MAYVILLE - It’s Primary Day in Chautauqua County with several towns throughout the county scheduled to have contested races. Primary voting will take place from noon to 9 p.m. Any resident at least 18 years of age who has previously registered and … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: 2013 Election Features 10 Contested Legislature Races with Three Primaries
MAYVILLE - Ten of the 19 Chautauqua County legislature districts feature contested races for the 2013 elections – and of those ten races, three will feature a major party primary. As WRFA previously reported in June, the legislature’s District 16 … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County GOP Finalizes List of Endorsements for 2013 Election
It may be five months away, but the two political parties in Chautauqua County are already preparing for Election Day 2013. Last weekend the Chautauqua County’s Republican Party nominating committee finalized its endorsements for county offices and … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Legislature Monthly Committee Meetings Begin Today
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County legislature will begin its January committee meetings today in Mayville. At 4 p.m., the county Public Facilities committee will meet in room 331 of the Gerace Office Building. VIEW MEETING AGENDA … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Legislature Approves 2013 Spending Plan that Cuts Taxes
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature has approved a 2013 budget. During last night’s voting session, lawmakers approved an estimated $63 million spending plan by a vote of 19 to 4 that calls for property tax rate of $9.14 per thousand … [Read more...]
Legislature Committee Cuts Funding for Chautauqua Lake Investment Act
MAYVILLE - Things got heated during a Chautauqua County Legislature committee meeting yesterday in Mayville, but it had nothing to do with the hot temperatures outside. The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting today that a resolution to provide … [Read more...]
County Executive, Lawmakers to Meet with Firm Hired to Market County Home
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Lawmakers will be meeting later this month with members of a marketing firm hired to find prospective buyers for the County Home. During the County Legislature’s May voting session, County Executive Greg Edwards announced … [Read more...]
Labor Department Pulls Controversial Child Labor Proposal
WASHINGTON - The federal Department of Labor has withdrawn a controversial proposal for regulating child labor, a proposal that Farm Bureau leaders feared would alter family farming and deter youths from careers in agriculture. The DOL issued a … [Read more...]
Legislature Monthly Voting Session is Tonight
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature will hold its regular meeting tonight in Mayville, with several key items on the agenda. Among them is a bill that would call on the county to provide $500,000 to match a federal grant that would be … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Dec. 12, 2011
JAMESTOWN SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER RESIGNS FOLLOWING ARREST JAMETOWN - A member of the Jamestown School Board has resigned after she was arrested Friday on a felony grand larceny charge. A month-long investigation by Jamestown Police revealed that Barbara … [Read more...]
