbent clerk held on to her seat following a hotly contested race; and Sheridan will see a new face as its town supervisor.

November 02, 2009, 11:36 PM / Two deaths have been linked to ground beef sold by a Chautauqua County meat processor, and federal and state officials are continuing to investigate an apparent outbreak of E. coli contamination that has sickened at least 26 people across the Northeast.

The Chautauqua Vegetarian Society will hold its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.

A federal health official says two deaths and 26 other illnesses may be linked to possibly contaminated ground beef recalled by a New York company.

Chautauqua County sheriff's deputies report three drunken driving arrests in separate incidents Saturday night and Sunday morning.

Lewis C. Petitt of Chautauqua passed away in his home with his loving family at his side Oct.

Westfield resident Doug Richmond is seeking re-election to the Chautauqua County Legislature.