Ellington News

Jitu Weusi muses with Alma Carroll during her birthday event. Infants Alma and Janie shared more than a birthdate.A They were destined to marry jazz lovers, Joe "Bebop" Carroll and Daniel Cal Green ; live within two blocks of each other; help shape Central Brooklyn's antipoverty programs of the '60s; and become outspoken Bedford-Stuyvesant ...

It's still anyone's election - or no one's, as a tie is a very likely possibility.

A 17-year-old man from Delmar, Del., was charged with two counts of sexual misconduct and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child at 10 p.m. Friday after deputies investigated a report of a missing 14-year-old from Ellington.

Chautauqua County sheriff's officials have arrested a 17- year-old from Delaware on charges of sexual misconduct and endangering the welfare of a child.

MAYVILLE a ' The winner of the County Legislaturea TMs District 7 race will be decided in court, as Republican counsel for Robert Stewart served the Board of Elections with an order to show cause Monday.

Control of the Chautauqua County Legislature hinges on the results of a razor-thin race that won't be settled for at least another week, the county Board of Elections reported Monday.

The next regular meeting of the Ross Grange is today with the program provided by Colleen Kimball of her 13 days spent in Europe with the People to People Youth Ambassador program.

John and Lucile Marsh of Sinclairville were recently honored for their many years of service to the Sinclairville 76ers Meals on Wheels program.

The search for a cat with a hunting trap stuck on its head is over. The cat was found this morning, Beth Moss, Ellington animal control officer, told The Post-Journal. It has been taken to the Chautauqua County Humane Society.

Leon Beightol is seeking re-election to the County Legislature's District 7 seat.

In 1909, Hilding Nelson, son of Emil and Hannah Nelson, died at the family home, 428 Winsor St., on Saturday morning aged 19 years.

County Executive Greg Edwards' name will be listed on the Conservative Party line on the ballot in November after Edwards received overwhelming support from county conservatives.

His wife, Heather Merkin, said he died after a long illness. As an artist, Mr. Merkin traveled back in time to the interwar years, creating brightly colored, cartoonish portraits and narrative scenes of film stars, jazz musicians, sports heroes and writers.

Steven L. Lundsten Jr., 22, of Ellington was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs and cited for speeding and failure to keep right Sunday after he was pulled over around 7:39 p.m. on East Second Street.

With the need to improve housing quality in Chautauqua County a sometimes ambiguous subject of discussion, Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation and Improvement Corporation, has just delivered some concrete solutions in the form of state rehabilitation funding for homes owned by low and moderate-income households.

For the third year in a row, the Cassadaga Valley School Board has been able to reduce the tax rate.

Anne Marie Funcell Peters, 79, of Las Vegas, formerly of Kennedy and Bemus Point, passed away Friday in Odessy Harbor House Hospice, Las Vegas.

Thursday at the Ellington Highway Building, Route 62, Ellington from 5 to 7 p.m., with attending veterinarian Dr.

Thomas C. Braun, 25, of Kenmore was charged Saturday with second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, operating a vehicle while using a mobile device and not wearing a seat belt.

By Clive Young and Chris Walsh. New York --The passing of Michael Jackson on Thursday left his millions of fans in a state of shock and dismay.