Chaut. Co Community Directory 2026

GOVERNMENT DIRECTORY

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

President donald trumP

1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20500 www.whitehouse.gov

senator Charles sChumer 202-224-6542

322 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 or 130 S. Elmwood Ave., #660 Buffalo, NY 14202 senator@schumer.senate.gov www.schumer.senate.gov

senator Kirsten Gillibrand 202-224-4451

726 Exchange St., Suite 511 Buffalo, NY 14210 or 478 Russell Washington DC 20510

senator@gillibrand.senate.gov www.gillibrand.senate.gov

rePresentative niCK lanGworthy

716-488-8111 • 202-225-3161

2-6 East 2nd St. Jamestown, NY 14701 or 422 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 www.langworthy.house.gov

STATE GOVERNMENT

Governor Kathy hoChul 518-474-8390

New York State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224

www.governor.ny.gov

attorney General letitia James 518-474-5481

State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224-0341

www.ag.ny.gov

ComPtroller thomas dinaPoli 518-474-4044

110 State Street Albany, NY 12236

www.osc.state.ny.us

senator GeorGe borrello 716-664-4603

Fenton Building, Suite 302 2-6 E. 2nd St., Jamestown, NY 14701 borrello@nysenate.gov

assemblyman andrew molitor 716-664-7773

Fenton Building, Suite 320

2 E. 2nd Street

Jamestown, NY 14701

molitara@assembly.state.ny.us

assemblyman Joe semPolinsKi 716-373-7103

700 W. State Street

Olean, NY 14760

sempolinskij@assembly.state.ny.us

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY

Chautauqua County u.s. Census bureau estimates

Population: 124,105

Median Household Income: $56,507

Individuals Below Poverty Level: 16.7%

Veterans: 7,594

Total Housing Units: 66,564

Chautauqua County offiCes

Website: www.chqgov.com

County Executive – Paul Wendel Jr. 716-753-4211

Email: wendelp@chqgov.com

County Attorney

716-753-4247

Board of Elections

716-753-4580 (fax: 716-753-4111)

Luz E. Torres, Democratic election commissioner 716-753-4250

Nacole Ellis, Republican election commissioner 716-753-4226

Email: vote@chqgov.com

Website: votechautauqua.com

Chautauqua County leGislature

Website: https://chqgov.com/legislature/Legislature

North County Toll Free: 716-363-4215

South County Toll Free: 716-661-7215

All Others: 716-753-4215

Legislature Chairman – Pierre Chagnon Clerk – Olivia Lee

Deputy Clerk – Kristi Zink

Legislators

District 1 Marcus Buchanan Marcus.Buchanan@chqgov.com

District 2 Robert Bankoski

716-680-1745, Robert.Bankoski@chqgov.com

District 3 Bob Scudder 716-680-0144, Bob.Scudder@chqgov.com

District 4 Sandra Lewis Sandra.Lewis@chqgov.com

District 5 Jason Merritt Jason.Merritt@chqgov.com

District 6 Tom Harmon 716-908-7800, Tom.Harmon@chqgov.com

District 7 John Penhollow 716-499-2557, John.Penhollow@chqgov.com

District 8 Pierre Chagnon 716-499-6332, ChagnonP@chqgov.com

District 9 Vince DeJoy Vince.DeJoy@chqgov.com

District 10 Jamie Gustafson

716-664-0782, jamie.gustafson@chqgov.com

District 11 Bob Whitney Bob.Whitney@chqgov.com

District 12 Frederick Larson

Fred.Larson@chqgov.com

District 13 Tom Nelson

716-499-1060, Thomas.Nelson@chqgov.com

District 14 Daniel Pavlock

716-664-0669, Daniel.Pavlock@chqgov.com

District 15 Lisa Vanstrom

716-665-7072, Lisa.Vanstrom@chqgov.com

District 16 Dalton Anthony 716-569-5090, Dalton.Anthony@chqgov.com

District 17 Travis Heiser

716-572-9870, Travis.Heiser@chqgov.com

District 18 Marty Proctor 814-221-0025, Marty.Proctor@chqgov.com

District 19 Frederick Johnson 513-502-6111, Fred.Johnson@chqgov.com

Chautauqua County ClerK’s offiCe 1 N. Erie St., Mayville, NY 14757 716-753-4331 (Fax 716-753-4293)

Gregory Carlson, County Clerk 716-753-4975, CarlsoGK@chqgov.com Land Recording, 716-753-4165 Court Filing, 716-753-4873

dePartment of motor vehiCles

Jamestown: 512 W. Third St. 716-661-8220 (Fax: 716-661-8292)

Dunkirk: 3988 Vineyard Drive 716-366-0210 (Fax: 716-366-7934)

Mayville: 7 N. Erie St. 716-753-4229 (Fax: 716-753-4521)

Website: https://chqgov.com/county-clerk/Department-of-Motor-Vehicles distriCt attorney’s offiCe Website: https://chqgov.com/district-attorney/district-attorney Jason Schmidt, district attorney 716-753-4241

emerGenCy serviCes dePartment Website: http://www.chautcofire.org/ Noel Guttman, director 716-753-4341 (fax: 716-753-4363)

finanCe dePartment Kitty Crow, director, 716-753-4221

PubliC health dePartment 7 North Erie St., Mayville, NY 14757 716-753-4312

Dr. Michael Faulk, chief medical officer Lacy Keefer Wilson, public health director

environmental health 716-753-4481 fax: 716-753-4344

General health information 716-753-4312

immunizations 716-753-4491

CanCer serviCes ProGram 1-877-778-6857

early intervention ProGram 716-753-4788

Chautauqua County offiCe for the aGinG 716-753-4471

Dana Corwin, director Jamestown office: 107 Institute St., Suite 220 716-661-8940

Dunkirk office: 45 Cliffstar Court 716-363-3865

ny ConneCts 716-753-4582 Mayville Area 716-661-7582 Jamestown Area 716-363-4582 Dunkirk Area 1-800-342-9871

home enerGy assistanCe ProGram 716-661-8103

HEAP Dunkirk Office, 15 Lucas Ave. HEAP Jamestown Office, 110 E. Fourth St.

temPorary assistanCe

Jamestown,110 E. Fourth St. 716-661-8200

Dunkirk, 15 W. Lucas Ave. 716-363-3500

Chautauqua

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY

Child Care

Prescreen Appointment Line Mayville 716-753-4192

Prescreen Appointment Line Jamestown 716-661-7133

Prescreen Appointment Line Dunkirk 716-363-4133

suPPlemental nutrition assistanCe ProGram

SNAP Jamestown, 110 E. Fourth St. 716-661-8200

SNAP Dunkirk, 319 Central Ave. 716-363-3500

youth bureau

716-753-4117

Fax: 716-753-4794

human resourCes

Deborah Makowski, director 716-753-4237

information serviCes

Jonathan DeAngelo, director 716-753-4800

industrial develoPment aGenCy ccida.com 716-661-8900

PlanninG and eConomiC develoPment planningchautauqua.com 716-661-8900

mental hyGiene

Carmelo Hernandez, director 716-753-4104

2 Academy St., Suite 201, Mayville

Children & adult sinGle Point of aCCess 333 E. Fifth St., Jamestown 716-661-8850 (fax: 716-753-9724)

Probation dePartment Jamestown 716-661-8011 Dunkirk 716-363-3640

PubliC faCilities dePartment 716-661-8400

Public transportation – CHQ Transit chqgov.com/carts/CARTS

Michele Westphal, senior project coordinator 716-665-6466 (South County) 716-366-4500 (North County) 800-388-6534 (toll-free) 716-661-8470 (fax)

County landfill

Aaron Gustafson, landfill manager

Ellery Transfer Station 716-661-8461

South County Transfer Station 716-665-6894

North County Transfer Station 716-363-3675

West County Transfer Station 716-753-4928

real ProPerty tax

Kim Meleen, director 716-753-4221

cctax@chqgov.com

sheriff’s offiCe www.sheriff.us 716-753-2131

Sheriff Jim Quattrone Administration 716-753-4900

Civil Office 716-753-4371

Court Security 716-753-4734

Crime Scene 716-753-4932

Navigation Office 716-753-4929

Non-Emergency 716-753-4231

Pistol Permit Office 716-753-4374

Records Office 716-753-4442

Sheriff’s Academy 716-338-1021

Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force 800-344-8702

veterans serviCes chqgov.com/veteran-services/Veteran-Services

Mike Rauh, director Jamestown

567 Fairmount Ave., Warwick Plaza, 716-661-8255

Dunkirk

1170 Central Ave., Suite 130 716-268-6030 (Fax: 716-363-1235)

north Chautauqua County water distriCt 716-753-4546

south and Center Chautauqua laKe sewer distriCt 716-664-9727 (Fax: 716-664-9729)

Portland, Pomfret, dunKirK sewer distriCt 716-753-4317

north Chautauqua laKe sewer distriCt 716-753-4717

JudiCiary

Chautauqua County Courthouse PO Box 292

3 N. Erie St., Mayville 716-753-4266 (Fax: 716-753-4993)

Hon. Grace M. Hanlon, Supreme Court Justice 716-753-4464

Hon. David Foley, County Court Judge 716-753-4188

Tracie Lorenzo, Chief Clerk 716-753-4835

Mary Alice Petrella, Commissioner of Jurors Office 716-753-4378

family Court

2 Academy St., Suite 5, Mayville 716-753-4100 (Fax: 16-753-4350)

Judges Hon. Peter Johnson and Hon. Michael Sullivan chief clerk 716-753-4100

Surrogate’s Court 716-753-4337 (Fax: 716-753-4730)

Hon. Stephen W. Cass chief clerk 716-753-4339 (Fax: 716-753-4600)

arKwriGht history

ARKWRIGHT

9543 Center Road, Fredonia, New York 14063 716-679-4445 • www.arkwrightny.gov

u.s. Census bureau estimates

Population: 959

Area: 35.7 square miles

Median Age: 49.3 years

Median Household Income: $89,500

Poverty Rate: 13.1%

Total Households: 466

Total Housing Units: 597

Bachelor’s Degree Or Higher: 26.9%

Veteran Status: 7.2%

Race & Ethnicity: 94% White%

Government direCtory

Town board meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Brian McAvoy, Town Supervisor: 716-785-4975, mcavoy_brian@yahoo.com

Jane Lindquist, Clerk/Tax Collector: 716-679-4445

Nancy McVaugh, Deputy Clerk: 716-679-4445

Chris Jackson, Town Council: 716-680-3753

Lawrence Ball, Town Council: 716-680-0041

Polly Gambino, Town Council: 716-679-4445

Bruce Gustafson, Town Council: 716-785-8961

Lisa Waldron, Highway Superintendent: 716-485-3272

Jeffrey Huyck, Town Justice: 716-672-8672

Ed Pagano, Code Enforcement Officer: 716-785-2877

Ruth Nichols, Historian: 716-965-2656

Jeanne Ebersole, Assessor: (716) 792-9614

Karlie Stanfield, Dog Control Officer: 716-467-5694

Board of Assessment Review:

Andrus Houck 716-208-2485

Julie Hebner 716-785-8150

Molly Merrill 716-640-4322

Board of Ethics:

Ed Long: 716-672-6322

Ron Curtin: 716-965-4204

The Town of Arkwright encompasses 36 square miles of hills, gorges, creeks and streams. It began as an agricultural area and remains rural to this day. Early settlers began populating this wilderness around 1800. In 1829, the town was formed from parts of two neighboring towns, Pomfret and Villenova. In 1929, a centennial monument was placed at the site of the first town meeting, Simen Clinton ‘s home. He was instrumental in forming the town and became the first Town Clerk. Settlers came, seeing the possibilities the land provided for farming and that the water provided to power mills.

