MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature has given its approval for the privatization of the county home in Dunkirk. Lawmakers voted Wednesday to approve the sale of the 216-bed skilled nursing facility to VestraCare with a price tag of $16 … [Read more...]
Effort to Sell County Home Fails for Third Time this Year
MAYVILLE - For the third time this year, the effort to privatize the Chautauqua County Home has been defeated. Wednesday Night the Chautauqua County Legislature voted to sell the county home to VestraCare at a cost of $16.5 million. The final vote … [Read more...]
County Legislature Finalizes 2014 Budget that Includes Slight Tax Decrease
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature has approved a budget for 2014. After an hour-and-a-half of deliberation on Wednesday night, lawmakers approved the estimated $229 million spending plan by a vote of 16 to 7. The amended budget slashed … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Legislature Refuses to Act on Labor Law, Approves Two Local Law Ammendments
MAYVILLE - The legislature last night made quick work of the other items on its agenda, including the approval of two local law amendments. One dealt with the county occupancy tax, extending its implementation through November 2015. The other … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Legislature Calls on State to Restrict Public Access to Gun Registration Information
MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature is calling on state lawmakers to protect the identity of residents who own a registered pistol and also a concealed carry permit. The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting that During last night’s county … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Legislature Committee to Consider Local Law, Resolution Eliminating Prayer from Meetings
MAYVILLE - It’s committee week for the Chautauqua County Legislature, with both the Administrative Services and the Public Facilities Committees set to meet today. During the Administrative Services Committee, lawmakers will review a local law … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: County Home Sale Discussion Continues Today in Mayville
MAYVILLE - Another Chautauqua County Legislature committee will be looking at a resolution calling for the sale of the Chautauqua County Home when it meets this morning in Mayville. The legislature’s Audit and Control committee is set to meet at … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Nov. 10, 2011
POLICE CONTINUE SEARCH FOR MISSING ELLICOTT SENIOR WEST ELLICOTT - Local authorities are continuing their search of an Ellicott Senior Citizen this morning after he was first reported missing yesterday afternoon. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Nov. 8, 2011
ELECTION DAY 2011 IS TODAY MAYVILLE - Today is Election Day in Chautauqua County, and while there are many uncontested local races in the area, there is an important proposition on the ballot this year that every voter in the county will have an … [Read more...]