One of the first industries was cheese making. In 1862, Ashel Burnham built what would become the first cooperative cheese factory in Chautauqua County. It could produce 60 cheese wheels weighing 60 pounds each in a day. Records show that cheese was shipped to New York City and possibly to Europe. There is a historical marker at that site today. When the business was no longer profitable, the building was torn down and the lumber used to build new buildings, one of them being the Grange Hall.

The Arkwright Grange #1249 was formed in 1911 and the Hall was constructed in 1919. The organization allowed their building to be used for Town Board meetings, court cases, and as a voting site. There were also dinners, dances, and club meetings, including a Boy Scout Troop, until 1974. In 1962, State Highway Department plans to reconstruct an intersection included razing the Grange Hall. Rather than lose their building, the Grange bought nearby land and had the building moved across the road to the east. The move was successful and all activities continued until 1974 when the Grange disbanded. Over the years the building has been neglected and it is now in the hands of Chautauqua County Land Bank.

The Town’s seven cemeteries, two maintained by the Town and the others private, serve as the final resting site for veterans going back to the American Revolution. Arkwright was particularly active during the Civil War time period. Many residents signed a petition against adding any new slave states. The Town’s proximity to Lake Erie as well as the courage of some early residents led to Arkwright’s involvement in the underground railroad. Two locations in the town are designated Underground Railroad Stations. Town’s Tavern employed a free black man who transported many runaway slaves to this site where they were housed in the barn until it was safe to move on. The other site was the Huyck family home. Arkwright has always supported the military, contributing thirty-one soldiers to the Civil War, including one free black man. During

BEMUS POINT

13 Albertus Ave., PO Box 450, Bemus Point, NY 14712 716-386-4398 • www.bemuspointny.org

bemus Point history

The area currently known as Bemus Point was first settled by William Bemus in 1806. Bemus had purchased land on both sides of Chautauqua Lake from the Land Company in 1805 at a cost of $1.50. He moved his family to the east side of the lake (in the area now known as Bemus Point) on March 9, 1806. The Bemus family lived in a log cabin approximately 500-660 feet northeast of the current ferry landing site. The ferry located in Bemus Point was founded in 1811 by Thomas Bemus. The original ferry was a raft built by Thomas and had to be pulled across the lake. Today, a cable-drawn ferry exists in its place and in operated by the Chautauqua Lake Historic Vessels Company. Until the nearby bridge (now part of I-86) opened October 30,1982, the Bemus-Stow Ferry was the only way to cross Chautauqua Lake.

When closed for the winter months, motorist had to travel north-west to Mayville, or south-east to Jamestown to reach Stow. Either way was a 19- mile round trip. Residents often purchased a seasonal pass to use the ferry, commuting to Lakewood, Sherman, or other areas west of the lake. Throughout the 1800’s, Bemus Point gained popularity as a tourist destination, which promoted its growth and development. By the early 1900’s, a dance hall known as the Casino (which still exists as a restaurant), became a well-known venue for entertainment, particularly big band music. The Village of Bemus Point was incorporated in 1911.

111 South Main St. Jamestown, NY 14701

716-483-1902

u.s. Census bureau estimates

Government direCtory

The Bemus Point Village Board meets the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at 13 Albertus Ave., Bemus Point.

Jeffrey Molnar, mayor 716-386-4398 villageofbemuspoint@gmail.com

Ted Farnham, deputy mayor, 716-386-4398 villageofbemuspoint@gmail.com

Brittany Mulkins, village clerk 716-386-4398 villageofbemuspoint@gmail.com

Deputy Mayor Ted Farnham, village trustee 716-386-4398 villageofbemuspoint@gmail.com

David I. Lipsey, village trustee 716-386-4398 villageofbemuspoint@gmail.com

Maureen Stahley, village trustee 716-386-4398 villageofbemuspoint@gmail.com

David Chertoff, village trustee 716-386-4398 villageofbemuspoint@gmail.com

Joel P Dahlberg, Department of Public Works, 716-397-3988 bemuspointdpw@gmail.com

Robert P. Samuelson, zoning officer 716-386-3465

Planning Board and Zoning Board members are Chair Gifford Lawrence, Amanda Dawes, Chris Loomis, Mark Prechti, Laurie Beaton, Wendy Rodgers. The board meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Alt. Members -Laurie Beaton, Wendy Rodgers. The board meets the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.

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BROCTON VILLAGE OF

34 W. Main St., Brocton, NY 14716 716-792-4160 • www.brocton.org

Government direCtory

Village board meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m.

Craig Miller, Village Mayor: 716-792-4160, Ext. 3

Scott Jagoda, Village Clerk/Treasurer: 716-792-4160, Ext. 2; brocton@stny.rr.com

Village Trustees: Bryan Woleben, Kari Doino, Drew Ransom, and Brandy Smith 716-792-4160

Peter Clark, Village Attorney: (716) 673-1361

Village Justices: Town of Portland Court: (716) 792-9614, Ext. 1; towncourt@town.portland.ny.us

Joe Majkowski, Electric Department Supervisor: 716-792-4160

Ken Becker, Highway Department Supervisor: 716-672-9106

Rich Lewis, Waste Water Treatment Supervisor: (716) 792-4687; wwtpbrocton@gmail.com

Wendy Spinuzza, Code Enforcement Officer: 716-792-9614, Ext. 4; code@town.portland.ny.us

Gloria McCormick, Dog Control Officer: (716) 785-1827; dogcontrol@town.portland.ny.us

Planning/Zoning Board members:

Donna Frost: (716) 581-3622

Malinda Marsh: (716) 792-4805

Tammy Thompson: (859) 492-5035

FUNERAL HOME INC

On March 20, 1894, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., in the rooms of the Brocton Library on Fay Street, 187 persons voted on the question of whether or not to incorporate Brocton.

The result was 127 yes, 60 no. The Village of Brocton was born.

Incorporation of Brocton came almost 83 years after Elijah Fay, formerly of Southborough, Mass., purchased all of lot 20 which formed the west portion of the Village of Brocton and built a log cabin. His brother, Hollis, in 1813, cleared three or four acres and built a log cabin on the northwest part of lot 13 which was the east section of Brocton.

At that time, there was no road where the Fays settled, only a trail and, what is now the center of Brocton, was described by early settlers as a dismal swamp of black ash. Many types of fruit, grain and vegetables were grown by residents in the Brocton area but Brocton became famous for its grapes, thanks again to Elijah Fay who began, in 1818, to establish grapes on his farm. After trying varieties of Fox, Miller’s Borgunda, Sweetwater and Hamburg grapes, in 1824, he tried planting Isabella and Catawba which did very well. Mr. Fay had the only grapes in the area for many years.

Mr. Fay also made the first wine known in Western and

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Central New York from cultivated grapes. In 1830, he produced five to eight gallons and continued each year to increase production. Dr. Taylor noted in his writings that Mr. Fay was still producing at least 300 gallons of wine until his death in 1860.

After the Civil War, farmers in the Brocton area went into grape growing on a large scale and by 1870 nearly 200 tons of grapes were harvested from about 600 acres. Other wineries also flourished during this time period despite, Dr. Taylor commented in his writings, the “low price of the fruit”. Other industries peculiar to those times also flourished in Brocton., The first sawmill in Brocton was built by Moses Sage on Slippery Rock Creek in 1816. Several sawmills were in evidence during the mid and late-1800s with the ones in the later part of the century being steam operated. A grist mill built in 1836 by John Haight and Harvey Williams also contained a tannery. A steam mill for grinding feed was present in the 1870s.

Dr. Daniel Ingalls and Joseph Lockwood opened the first store in Brocton in 1830 which was located on the southeast corner of Main Street. The store saw several different owners over the years it was in operation. Five other stores followed in 1835, 1836, 1844, 1847 plus 14 others opened between the years of 1858 and 1873.

u.s. Census bureau estimates

Clerk/Tax Collector - Darlene Nygren 716-763-8561 clerk@townofbustiny.gov

Supervisor - Jesse Robbins 716-763-8561 jrobbins@townofbustiny.gov

Tyler Nelson, town council 716-763-8561 tnelson@townofbustiny.gov

Todd M. Hanson, town council 716-763-8561 thanson@townofbustiny.gov

James B. Andrews, town council 716-763-8561 jandrews@townofbustiny.gov

Paul Gustafson, town council 716-763-8561 pgustafson@townofbustiny.gov

Gregory Johnson, highway superintendent 716-664-4901 highway@townofbustiny.gov

Lyle T. Hajdu, town justice 716-763-4695, lhadju@nycourts.gov

Sean W. Uber, town justice 716-763-4695, suber@nycourts.com

Elizabeth Davis, court clerk, 716- 763-4695, court@townofbustiny.gov

Cheri Bartok, deputy court clerk, 716- 763-4695, deputycourtclerk@townofbustiny.gov

Jeffrey A. Swanson, code enforcement officer 716-763-8561 blcode@townofbustiny.gov

David Williams, code enforcement/fire inspector 716-763-8561 ceo/townofbustiny.gov

Bobbi Elderkin, town assessor 716-763-8561, ext. 6, accessor@townofbustiny.gov

Mary Beth Moss, dog control 716-338-7913, dco@ townofbustiny.gov

Busti Planning Board members are Joe Flikkema, Chairman, Linda Anderson, Julie Jackson-Forsberg, Dan Johnson, Diane VanDewark and Robert Whitman. Zoning Board of Appeals members are Tim Young, chairman, Gary Starr, David Josephson, and Bruce Kidder. www.townofbusti.gov

busti history

The southwestern section of New York State is part of a vast section of land claimed by Massachusetts following the Revolutionary War. Robert Morris acquired it in 1791 and, after settlement with the Native Americans in 1797, sold it to the Holland Land Company. Paul Busti, for whom the Town of Busti was named, was born on October 17, 1749 at Milan, Italy, and died in July, 1824, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was general for the Holland Land Company.

It is known that tribes of both the Erie and Seneca Indians were very early inhabitants of the area. John L. Frank is reported to be the first white settler in 1808 on lot 61, although records indicate that he didn’t purchase land until 1812.

The first road opened in the southern part of the county was cut through the forest by Robert Miles between 1802 and 1804 and started by the Conewango at Pine Grove to Shadyside (Lakewood) and ended at a place on Chautauqua Lake known as Miles Landing.

One of the first industries in Busti was a tannery built by John Frank about 1812 at what was called the Frank settlement. The first blacksmith was Patrick Cambell, who operated his shop from the tannery. A short time later, Giles Chipman and Lyman Fargo opened a shop nearby where they installed a trip hammer and manufactured edge tools. Other early industries were established by Deacon Samuel Garfield, Herman Bush, Uriah Haws, Samuel Chappel, James Startwell, and Francis Soule.

Perhaps the most remarkable inhabitants of Busti were the Stonemans. George Stoneman came to Busti in 1810, married Katherine Cheney, and had eight children. His oldest son George became one of the great cavalry leaders of the Civil War. In 1871 he moved to California and became governor of the state years later. Kate Stoneman, another one of George’s children, was the first woman to pass the New York State bar exams and to be admitted to law practice in New York State.

The Underground Railroad had one of its most active routes through this region and Busti was an important stop on this route. It crossed the state line at or near Sugar Grove, passed through Busti and Jamestown and then across Lake Erie to Buffalo and on to the “railroad’s” terminal in Canada. There was also a station where Sunset Hill Cemetery is now located.

The first school, a one-room log cabin, was built in 1813 and was located at Fairmount and Winch Roads. The log school consisted of one room. Light entered through small windows placed in notches cut in the logs. In the side of the building was a door made of boards and hung with wood hinges. The building was warmed by a huge fireplace while students studied spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetic. The present Southwestern Central School was built and ready for use in 1954.

The Baptist Church of Busti was organized on August 30, 1819. The first Baptist house of worship was built in 1836 and another one was erected in 1853. The first Methodist Episcopal Church was organized under the direction of Rev. Alvin Burgess in about 1819 with approximately 60 members.

CARROLL

5 W. Main St., Frewsburg, NY 14738 • 716-569-5365 • carrollny.org

u.s. Census bureau estimates

American Community Survey

Population Estimate: 3,456

Median Household Income: $59,537

Individuals Below Poverty Level: 3.6%

Median Age: 39.9

Veterans: 337, 6.9%

Total Housing Units: 1,541

Carroll history

The town of Carroll, in the extreme southeastern part of the county, was erected in 1825 from the town of Ellicott, and named in honor of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, the immortal Signer, who in affixing his name to the Declaration of Independence added his residence, that there might be no doubt of his identity if misfortune overtook the cause for which he was risking his life and fortune.

The town, broken and hilly in the northeast and east parts and rolling in the south and southwest, originally included the present town of Kiantone, which was set off from Carroll in 1853. Conewango creek forms the greater part of the boundary line between the two towns, entering Carroll from the north and continuing to the Pennsylvania line. The town contains 20,658 acres, the highest summits, being 1,400 feet above tidewater. Frewsburg, on the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh railroad, is a thriving village with important industrial establishments-The Carroll Furniture Company, the Frewsburg Canning Company, and the Merrell-Soule Company, dairy products. There are in Frewsburg four small factories.

The first settlers were John Frew on lot 61, and Thomas Russell on west half of lot 53 at the mouth of Frew Run. In the spring of 1809 John Frew paid $2.25 an acre, built a log cabin, and put in crops in 1810. A few months later, George W. Fenton sold his farm on Chadakoin river and located on lot 52, south of and adjoining the lands of Frew and Russell. Frew and Russell built a saw mill in 1810, and commenced sawing the next spring. They ran the sawed boards to Pittsburgh.

Perhaps no other township in the county has had so many saw mills at the same time as Carroll. John Frew assisted Edward Work to build his saw mill at Work’s Mills in 1808, and the first lumber cut by Frew was plank for eight flatboats which he built and took to Mayville for salt which he ran to Pittsburgh.

Carroll Town Board meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Tim Burkett, town supervisor 716-720-6547 Supervisor@townofcarrollny.gov

Susan Rowley, town clerk 716-569-5365 carrolltownclerk@gmail.com

John Barber, town council 716-708-5691 johntbarber@gmail.com

Justin Lingenfelter, town council 716-450-7334

Paul Oyer, town council 716-489-6689 pauloyer8@gmail.com

Kenneth Dahlgren Jr., town council/deputy supervisor 716-489-1114 kendahlgren@me.com

Chad Allison, highway superintendent 716-569-6161 tochighwaysup@gmail.com

Robert E. Gray / Tamera Kinne-Gustafson, town justices 716-569-5219

Alan P. Gustafson, code enforcement 716-569-5215 codes@townofcarrollny.gov

Tera Darts, town assessor 716-763-8561, ext. 6 accessor@townofbusti.com

Joshua Ostrander, police chief 716-569-5365

Daniel Sisson, water department 716-450-0088

Susan Richards, historian 716-569-3121

Barbara Cessna, historian 716-569-5677

Nick Cusimano, dog control 716-499-1033

Planning Board members are Randall Sitler, Tracy Magnuson, Josh Eckert, Heather Lynn, Sherry Jacobson, Polly Hanson, Nick Niles

Zoning Board of Appeals members are Tracy Magnuson and Trudy Bloomquist.

Fire Commissioners board members are Don Mowry, Nick Niles, Don Sparling, Bob Price, Cory Lauffenburger

The Board of Review is comprised of Jay Eckert, chairperson, Jason Ruhlman, Mike Peterson, John Dale and David Brown.

Government

VILLAGE OF

CASSADAGA

22 Mill St., PO Box 286, Cassadaga, NY 14718 (716) 595-3007 • www.cassadaganewyork.org

u.s. Census bureau estimates

Population: 515 Area: 0.8 square miles

Median Age: 49.1 Median Household Income: $70,357 Poverty Rate: 7.8% Total Households: 200

Total Housing Units: 263

Bachelor’s Degree Or Higher: 25.7%

Veteran Status: 7.5% Race & Ethnicity: 97% White

CassadaGa history

“Cassadaga” is a Seneca Indian name meaning “water under the rocks”, descriptive not only of the natural springs of the area flowing from glacial moraines, but that in dry weather, many of the local streams would ‘disappear’: the spring fed water running wholly within the gravelly bottom of the stream beds draining from the surrounding hills.

The Village of Cassadaga was settled in 1848 at the headwaters of the technically navigable Cassadaga Creek, though the upper few miles of it are not practically so today due to numerous shallows and beaver activity along its course.

The village was formally incorporated in 1921. Early settlers utilized the abundant and large trees (some exceeding 5’ (1.5m) in diameter) as a primary source of income, often sent via log rafts and flatboat on the creek as timber, charcoal and pearl ash: the later two products in demand in the early industrial age.

The Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad, which laid track from Dunkirk, New York and eventually to Warren, Pennsylvania, passed on the west side of the Cassadaga Lakes in the spring of 1871. The tracks ran through the then adjoining hamlet of Burnhams which was later annexed by the village. The Railroad contributed greatly to the economy of the area, both as a source of population growth and visitors to the lakes and rolling hills for recreation, and for transportation of the forest and farm products of the area to more urban centers, as well as for ice harvested from the lakes in winter for refrigeration.

The Webster Citizens Company ice house stood on the west shore of the Upper Lake with a three car rail siding to serve it, and was listed as a railroad business as late as 1931.

The Cassadaga Spring Water Company had a siding on the Middle lake where it bottled water from a leased spring on the north side of the Glenn Halladay farm for shipment by rail to city customers primarily in Buffalo, New York, though it had ceased operations by the late 1920s as municipal water supply systems improved. The rail line was abandoned after extensive flood damage near Sinclairville from Hurricane Agnes in 1972, and subsequently removed.

Village board meetings are held thet second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 7 p.m.

Rudy Abersold, Mayor: 716-397-9717, rcabersold.villcass@netsync.net

Annette McChesney, Village Clerk: (716) 595-3007; villcass@netsync.net

Roxanne Astry, Village Deputy Clerk: (716) 680-1992; villcass@netsync.net

Bill Astry, Deputy Mayor/Village Trustee: (716) 679-5775, bastry.villcass@netsync.net

Jeffrey Frick, Village Trustee: 716-679-6832, jfrick.villcass@netsync.net

Cathy Cruver, Village Trustee: (716) 499-2833; ccruver.villcass@netsync.net

Danna DuBois, Village Trustee: (716) 679-5821; ddubois. villcass@netsync.net

Dan Delcamp, Code Enforcement Officer: 716-581-2701; ddelcamp.villcass@netsync.net

John Sipos, Historian: sipos@netsync.net

Department of Public Works: (716) 595-3844; dpw.cassadaga@yahoo.com

Planning Board: Nancy Wickmark, Chairman; Rodney Waite; Todd Anderson; and Dave Rowley.

Zoning Board Of Appeals: Tom Beichner, Chairman; Chris MacKrell; Ryan Burlingame; Trudy Coulcher; and Chris Cooke.

January 2026

VILLAGE OF

CELORON

21 Boulevard Ave., PO Box 577, Celoron, NY 14720 716-484-4175 • www.celoronny.org

u.s. Census bureau estimates

American Community Survey

Population Estimate: 1,069

Median Household Income: $54,632

Individuals Below Poverty Level: 12.5%

Median Age: 41

Veterans: 93

Total Housing Units: 603

Government direCtory

Village board meetings are held the second Monday of each month in the Celoron Community Center at 6 p.m.

Scott Schrecengost, mayor 716-487-4175 celoron@netsync.net

Valerie Murphy, village trustee, 716-716-487-4175 celoron@netsync.net

Shaun Smith, village trustee, 716-487-4715 celoron@netsync.net

Shirley A. Sanfilippo, village clerk 716-487-4175 celoron@netsync.net

William Burley, village trustee 716-487-4175 celoron@netsync.net

Kate E. Burnett, village trustee 716-487-4175 celoron@netsync.net

Michael P. Moss, village trustee 716-487-4175 celoron@netsync.net

Terry W. Schrecengost, street supervisor 716-488-0579 highway@celoronny.org

Alan Gustafson, code enforcement 716-499-7190 codes@celoronny.org

Sheryl Brightman, deputy clerk, 716-487-4175, celoron@netsync.net

Planning board members are Charles Ellis, Mark Sanderson and John Murphy.

Zoning board members are James Work, chairman; Larry Muntz, Robert Darling and Darcie McLachlan.

CCeloron history

aptain de Blainville Celoron, a chevalier (French noble) of the Order of St. Louis, was given the task of re-establishing France’s claim to the watershed of the Ohio River Valley, a claim originally made by another Frenchman, LaSalle.

In 1749, Celoron set sail from Canada with his force of 214 soldiers and 55 Indian allies, landing near present day Barcelona, NY. He then pushed over the difficult portage to the head of Chautauqua Lake, where he arrived on July 22nd. On his arrival, he and his companions must have been impressed with the lovely and tranquil scene as it appeared on that summer day.

The next day he embarked. His fleet of bark canoes passed maple groves and the wild deer straying from the deep forest depths to sniff the cool breezes of the lake. He passed the narrows of the lake and passed into the broad expanse of the lower lake, and encamped for the night upon the shore three miles above the outlet, a place which 150 years later would come to bear his name.

This new village was once known as Sammis Bay, named after an early settler Charles Wheeler Sammis, and was renamed after a second settler Joseph Burtis, who purchased the most southern bay of the lake, and in the mid-1870’s with the purchase by James Prendergast, a member of Jamestown’s founding family, became known as Prendergast Point. In 1896 the village was incorporated and named Village of Celoron. To this day, the bay to the west still retains the name Burtis Bay.

1874: James Prendergast purchased 67 acres of land at a point on the southeastern end of Chautauqua Lake, adjacent to Burtis Bay, soon to be renamed Prendergast Point 1879: James Prendergast dies intestate

1880: Alexander T. Prendergast, son of James, deed the property to his wife Mary

1891: The sale of the property called Prendergast Point from the estate of Mary A. Prendergast to a group of businessmen know as Lindsay and Lindsay, who renamed the area Celoron, after the French explorer, and formed the Celoron Land Company

1893: The Celoron Land Company and the Jamestown Street Railway Company join to form the Celoron Amusement Company and name Almet N. Broadhead, President

1894: Almet N. Broadhead, President of the Celoron Amusement Company opens, the new resort for the first time. At its Grant Opening, the new park was called “The People’s Park at Celoron”

CHARLOTTE TOWN OF

Charlotte history

The Town of Charlotte was first settled around 1809. Route 60 is a major northern-southern route near the west town line. Mill Creek flows southwest through the town.

u.s. Census bureau estimates

American Community Survey

Population Estimate: 1,432

Median Household Income: $58,056

Individuals Below Poverty Level: 15.2%

Median Age: 48.1

Veterans: 111

Total Housing Units: 795

Government direCtory

Frank Lauricella, town supervisor 716-499-4227, charlottesupervisor@gmail.com

Susan L. Peacock, town clerk 716-962-6047 townclerk@charlotteny.gov

Darin Smith, town council 716-962-6047

Harold North III, town council 716-962-6047

Mark Jaquith, town council 716-962-6047

Larry Green, town council 716-962-6047

Board meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m.

Mark G. LeBaron, highway superintendent 716-962-4501 townofcharlotte@windstream.net

Jeffrey S. Crossley, town justice 716-962-2004

Court Clerk Wanda Crossley

Toby Hammond, building and zoning officer 716-664-1676, townofcharlotteceo@gmail.com

Susan Peacock, historian 716-962-6047, townclerk@charlotteny.gov

Josh Cybart, dog control officer 716-680-4037, dcocharlotte@charlotte.gov

Kevin Okerlund, assessor 716-962-9455 kpo@fairpoint.net

CHAUTAUQUA

2 Academy St., Mayville, NY 14757 716-753-7342 • www.townofchautauqua.com

u.s. Census bureau estimates

Population Estimate: 3,986

Chautauqua history

The town of Chautauqua was formed on April 11, 1805, from the town of Batavia, while still part of Genesee County. The first settler arrived the year before, near the current village of Mayville. When Chautauqua County was created on March 11, 1808, the town’s territory was increased to include the eastern tier of townships, so that the town and the new county were coextensive. The town is the “mother of towns” in Chautauqua County since all other towns in the county towns were once part of it. The town is still one of the largest in the county. The Lewis Miller Cottage of the Chautauqua Institution was listed in the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark in 1966. The Chautauqua Institution Historic District was listed in 1974.

Notable residents include: Arthur Bestor, historian, public education critic; John Jachym, businessman, philanthropist, sportsman; Michael John LaChiusa, musical theater composer; Hiram Lawton Richmond, former US Congressman from Pennsylvania; Garnet Sixsmith, one of the first professional ice hockey players; Gar Samuelson, original drummer of Megadeth (classic line-up); Glenni William Scofield, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania; Heidi VanDerveer, women’s basketball coach

Government direCtory

The Chautauqua Town Board meets the second Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Chautauqua Municipal Building

Rebecca Luba, town clerk 716-753-7342 rluba@townofchautauqua.gov

Donald Emhardt, town supervisor demhardt@townofchautauqua.gov

Kenneth Burnett, town council kburnett@townofchautauqua.gov

Thomas J. Carlson, town council tcarlson@townofchautauqua.gov

Scott D. Cummings, town council scummings@townofchautauqua.gov

Councilman Leroy Parker lparker@townofchautauqua.gov

Terry Sanden, highway superintendent 716-753-7255, highway@townofchautauqua.gov

Timothy Hull, town justice 716-753-7342

Frank Watson, code enforcement 716-753-3433, fwatson@townofchautauqua.gov

Anne Golley, assessor 716-753-7342, agolley@townofchautauqua.gov

Gloria McCormick, dog control 716-753-7320

Devon Taylor, historian 716-753-3116

CHERRY CREEK

618 Center St., Cherry Creek, NY 14723 716-296-8050 www.cherrycreekny.org

Cherry Creek Town Board meetings are held the second Mondays of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Jim Abbey, town supervisor 716-296-8050, cherrycreek8050@yahoo.com

Mia Abbey, town clerk and tax collector 716-296-8050 mia_abbey@yahoo.com

Jeff Chase, town council, 716-296-8050

Matt Smith, town council, 716-296-8050

Ryan M. Lepp, town council, 716-296-8050

Becky Rowicki, town council, 716-296-8050

Kenneth W. Chase, highway superintendent 716-499-5721

Kristin M. Sercu, town justice 716-296-1014 kristinsercu@yahoo.com

Kevin Okerlund, assessor. 716-296-8050

Jayson Rowicki, code enforcement 716-640-2500

Tim Nobles, historian 716-640-9764

Dustin Sheldon, DPW supervisor 716-844-1498

Michael Cowles, dog control officer, 716-257-0388

Sharon Sweeting, Librarian

Cathy Chase, clerk 2, 716-296-8050

Matthew Smith, deputy supervisor, 716-296-8050

TOWN OF

8026, Route 474, Clymer, NY 14724 • 716-355-2230 • www.townofclymerny.gov

u.s. Census bureau estimates

American Community Survey Population Estimate: 1,753

Median Household Income: $83,578

Individuals Below Poverty Level: 10.3%

Median Age: 28.6

Veterans: 49, 3.1%

Total Housing Units: 677

Government direCtory

The Clymer Town Board meets the second Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. of each month at the Clymer Highway Building, 8026 Route 474, Clymer.

Brian Willink, town supervisor (716) 664-1333 supervisor@townofclymerny.gov

Wendy Trisket, town clerk 716-355-5008 townclerk@townofclymerny.gov

Willowe F. Neckers, tax collector 716-355-6345, taxcollector@townofclymerny.gov

Todd H. Kolstee, town council 716-499-2058 tkolstee@townofclymerny.gov

Melissa Murphy, town council 1-(270) 839-3053 mmurphy@townofclymerny.gov

Carl Neckers, town council 716-397-9803 cneckers@townofclymerny.gov

Levi Swanson, town council (716)450-8213, lswanson@townofclymerny.gov

Scott E. Trisket, highway superintendent 716-355-9933 hwydept@townofclymerny.gov

Denis Cooper, town justice 716-355-6331, dcooper@nycourts.gov

Jeffrey S. Messenger, code enforcement 814-873-8368

Evan Wood, zoning officer 716-456-5772, zoningofficer@townofclymerny.gov

Jenniene Scarem, town assessor 716-640-4544 assessor@townofclymerny.gov

Cindy Willink, historian 716-355-4430

Clymer history

Among the new towns taken directly from the “mother town,” Chautauqua, was Clymer, organized February 9, 1821, and given the name of the patriotic Pennsylvanian, George Clymer, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The town of Mina was set off from Clymer in 1824; and French Creek in 1829, leaving Clymer an area of 21,985 acres, bounded on the north by Sherman, east by Harmony, west by French Creek, south by Pennsylvania. The surface is a hilly upland, well adapted to grazing and dairying, being well watered. The soil responds well to cultivation and the Western New York & Pennsylvania railroad traverses the town from north to south, with stations in Clymer, North Clymer, Clymer Center and Joquins. Clymer Hill is in the western part of the town.

At Clymer, tanning leather was once an important business, and about 1860 Leonard Kooman established there one of the largest tanneries in the county. The first tannery was built on lot 35 by Ebenezer Brownell shortly after 1830. Walter L. and Loren B. Sessions conducted extensive tanning operations on the Brownell site in later years. One of the early and industrious pioneers of Clymer was Peter Jaquins, a soldier in the War of 1812. He moved from Guilford, Chenango county, to Cattaraugus county in 1820. In 1824 he bought a lot in Clymer, and in 1825 made his home here and erected the first saw and grist mills in the town. He was an excellent hunter, and it is said “that he captured nearly one hundred wolves previous to 1812, for which he received an average bounty of twelve dollars per head.” His children were: Bruce, who located near his father; Edward, who went to Kansas; Wallace; Art, a farmer and cattle dealer, who married Frances Vrooman; Elizabeth. The name of this enterprising pioneer is perpetuated in the post office called Jaquins.

DUNKIRK

342 Central Ave., Dunkirk, NY 14048

716-366-0452 • Fax 716-363-0058 • www.cityofdunkirk.com

u.s. Census bureau estimates

American Community Survey Population Estimate: 12,442

Median Household Income: $49,003

Individuals Below Poverty Level: 22.3%

Median Age: 41 • Veterans: 888

Total Housing Units: 5,792

dunKirK history

According to the city of Dunkirk web site, the village of Dunkirk was originally settled in the earliest parts of the 1800s and incorporated in 1837. In February of 1880 the Village was chartered as the City of Dunkirk. For centuries, the dense forest surrounding what would later become to be known as Chadwick Bay was utilized as hunting ground by those native to the area. By the mid 1600s, European explorers following the shore of Lake Erie had stumbled upon the harbor and began using it as a safe haven during rough Lake Erie storms.

In the earliest parts of the 19th century, a few brave men decided that it was worth the effort to settle this area as home. In 1809, Soloman Chadwick cleared the land surrounding the bay that would later bare his name and settled on the shores of the harbor.

By the 1830s, 300 people had made the area their home and on May 5, 1837, the community was incorporated as a village. The next few decades would advance the village beyond expectations with the advent of the railroad. Not only did the City lay in a strategic location where freight could easily be moved from rail to sea, it also became well known for the many locomotives that it would produce. By 1880 the population had grown to over 7,000 and in February of that year the village was chartered as the state’s newest city.

Over the past 132 years the City has gone from an important stop along the railroad to a bustling steel town to the quaint lakeside community that we all enjoy today.

Kate Wdowiasz, mayor 716-366-9882 (cell: 716-467-7487) kwdowiasz@cityofdunkirk.com

Amy Dobek, city clerk and treasurer 716-366-0452 (fax: 716-366-0058) adobek@cityofdunkirk.com

Ellen Luczkowiak, fiscal affairs officer 716-366-9863 (fax:716-363-6481) eluczkowiak@cityofdunkirk.com

Nick Weiser, City Council at-large nweiser@cityofdunkirk.com 620-397-1729

Natalie Luczkowiak, City Council Ward 1 716-680-4664 nluczkowiak@cityofdunkirk.com

Frank Torain, City Council Ward 2 ftorain@cityofdunkirk.com

Gary Frederickson, City Council Ward 3 gfrederickson@cityofdunkirk.com

Michael Civiletto, City Council Ward 4 mciviletto@cityofdunkirk.com

John M. Kuzdale, City Court judge 716-366-2055

Glenn Christner, building inspector 716-366-9858 gchristner@cityofdunkirk.com

Erica Munson, City Clerk of Assessors 716-366-9836 emunson@cityofdunkirk.com

Elliot Raimondo, attorney 716-366-9866 eraimondo@cityofdunkirk.com

Nick Barter, fire chief 716-366-2630 nbarter@cityofdunkirk.com

Randy Woodbury, Department of Public Works director 716-366-9832 rwoodbury@cityofdunkirk.com

Vince DeJoy, director of planning and development 716-366-9876 vdejoy@cityofdunkirk.com

Chris Witkowski, police chief 716-366-2477 or 716-366-2266 cwitkowski@dunkirkpolice.com

DUNKIRK

4737 Willow Road Dunkirk, NY 14048 716-366-3967 • www.townofdunkirkny.gov

u.s. Census bureau estimates

Population: 1,270

Area: 6.2 square miles

Median Age: 59.3

Median Household Income: $69,250

Poverty Rate: 10.2%

Total Households: 534

Total Housing Units: 607

Bachelor’s Degree Or Higher: 22.6%

Veteran Status: 6.9%

Government direCtory

The Dunkirk Town Board meets at 5:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month.

Shari Miller, Town Supervisor: 716-366-3967

Rebecca Yacklon, Town Clerk: 716-366-3967; townclerk@dunkirkny.org

Deputy Clerk/Planning & Zoning Secretary: Jennifer Jakubowski

Town Board members: Jean Crane, Phil Leone, and Bob Price.

Jeanne Ebersole, Assessor: 716-672-8736; assessorjeanne@gmail.com

Ryan Mourer, Zoning/Code Enforcement Officer: 716-673-6932; romourer@gmail.com

Christopher D. Penfold, Town Justice: 716-366-3945; cpenfold@nycourts.gov

town of dunKirK history

The Town of Dunkirk is an idyllic community located in Chautauqua County, NY which is in the Western New York part of New York State. The land mass is over 3,000 acres, with a “U-shaped” configuration which includes property both on the shores of Lake Erie and inland.

Geographically, the Town is divided into “East Town” and “West Town”. The town’s proximity to Lake Erie is its most significant natural asset, and a primary contributor to local character.

Race & Ethnicity: 82% White; 13% Hispanic (continued on page 25)

Lisa Klajbor, Court Clerk: lklajbor@nycourts.gov

Angela Joy, Court Clerk: adjoy@nycourts.gov

Linda Leone, Historian: historian@townofdunkirkny.gov

Jeffrey Feinen, Highway Superintendent: 716-680-5461

Nicole Welka, Dog Control Officer: 716-785-0870

The Planning and Zoning boards meet on an as-needed basis.

Planning Board: Paul Bowers, Jordan Cooper, Benjamin Gloss, and Richard Mackowiak.

Zoning Board of Appeals: Michael Miller, Scott Pagano, Ken Tarnowski, Thomas Tarnowski, and Mike Bohn.

The population of the Town of Dunkirk peaked late in the post-World War II “Baby Boom: now includes just over 1300 residents. Surrounding communities include the City of Dunkirk, the Village of Fredonia, and the Town of Sheridan.

The Town of Dunkirk is a largely rural suburban community, with a mix of moderately-sized residential parcels, strip commercial, industrial and agricultural properties. These agricultural parcels make up about 20% of the total acreage, contributing to a rural residential character. Included in the agricultural district are numerous grape farms, providing the world renowned Concord grapes for both juice and wine.

Most of the residential land includes one family yearround residences. Median home values in 2013 were nearly $87,000 – well above that of the neighboring City of Dunkirk, and similar to that of Chautauqua County as a whole. Also in the town is a robust commercial

town of dunKirK history

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district on Vineyard Drive, with industrial and commercial endeavors making up about 8% of the total acreage; 26% of the acreage is residential, and 32% is vacant. A substantial portion of the Town by acreage is comprised of residential “recreational” properties.

The Town of Dunkirk provides municipal services to over 1,300 residents within an annual budget of approximately $900,000. The town has been fiscally responsible over the years and has included both reserve and contingency accounts within the budget. The Town supports its own Highway Department (maintaining over 28 lane-miles of roadway), and volunteer Fire Departments are located in both East and West Town of Dunkirk.

The Town of Dunkirk contains a range of local, county, and state roadways. State roadways include Route 5, Route 60, and the NYS Thruway. The supply of water is presently provided by the City of Dunkirk, but a newly formed Northern Chautauqua County Water District will provide water and water services in the very near future.

This will improve the infrastructure with new piping, equipment, pumps, and allow the Town of Dunkirk to utilize its own billing service for water.

Other community facilities and services include the Town Hall at 4737 Willow Road which houses the town staff, clerk’s office, Town Court and justices, code enforcement, and zoning officer. Police protection is contracted from the City of Dunkirk.

A Town of Dunkirk Comprehensive Plan was recently completed to create a framework for productive growth for the residents and the businesses of the Town. Upcoming projects include the renovation of the Town hall, improving opportunities for water-based recreation, exploring continued development of economic services and working with our local and county wide partners to explore shared services and shared success.

The Town has adopted the vision statement to guide of comprehensive plan with the following: “The Town of Dunkirk will be recognized for its high quality of life, a safe, attractive and affordable environment, and its diverse economic opportunities.”

Chautauqua

ELLERY TOWN

25 Sunnyside Ave., PO Box 429, Bemus Point, NY 14712 716-386-3465 • www.elleryny.org

u.s. Census bureau estimates

American Community Survey Population Estimate: 4,134

Median Household Income: $74,802

Individuals Below Poverty Level: 5.9%

Median Age: 56.2 Veterans: 359

Total Housing Units: 3,047

Government direCtory

Larry Anderson, town supervisor 716-386-3465 supervisor@elleryny.gov

Jill Braund, town clerk 716-386-3465 ext 200 townclerk@elleryny.gov

Jeremy Crist, town council 716-386-3465

John C. Cresanti, town council 716-386-3465

David Boughton, town council 716-386-3465

Mark R. Schlemmer, town council 716-386-3465

Greg A. Hallberg, highway superintendent 716-386-7224

Lawrence A. Wallace, town justice 716-386-2521 ext. 4

John A. Ferrara, town justice 716-386-5307 Jferrara@nycourts.gov

Robert P. Samuelson, code enforcement 716-386-3465 (ext. 204) code@elleryny.gov

Anne M. Golley, zoning officer 716-386-3465 (ext. 207) zoning@elleryny.gov

Anne M. Golley, assessor 716-386-3465 ext 207 assessor@elleryny.gov

ELLICOTT

215 S. Work St., Falconer, NY 14733 716-665-5317 • www.townofellicott.gov

u.s. Census bureau estimates

American Community Survey Population Estimate: 8,688

Median Household Income: $63,143

Individuals Below Poverty Level: 9.7% • Median Age: 43.5 Veterans: 614 • Total Housing Units: 4,394

Government direCtory TOWN OF

The Ellicott Town Board meets the first Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m.

Janet Bowman, town supervisor 716-665-5317 ext. 210 supervisor@townofellicott.gov

Amy Bellardo, town clerk 716-665-5317 ext. 202 ellicott@townofellicott.gov

Danielle Calkins, deputy town clerk, 716-665-5317 ext. 200, ellicott@townofellicott.gov

James Rensel, town council Ward 1 716-485-1554 ellicott@townofellicott.gov

Robert White, town council Ward 2 716-640-3627, ellicott@townofellicott.gov

Katy L. Whitmore, town council Ward 3 716-450-1475 ellicott@townofellicott.gov

Kenneth N. Swan, town council Ward 4 716-640-3944 ellicott@townofellicott.gov

Sally A. Jaroszynski, town justice 716-665-5319, ellicotttowncourt@nycourts.gov

Marilyn Gerace, town justice 716-665-5319, ellicotttowncourt@nycourts.gov

Kaitlin McNeil, court clerk, 716-665-5319, ellicotttowncourt@nycourts.gov

Brandon Shelters, code enforcement 716-665-5317 ext. 209 code@townofellicott.gov

Robert F. Pickett Jr., highway superintendent 716-665-2101 toehighway@netsync.net

Tara Darts, town assessor 716-665-5317, ext. 201 accessor@townofellicott.gov

Marilyn Fiore-Lehman, town attorney 716-484-4133

Daniel Ingrao, police chief 716-665-7083

Confidential Tip Line 716-241-9877

Members of the Planning and Zoning Board of Appeals are Dan Evans, chairman, Valerie Pierce, Ken Lyon, Patricia Martonis and Paul Volpe.

Phyllis Belin and John Merchant are alternates. The board meets at 6 p.m. the third Thursday of each month.

Members of the Board of Assessment Review are Jean Lloyd, Patricia Martonis, Rachel Caprino, Dennis Jose, Ted Card, and Sam Ognibene.

elliCott history

In 1808, the County of Chautauqua was formed and divided into two towns: Chautauqua in the East & Pomfret in the West. The Town of Ellicott was formed from this Town on June 1, 1812 and was named for Joseph Ellicott, who was the resident agent of the Holland Land Company. Ellicott originally included what are now the Towns of Busti (1823), Carroll (1825) and Poland (1832). Ellicott, along with Gerry & Hanover, was one of the first three towns admitted to the County following its original formation.

The first settler, within the present boundaries of Ellicott, was William Wilson. He came from Pennsylvania early in 1806 and settled on the north side of the Chautauqua Lake outlet.

The first election of officers for the Town of Ellicott was held on the first Tuesday of April 1813. James Prendergast was elected the first Town Supervisor and Ebenezer Davis was the first Town Clerk. After 1812, settlement in the area was rapid. By 1870 the population of the Town was 6,879. However, that number included Village of Jamestown residents.

In 1886, the Village of Jamestown was incorporated as a city and separated from the original Town of Ellicott. Thus, today the Town of Ellicott surrounds the City on the north, east & west.

(For more detailed historical data see “A History of Chautauqua County” by Andrew W. Young)

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The Town of Ellicott is located in Southwestern New York in the southeast corner of Chautauqua County. The Town has an approximate land area of 30.6 square miles and a current population of 8,768 (2020 Census). The Town abuts the City of Jamestown on the east, north and west and has several miles of shoreline along beautiful Chautauqua Lake. Ellicott is situated in a unique urban/rural setting, consisting of suburbs, neighborhoods and lush rolling farmland. In recent years, several new residential developments have been established adding to the attraction of the Town. There are also a total of three school districts within the Town’s boundaries including 2 high schools, 2 middle schools and 2 elementary schools. Villages are located within the Town of Ellicott: Celoron (pop. 1,112) and Falconer (2,420). Both villages are well over a century old and contain many large and beautiful Victorian-style homes.

The Town is proud of its three fine fire departments:

The Celoron Hose Company services Celoron and West Ellicott phone (716) 488-1788

The Falconer Fire Dept. services Falconer & the surrounding vicinity phone (716) 665-6208

The Fluvanna Fire Dept. services Fluvanna & the area west of Route 60 phone (716) 483-8505

Three major highways traverse the Town of Ellicott:

- The Southern Tier Expressway (I-86) runs east west through the Town

- NY State Route 60 runs north-south and connects with the New York State Thruway (I-90) 25 miles to the north near Dunkirk, NY

- NY State Route 394 also runs east-west across the entire Town and the City of Jamestown

The western end of the Route 394 corridor, also known as Fairmount Avenue, contains many professional office buildings and retail stores. This bustling area known as West Ellicott has experienced rapid development during the past 15 years. It is the major retail area in Southern Chautauqua County.

TOWN OF

ELLINGTON

813 W. Main St., PO Box 344, Ellington, NY 14732 716-287-2026 • www.ellingtonny.org

u.s. Census bureau estimates

American Community Survey Population Estimate: 1,497

Median Household Income:$53,438

Individuals Below Poverty Level: 16%

Median Age: 42

Veterans: 104, 8.2%

Total Housing Units: 671

Government direCtory

Karen Bifaro, town supervisor 716-287-2026 ext. 2 supervisor@ellingtonny.org

Kate Conti, town clerk 716-287-2026 townclerk@ellingtonny.org

Kevin D. Colburn, town council 716-287-2743

Barbara Beightol, town council 716-287-3907

David R. Brainard, town council 814-434-3128

Loren Kent, town council 716-640-3244

William Green, highway superintendent 716-499-2047 ellihighway@ellingtonny.org

Jeffrey Crossly, town justice 716-287-2026 ext. 4

Melanie Eddy, code enforcement rosko3737@gmail.com

Roxanne Aucoin, assessor 716-664-0749 aucoinrox@gmail.com

TellinGton history

he first settler arrived around 1814. The town of Ellington was formed in 1824 from the town of Gerry.

Every year on the first Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of August, the town hosts it famous “Ellington Town Picnic”. The picnic has activities such as a woodcutting contest, cake contest and auction, pet show contest, baby contest, horseshoe throwing contest, BBQ, square dance and music, and on Saturday at 10:00 PM the town has a brilliant fireworks show near the north east side of the town park on Saturday night of the picnic at 10:00 PM. This picnic has been going year after year except during the World Wars since 1905 to present day making it the oldest small town picnic in America.[7]

Bill Rexford, a 1950 NASCAR Grand National Series champion, is an Ellington native.

The Town of Ellington is a 22,000 acre tract on the eastern border of Chautauqua formed after separating from the Town of Gerry in 1824. It is originally named for Ellington, Connecticut.

The historic architecture that survives today records the evolution of the community and contributes to the distinctive character of the Town. A variety of architectural styles and building types are represented in Ellington. These historic houses, churches, and commercial buildings are arranged around the Town Square and reflect the difference in taste of past generations.

789 Busti Sugar Grove Rd., Jamestown, NY 14701

VILLAGE OF

FALCONER

Government direCtory u.s. Census bureau estimates

James Jaroszynski, mayor 716-665-4400 jjaroszynski@falconerny.gov

Cynthia Capestrani, village clerk 716-665-4400 clerk@falconerny.gov

Alan P. Gustafson Jr., village trustee 716-665-4400 agustafson@falconerny.gov

Anthony Cavallaro, village trustee 716-665-4400 acavallaro@falconerny.gov

Timothy D. Dunn, village trustee 716-665-4400 tdunn@falconerny.gov

Avery Faulkner, DPW Superintendent 716-665-3000 dpw@falconerny.gov

Paul Capitano, code enforcement 716-665-4400 code@falconerny.gov and Alan Gustafson Sr.

TfalConer history

he town was originally called Worksburg, after Edward Work, who purchased the land from the Holland Land Company in August 1807.

The first Falconer to own the land was Robert Falconer, who bought it from Edward Work in 1836. His son, Patrick, later consolidated his land holdings in the future village. In 1874 the community received its present name, after either William T. Falconer (1850–1915) or his father Patrick, who was on the Board of Directors of the Allegheny & Pittsburg Railroad and donated a large tract of land through town to the railroad concern. This resulted in the railroad line being routed through the middle of the community. Route 380 in the village retains the name “Work Street” after the town’s founder (it also now serves as a double entendre as the village’s various industrial sites are on the same road and thus many people “work” there).

The village of Falconer was incorporated in 1891.

John Cheever selected the village as the location for the fictional Falconer State Prison in his novel Falconer.

FORESTVILLE

forestville history

Forestville is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The hamlet is within the town of Hanover and in the northeast part of the county. It was an incorporated village from 1848 to 2016.

The first settlers were the Tupper brothers in 1805. The community began in 1808 as “Walnut Falls”. Also known as “Moore’s Hills,” the name was changed to “Forestville” in 1820. The village was incorporated in 1848.

The “Bell Tower” at the high school is the oldest standing brick structure in the north county. The Bell Tower landmark was

re-constructed in the early 2000s by Forestville Central School. A barn or carriage house located at 29 Lodi Street is the oldest standing wooden structure in northern Chautauqua County.

In 2015, following emergency loans from the county, the inhabitants were called to vote on the dissolution of the village. Dissolution was approved by a 137–97 vote. The Village of Forestville was officially dissolved on December 31, 2016.

On July 10, 2024, during an outbreak caused by the remnants of Hurricane Beryl, a tornado touched down and caused EF1 damage mostly along Henry and Putnam roads.

Chautauqua County

10106 Ravlin Hill Road, Clymer, NY 14724 716-355-8801 • www.frenchcreekny.org

Denis Cooper, town justice 716-769-7250 dcooper@nycourts.gov u.s.

Town board meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

David J. White, town supervisor 716-499-7916 dbwhite81@stny.rr.com

Debbie Albright, town clerk 716-355-8871 frenchcreekclerk@gmail.com

David McCray, town council 716-450-2070

Wayne Emory, town council 814-323-1125

Cole Gleason, town council 716-450-5125

Norvel Willink, town council 716-499-1502

Brian Malecki, highway superintendent 716-355-8801

Jeffrey S. Messenger, building inspector 814-873-8368

Heather Young-Deyell, assessor 716-769-7125

Brenda White, tax collector 716-499-1154

FREDONIA VILLAGE OF

9-11 Church St., Fredonia, NY 14063

716-679-2302; (fax - 716-679-3175) villageoffredoniany.com • vilfredonia@netsync.net

u.s. Census bureau estimates

American Community Survey Population Estimate: 9,585

Median Household Income: $49,826

Individuals Below Poverty Level: 24%

Median Age: 25.4 • Veterans: 454

Total Housing Units: 4,353

Government direCtory

Michael Ferguson, mayor 716-724-0607 (cell: 480-3279) mayor@villageoffredoniany.gov

Makayla Yacklon, village clerk 716-679-2302 villageclerk@villageoffredoniany.gov

Ben Brauchler, village trustee 716-679-2302 trusteebrauchler@villageoffredoniany.gov

Leeann Lazarony, village trustee 716-679-2302 trusteelazarony@villageoffredoniany.gov

Jon Espersen, village trustee 716-679-2302 (cell: 467-8328) espersenjon@gmail.com

Christine Cruz Keefe, village trustee 716-679-2302 trusteecruz-keefevillageoffredoniany.gov

Paul Wandel, village trustee 716-679-2302 trusteewandel@villageoffredoniany.gov

Village attorneys: Webster Szanyi law firm 716-842-2800

Charles LaBarbera, chief inspection 716-679-2313 chiefbuildinginspector@villageoffredoniany.gov

Thomas Kawski, assistant inspection officer 716-679-2313 asstcodeofficer@villageoffredoniany.gov

John Christopher Dean, electrical inspector 716-224-0700

Lon Robinson, LCR Electrical Inspections 716-934-3759

Luis Fred, water filtration chief operator 716-679-2310 chiefwateroperator@villageoffredoniany.gov

David Felt, wastewater treatment chief operator 716-366-0057 chiefoperatorwwtp@villageoffredoniany.gov

Joshua Myers, fire chief, 716-672-2124 (cell: 716-410-2266)

David Price, police chief 716-679-1531 dprice@fredoniapolice.org

Angela Mackowiak, recreation director 716-679-2311 fredrec@netsync.net

David Bird, streets superintendent 716-679-2304 dpwsupervisor@villageoffredoniany.gov

Erlyssa LeBeau, tax department and village treasurer 716-679-2314 treasurer@villageoffredoniany.gov

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GERRY

Government direCtory

Richard Heath, town supervisor 716-985-4715 richardheath@gerryny.us

Jamie Ansell, town council

Todd Wissman, town council

Gerry Swan, town council

Kasey Fanara, town council

Jodie Fehlman, town clerk 716-985-4715 townofgerryclerk@yahoo.com

Brian T. Anderson, highway superintendent 716720-3320 highwaydept@gerryny.us

Kevin J. Sirwatka, town justice 716-985-4323

Court Clerk Wanda Crossley

Assessor Kevin Okerlund 716-962-9455 kpo@fairpoint.net

Dog Control Officer Jeff Johnson Jr. 716-720-2882

Historian Peggy Heath

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Gerry history

Gerry was formed from Pomfret, June 1, 1812. Ellington, including Cherry Creek, was taken off in 1824 and Charlotte in 1829. It was named from Elbridge Gerry, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a Vice-President.

The principal portion of the present town of Gerry was an unbroken wilderness up to1815, although in the northern part contiguous to Sinclairville a few settlements had been made as early as 1810. In 1815 several families, all from Vermont, including those of William Alverson, Porter Phelps, Dexter and Nathan Hatch, and Reuben and Solomon Fessenden, plunged into the unbroken pine forest. bordering the Cassadaga Creek on the east and commenced carving out the new settlement called Vermont.

One of the largest factories in the United States is located at Gerry Village, and is owned and managed in part by John Strong, who used the first machine made over half a century ago.

A general store was opened at Vermont by Howard B. Blodgett in 1826. He was succeeded by Norman Gurnsey. Sidney E. Palmer, his clerk, became the owner of the store and goods in 1838. Mr. Palmer was afterwards made postmaster, his commission bearing date August 1, 1841. He held this position continuously until his death in 1896, a period of fifty-five years, and was said to have been the oldest postmaster in point of service in the United States. A large portion of this time Mr. Palmer was town clerk. He was also five years on the board of supervisors from Gerry, and in 1860 represented the Second Assembly District of Chautauqua in the Legislature.

The postoffice, which long held the name of Vermont, was changed to Gerry about 1876, and the station on the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh railroad was changed from Vermont to Gerry as late as 1881. When these changes were made, “Vermont in Gerry” was no longer a fact, but a memory. The pioneers are gone, but many of their descendants are occupying their places. It was believed in 1902 that there are but two persons living who came with the first settlers, Caroline Phelps Eaton, daughter of Porter Phelps, and Aibro Fessenden, son of Reuben Fessenden, were brought here by their parents in the fall of 1815 and the spring of 1816, respectively, making the journey from Vermont by ox-teams.

The first town meeting in Gerry, as at present constituted, was held at the house of Calvin Cutting, May 2, 1830.

HANOVER TOWN OF

68 Hanover St., Silver Creek, NY 14136 716-934-2273 • www.hanoverny.com

u.s. Census bureau estimates

Population: 6,909 Area: 49.2 square miles

Median Age: 48.9 Median Household Income: $66,540

Poverty Rate: 14.1% Total Households: 2,965

Total Housing Units: 3,731

Bachelor’s Degree Or Higher: 22.5%

Veteran Status: 7.7% Race & Ethnicity: 90% White

about the town of hanover:

Hanover is located in Chautauqua County, in the southwestern part of New York State, USA. It lies along the shores of Lake Erie, roughly 30 miles southwest of Buffalo. The town is situated near the Pennsylvania border and is part of the Western New York region.

The Town encompasses the Village of Silver Creek, Hamlet of Forestville, Hamlet of Irving, Hanford Bay, Sunset Bay, and Smith Mills. There are two school districts within the township, Silver Creek Central, and Forestville Central.

There are multiple working farms and manufacturing plants within the town.

The Town of Hanover is easily accessible from the New York State Thruway, and is the gateway to Chautauqua Wine Country.

The annual Festival of Grapes brings the community together every September for fun, food, amusements, and entertainment.

Golf enthusiasts find Hanover a perfect place to work on their swing, as we are home to 2 public golf courses, Rosebrook Golf Course, and Tri-County Country Club.

The Town Board meets every second and fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m.

Louis Pelletter, Town Supervisor: 716-934-2273; loupelletter@hanoverny.com

Town Board members: Bernard Feldmann Jr., James Feldmann, Aimee Rogers, and Ed Schintzius.

Elizabeth VanCheri, Town Clerk: 716-934-2273; elizabethvancheri@hanoverny.com

Hazel Deet, Deputy Clerk: hazeldeet@hanoverny.com

Lorry Schneider, Deputy Clerk: LorrySchneider@hanoverny.com

Vincent Gugliuzza, Code Enforcement Officer: 716-934-2920; vincentgugliuzza@hanoverny.com

Jeanne Ebersole, Assessor: 716-934-2552; assessorjeanne@gmail.com

Peter Pelletter, Highway Superintendent: 716-934-4993, hanhighway@live.com

Robert Weiskerger, Water/Sewer Department Supervisor: 716-934-2231; hanoversewer@hotmail.com

Planning Board: Rick Klisiewicz, Chairman; M. Lee Parker; John Rogers; Kaitlyn Gage; Mark Lilley; and Lorry Schneider, Secretary.

Zoning Board of Appeals: Shawn Smith, Chairman; William Kraft; Carol Woodward; Kim Woodward; Dana Bennett; and Cheryl Lilley, Secretary.

Town Attorney: John Grennell

Town Court: 716-934-4770; hanovertowncourt@nycourts.gov

Town Justices: James McGowan and Gary Cerne

Court Clerks: Molly Merrill and Kathleen Tempski Government direCtory

Our state-of-the-art Boat Launch and fish cleaning station, along with Sunset Bay Beach Club, Hideaway Bay Resort, and Cabana Sam’s Restaurant bring thousands of seasonal visitors to our waterfront.

Snowmobiling, ice fishing, and sledding areas abound in the town, making Hanover the perfect winter vacation spot. Whatever the season, whatever the reason, Hanover is the perfect place to call home.

HARMONY TOWN OF

harmony history

The Town of Harmony was taken from the town of Chautauqua on February 14, 1816. A small part south of Ashville was taken from the town of Chautauqua when the Town of Busti was formed in 1823 and added to that town. Harmony was by far the largest town in Chautauqua County. It laid upon the south border of the County, a little west of the center and contained about 54,918 acres of land. ¨In the fall of 1918 a petition was signed by 105 voters of the Town of Harmony was presented to the Board of Supervisors of Chautauqua County, NY asking that the town of Harmony be divided into two towns citing as the reason that the Town of Harmony is double the size of most towns in the county. It being approximately 86 square miles in area, (many of the towns are only about 36 square miles) with 153 miles of highway; one superintendent is unable to give the roads the proper attention, and the town officers have to travel long distances to attend Town Board Meetings as do the Town Assessors in the performance of their duties.

¨At the regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors held on December 19, 1918, an act to divide the town of Harmony passed. It called for the division of the town to be on straight line with the township line between Township One and Township Two. ¨The part of town north of the dividing line would take the name of “Town of North Harmony” and the part of the town south of the dividing line to continue the name “Town of Harmony”. (Reference pages 160-165 Laws & Resolutions of the Board of Supervisors of Chautauqua County, 1811-1924)

u.s. Census bureau estimates

Total Housing Units: 1,085

The Harmony Town Board meets the second Wednesday of each month at 6 pm.

John E. Brown, town supervisor 716-720-3946 harmonytownsupervisor@gmail.com

Amy Ecker, town clerk 716-782-4568 townofharmonyclerk@yahoo.com

Amy Ecker, tax collector 716-782-4568

Peter J. Radka, town council 716-782-3264

David R. Hinderer, town council 716-763-7434

Timothy Covey, town council 716-488-6594

Jeffrey T. Jordan, town council 716-782-4778

Bryan Manwaring, highway superintendent 716-782-3430

Howard Peacock, town justice 716-782-3445 harmonytowncourts@nycourts.gov

Greg Sykes, code enforcement officer 716-782-4568, tocodeharmony@gmail.com

Anne Golley, assessor assessor@harmonyny.gov

Aaron Constantino, dog control officer 716-720-0013

Pam Brown, historian 716-720-3946

CITY OF

JAMESTOWN

200 E. Third St., Jamestown, NY 14701 716-483-7612 • www.jamestownny.gov

u.s. Census bureau estimates

American Community Survey

Population Estimate: 28,712

Median Household Income: $44,878

Individuals Below Poverty Level: 24%

Median Age: 38.2

Veterans: 1,651, 8.1%

Total Housing Units: 14,442

Jamestown history

Jamestown was settled in 1810. Historic mention of the land Jamestown was built on goes back to 1749; for Chautauqua Lake back to 1739. But pre-historic Native Americans visited and traversed the area perhaps as many as 14,000 years ago.

In the fall of 1810, John Blowers, hired man of James Prendergast, built a log cabin in this immediate area. Its exact location cannot be

determined, as notes from early historians differ. In this cabin, Blowers settled his family and operated a tavern for keelboat men trading between Pittsburgh and Mayville. In the fall of 1813, Blowers moved into a frame house in Jamestown, which he built at what is now 113 North Main Street. This served as a licensed tavern, boarding-house, school, church, and general meeting place until the Fenton Tavern was built in 1814.

James Prendergast, founder of Jamestown, was a man of unusual force and quality of character. After recognizing the area’s potential, he purchased 1,000 acres where he began the settlement that became the city of Jamestown. He and his family moved into their first home in Jamestown in 1811. At the same time, a sawmill was constructed. The dam built by Prendergast raised the water level of the outlet to such an extent that property owners secured an indictment in June 1812, charging a Great damage and common nuisance in the liege of the citizens of the state, he voluntarily paid damages and a court-imposed judgment of fifteen dollars. Both the house and the sawmill was destroyed by fire September 8, 1812. By 1815, the Pendergasts were living in their home on North

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Kim Ecklund, mayor (716) 483-7600 mayor@jamestownny.gov

Jennifer John, city clerk (716) 483-7581 clerk@jamestownny.gov

Daniel Gonzalez, City Council At-Large (716) 640-7042 gonzalez@jamestownny.gov

Doug Scotchmer, City Council, Ward 4 (716) 640-1666 scotchmer@jamestownny.gov

Jeremy Engquist, City Council At-Large (716) 665-7809 engquist@jamestownny.gov

Brent P. Sheldon, City Council Ward 1 (716) 483-0004 bsheldon@jamestownny.gov

Anthony J. Dolce, City Council Ward 2 (716) 483-3573 dolce@jamestownny.gov

Regina Brackman, City Council Ward 3 (716) 499-5849 brackman@jamestownny.gov

Hannah Jaroszynski, City Council Ward 5 (716) 720-1435 jaroszynski@jamestownny.gov

Andrew Faulkner, City Council Ward 6 (716) 499-7794 faulkner@jamestownny.gov

Russell Bonfiglio, City Council At-Large (716) 397-1863 bonfiglio@jamestownny.gov

John I. LaMancuso, City Court Judge 716-483-7561

George Panebianco, City Court Judge 716-483-7561

Heather Young-Deyell, assessor 716-483-7510 assessor@jamestownny.gov

Mark Roetzer Jr., public works director 716-483-7545 dpw@jamestownny.gov

Board of Public Utilities

716-661-1660 www.jamestownbpu.com

Garbage Hotline 716-661-1651

After Hours Trouble Line 716-661-1640

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Jamestown history

Main Street between Second and Third Streets. Through the trying times of Jamestown’s infancy, James and Nancy Prendergast provided its citizens with employment, extended an open hand to the needy, furnished the means for education and fostered religion. In 1836 he sold his Jamestown property and they moved to Ripley, N.Y., where Nancy died January 9, 1839. James then moved to his farm in Kiantone, N.Y. and died there November 15, 1846.

The first store in Jamestown was erected in 1813 on the northwest corner of Main and First Streets by Jediah and Martin Prendergast, brothers of James Prendergast. This was a branch of the store they opened in Mayville in 1811. The store building was 20 feet by 45 feet. The original map of the lots that James Prendergast had laid out was kept in the store for many years. Thomas Disher was hired as the clerk for the store. The ledger of that first store is in the Special Collections of the Fenton History Center Library and bears the date, November 1813.

Jamestown’s first gristmill was erected in 1814 by James Prendergast on the west side of Main Street, south of the present railroad tracks. It was one and one half stories; the upper floor being occupied by Walter Simmons and

Horace Blanchar with wool carding machines. A few years later, Amory and Joseph Stearns manufactured weaver’s reeds there. The mill had 2 runs of stones which had been brought down the lake and outlet from Mayville.

The first school house in Jamestown was erected in 1816 by James Prendergast who, for the first two decades of the settlemen’s existence, paid all the expenses of public education. Prior to 1816, school was taught first in John Blowers’ house and later in Keye’ Carpenter Shop and in the cotton mill just south of First Street and east of Potter’s Alley. The schoolhouse was a two-story, barn-like structure with few windows and heated by a large fireplace in the rear of the room. This school was Prendergast Academy.

Subjects taught included English, Grammar and Latin. The books used were Murray’s English Grammar, a Murray’s English Reader, and Milton’s Paradise Lost.

In 1816, on land since occupied by the west end of the Broadhead Mills, Daniel Hazeltine erected the nucleus of the first woolen factory in southern Chautauqua County. Brothers, William and John Breed, bought out the business interest of Royal Keyes in 1823.

They produced wood furniture at Keye’ shop on Main between Third and Fourth Streets under the name of Keyes and Breed until 1825.

The Dexterville Hotel-Tavern was a three-room frame building, 40 feet by 56 feet on a stone foundation, with a front porch 19 feet long. When remodeled in 1933 and in 1942-3, the foundation and structural framing were repaired, a second story added, the old porch enclosed, and a new front porch built. The Dexter brothers were among the earliest settlers in Chautauqua County, coming to Mayville about 1808. They moved in 1824 to the area later called Dexterville. Here they owned and operated the tavern, a store, an ashery, a mill, and a quarry. Today, Dexterville is part of the City of Jamestown and the Tavern is known as the Buffalo Grill.

William Broadhead, 1819-1910, came to Jamestown in 1843 from Thornton, Yorkshire, England as a blacksmith.

After participating in several smithing, machine shop and snath making enterprises, he became interested in quality textiles and formed William Broadhead & Sons, a clothing store. In 1873, after visiting his homeland where the weaving industry flourished, he helped to form the firm of Hall, Broadhead & Turner Alpaca Mill. In 1875, William Broadhead, with his sons Almet N. and Sheldon B., formed the Broadhead Worsted Mill on East First Street.

Kiantone history

KIANTONE

1521 Peck Settlement Road, Jamestown, NY 14701

716-488-0383 • www.kiantoneny.org

u.s. Census bureau estimates

American Community Survey Population Estimate: 1,911

Median Household Income: $79,464

Individuals Below Poverty Level: 14%

Median Age: 39.4

Veterans: 87

Total Housing Units: 700

Government direCtory

Town board meetings are held the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m., except in October and November, when meetings are held the first Thursday.

Joshua Ostrander, town supervisor 716-488-6154

Gail Davis, town clerk 716-488-0383 kiantone@kiantoneny.com

Kurt E. Sturzenbecker, town council 716-664-0418

Rick Hooks, town council 716-450-6061

Timothy Kolstee, town council 716-640-2623

Rich Landman, town council 1-440-409-9725

Robert G. Carlson, highway superintendent 716-664-5243 kiantone@windstream.net

Kyle Haller, dog control officer 716-489-7884

Bobbie Elderkin, assessor 716-763-8561 ext. 102

Richard Haller, building code enforcement officer 716-969-5493

Jennifer Schmitt, tax collector

Planning board: Richard Haller, chairman; Eric Eckberg; Jeff Peterson; Don Pleakis; Sandy Reale; and Rich Hooks.

Zoning Board: Scott Carlson, chairman; Chris Haller; Jeff Peterson; Jim Nelson; and Kathy Sturzenbecker. Lyle Hajdu, town attorney

Kiantone was first settled by Joseph L. Akin, who came from Rennselaer County in Eastern New York, in 1807. The area consisted of about 11,228 acres, or 17.5 square miles. Not long after Akin came to Kiantone, Robert Russell also settled in the area, partnering with John Frew to build the first sawmill on Kiantone Creek, just above the junction where the creek met the Conewango Creek. Russell, PA, was later settled by Russell, his father, and brothers. Kiantone was a derivative of the Seneca work “kyenthone”, meaning roughly - - a level place for growing corn. While the Seneca’s received exclusive rights to reservation lands in 1794, they did not move at once to the reservations.

When Anglo-Saxon settlers arrived in Kiantone, they found the Kyenthono Village still inhabited by the Senecas. Through the years, Kiantone made its name as a mill town, with settlers either coming up the Allegany River from Pittsburgh or overland from Buffalo. The first Kiantone town meeting was held on February 21, 1854, with Ezbai Kidder elected Supervisor; Levand Brown elected Town Clerk; Francis Alvord Town School Superintendent; and Stephan Norton as Tax Collector.

According to a 2006 book, “Kiantone Chautauqua County’s Mystical Valley”, by Deborah K. Cronin, construction and improvement of roads was a continuous concern, and one-room schoolhouses were built. A post office took the new town name on April 4, 1855, and would remain the town’s only post office until it was discontinued in1900.

For a time, Kiantone played host to one of Chautauqua County’s numerous spiritual communities - - a place called Harmonia. Harmonia had up to 30 people living in it at its peak before dying out in the 1860’s.

VILLAGE OF

LAKEWOOD

laKewood history

The area now covered by the village of Lakewood originally was divided into large farms. The owners of those large tracts of land are memorialized in local place names: Gifford, Southland, Bentley, Cowing, Winch, Stoneman, and Lowe.

The land along the lake was periodically occupied by hunters and fishermen, and ice harvesters in the winter. The first settlement of any size took place along the lakeshore, and Lakewood’s history actually began as it developed into a summer resort. In 1870 John Cowing built a hotel, the Cowing House, on that part of his farm which bordered on the lake. The Cowing House became The Lakeview House in 1873 and the small settlement, known as Lakeview, became Lakewood in 1879.

In the mid 1870s Warren Packard from Warren, Ohio, and his brother, John, from Meadville, Pennsylvania came to the Lakewood area and bought the hotel and several acres of the land. On their lakefront property, which they called the Lakeview Tract, the two brothers built a number of Gothic style summer cottages for rental purposes. Warren Packard built himself a $3,000 villa near the hotel. They also built a sawmill on property they owned near the railroad track to provide lumber for their extensive building projects.

Another large, well-appointed hotel, the Kent House, was built in 1875. It stood to the of east of the beach area, near the present Yacht Club. Its entrance opened directly on New York Avenue where it joined East Terrace. Both of the early hotels were replaced in the late 1880s. The Kent House burned in 1887 and a Second Kent House was built in 1888. The Lakeview House was demolished and rebuilt as the Sterlingworth in 1889. The number of permanent residents increased in response to the needs of the summer visitors at the resort hotels.

The eastern section of the village developed slowly. In the 1870s and 1880s several prominent families from Jamestown built comfortable summer homes in a lakeside section called Shadyside, just east of the Kent House. Inland there was a little settlement east of Lakeview Avenue until near the turn of the century. Clement Park, east of Shadyside, developed in the 1890s with new homes being built along the lake on Parkside Avenue, today known as Front Street. At Beechwood at the far eastern end of Lakewood, there was a trolley stop and station on the extension of The Jamestown Street Railway Company, and later of the Chautauqua Traction Company. In this area an ambitious developer, Ziba Squier built several homes created a canal called Subway, which ran on course between, and paralleling East Summit and East Terrace Avenues. Mr. Squier’s summer cottages built along the lake and along the canal were placed on narrow lots, with 25 foot frontage. Today many of them remain, although the canal has been drained for many years and the early homes stand facing a grassy field.

In 1893 the small settlement was incorporated as the Village of Lakewood. Through most of the year, it was a quiet residential area with a permanent population of 600. The arrival of as many as 1500 summer visitors provided boom times for the local residents. However, the first municipal government which included a President and a Board of Trustees, was faced with year-around problems of public

health and public safety. Ordinances were passed to make the streets safe – no sledding or skating allowed; to protect the innocent – no swimming without bathing suits; to protect buyers – peddlers and merchandise solicitors were required to be licensed. In the earliest years of the village the Trustees were called upon personally to keep law and order. Firefighting was a general community activity until the first Lakewood Bucket Brigade was organized in 1898. Education was another municipal responsibility and in 1893 the early government officials authorized the building of a 3-room schoolhouse on Highland Avenue, to be financed by homeowner assessment.

u.s. Census bureau estimates

American Community Survey

Population Estimate: 2,975

Median Household Income: $70,962

Individuals Below Poverty Level: 10%

Median Age: 44.9

Veterans: 144

Total Housing Units: 1,610

Government direCtory

Lakewood Village Board meetings are held the second and fourth Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the village hall.

Randall Holcomb, mayor 716-763-8557 holcomb14750@gmail.com

Apryl Troutman, village clerk 716-763-8557 atroutman@lakewoodny.gov

Ellen E. Barnes, village trustee 716-763-8557 eebarnes@windstream.net

John Shedd, village trustee 716-763-8557 shedd@lakewoodny.gov

Ben Troche, village trustee 716-763-8557 troche@lakewoodny.gov

Scott Cooper, village trustee 716-763-8557 cooper@lakewoodny.gov

Chris Certo, street supervisor 716-763-8163 certo@lakewoodny.gov

Jeffrey A. Swanson, code enforcement 716-763-8557 blcode@townofbustiny.gov

Marilyn Firoe-Lehman, attorney 716-763-8557

VILLAGE OF

MAYVILLE

1 S. Erie St., PO Box 188, Mayville, NY 14757 • 716-753-2125 (Fax: 716-753-3125) • www.fmayvilleny.gov

mayville history

Seneca Indians gave up their claim to most of this area in the Big Tree Treaty on September 15, 1797. The land soon became the property of six Dutch banking houses “known as the Holland Land Company.” Their agent was Paul Busti and under him was Joseph Ellicott in Batavia. Ellicott began surveying the area in 1798 and finished in 1800. William Peacock was sent here to survey and map the area in 1804 and the Township of Chautauqua was created on April 11th of the same year.

There are several versions of how Mayville received its name. The best known version is first attributed to William Peacock as detailed to Henry McKenzie in The Centennial History of Chautauqua County, Volume 1, page 585. It relates that a meeting of agents and representatives was held at Mayville to consider several matters including the naming of the new settlement known up to that time as The Corners. “A great many names had been suggested but none upon which all could unite, when Mrs. Paul Busti, wife of one of the agents and attorney for the company, came into the room where we were gathered, with a baby in her arms. One of the gentlemen present asked her the name of the baby and she replied, ‘May.’ Then some one suggested that we name the settlement after the baby and call it Mayville, which was quickly agreed to, and the new settlement was at once named in honor of May Busti.” A slightly different version of this account, giving the meeting date as 1804, is also printed in History of Chautauqua County New York And Its People, Volume 1, page 132. It should be noted that there is no record of May Busti ever having existed.

Another version has the name of the village coming from the maiden last name MAY. The 1894 History of Chautauqua County, New York by Obed Edson, page 844 states, “the place was so beautifully located, the natural scenery so charming, that it was suggested that the town be christened after the ‘fairest month of all the year,’ so it was put down on the map as Mayville.” The name of the village is spelled as MAY-VILLE in the Holland Land. Co. book showing the Township 13th Range.

Dr. Alexander McIntyre became Mayville’s first settler in 1804 when he moved here from Meadville, Pennsylvania. He built a log cabin on South Erie Street with a wooden stockade around it. A historic marker commemorates its location. Captain John Scott moved to Mayville in 1807 and opened an inn on the east side of the street. There is also a historic marker for its location.

Mayville was appointed as the county seat and the Holland Land Co. was required to erect the county buildings at its own expense and to give them to the county with at least one half acre of land. They also put up a building for their agent William Peacock and he moved in the year 1810. The county became fully organized in 1811 and the Court of common Pleas held its first session June 25th in Scott’s Tavern.

On February 11, 1836, a group of 250 to 500 men gathered at Barnhart’s Inn, in nearby Hartfield, with the express purpose of raiding the then unpopular Holland Land Co. offices in Mayville. After arriving, they proceeded to break down the door, smash the windows and furniture, break into the stone vault which can still be seen near the courthouse and destroy William Peacock’s house. Many of the papers were carried back to Hartfield and burned. After this the Land Co. office was moved to Westfield and a new brick mansion was built for Peacock in Mayville. This mansion became the Peacock Inn and it survived until 1971 when it was torn down by the county for expansion purposes.

The first non-religious school building was built on North Erie Street in 1824. The next brick school building was built on top of the hill in 1832. It was advertised in the first issue of the Mayville Sentinel newspaper on December 11, 1834. The Mayville Academy was first chartered by the State Legislature on April 24, 1834. A new school building opened in 1924 and the old one was demolished in 1931. The school was centralized in 1938 and has since combined with the former Chautauqua Central School and become Chautauqua Lake Central School. A new school building is located north of the business district.

The first railroad started operation in 1867. It operated under several names including Penn Central and Conrail but was operated the longest, 1900 to 1968, as the Pennsylvania RR. The last train ran to Mayville on December 29, 1978 and the rails were torn up for salvage the following year. A second railroad came to Mayville along the east side of the lake in 1887. The Chautauqua Lake Railway had a junction with the first railroad, which featured a control tower for the signals and switches in the area. This eventually became the Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern and was operated as an electric trolley line starting in 1914. The J.W. & N.W. made its final run on January 21, 1950. A second electric trolley, The Chautauqua Traction Co., came to Mayville along the west side of the lake starting in 1904. The line to Mayville was abandoned March 26, 1926.

The commercial ice industry, made possible by the railroad,

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Government direCtory

The Mayville Village Board meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Carlson Community Center, 50 W. Lake Road.

Richard Syper, mayor, mayor@mayvilleny.gov

John G. Crandall, village clerk 716-753-2125 clerk@mayvilleny.gov

Bill Ward, village trustee, mayvillebillward@gmail.com

Mark Perry, village trustee, markperrytrustee@gmail.com

Janell Webb, village trustee, trusteejwebb@gmail.com

Dan Roush, village trustee, trusteeroush@gmail.com

Daniel Engdahl, DPW superintendent 716-753-2013, dpw@mayvilleny.gov

Code Enforcement Officer Dan Delcamp, code@mayvilleny.gov

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started in 1871 when the first of six large ice houses were built in Mayville. These were the Chautauqua Lake Ice Co., Pittsburgh Ice Co., Carlson’s Ice, Hopson Ice Co., Cornell and Hewes and the Mayville Ice Co. on what is now Sea Lion Drive. The industry employed as many as 600 workers at its peak but the last ice was harvested in 1935. The Mayville Ice Co. building that housed it was torn down in 1936.

Other notable industries were Chautauqua Malted Milk, Inc. and the Gravit Cider Mill, both on East Chautauqua Street. Gravit’s closed shortly after WW II and the building was torn down. The Chautauqua Malted Milk, Inc. plant last operated on January 8, 1976. O-At-Ka Milk Products of Buffalo reopened the plant in 1978 but production finally ceased for good on August 17, 1979.

Wood has been important since the earliest days of the village. At first it was used to build log cabins, heat buildings and was converted to ashes and sold for cash. Ethan Allen made furniture here, but closed their plant April 21, 2003. The original part of the plant they worked from was part of the Chautauqua Bed Spring and Lounge Company, which went bankrupt early in the 1900’s. The company was then purchased by John Kling in 1911 becoming a small family owned bedroom furniture business. The operation soon expanded into several plants. Kling’s was purchased by the Baumritter Corporation in 1962. The Kling name was discontinued after 1974.

Fires have made large changes to Mayville several times since it was founded. On November 21, 1878, a terrible fire destroyed most of the business section on the west side of Erie Street. The fire ranged from the Godard and Bond grocery to the Gifford bank on the corner of Ash Street. The Baptist Church and the Village Office and Fire Hall were spared. The east side business district burned April 18, 1901. Even the jail caught on fire making it necessary to evacuate the inmates. The fire was stopped by Blanchard Street leaving the Mayville House Hotel standing. It burned down January 25, 1914, in another fire.

The west side business district was struck again on February 19, 1929, and on February 6, 1932. The 1932 fire received widespread coverage including the February 7th edition of the New York Times. The next day thousands of people drove to Mayville to view the disaster. The resulting snarl of traffic required several police officers to direct it.

Sylvester’s dry goods store, also on the west side, burned on April 23, 1932. The next big fire took place on March 20, 1941. The 88 year old Methodist Church on Erie Street went up in flames. Other fires have, of course, taken place since.

mina history

Findley Lake was settled by War of 1812 veteran Alexander Findley, a native of Northern Ireland who had emigrated to America sometime around 1769, settled in eastern Pennsylvania, married and started a family, and returned to Ireland for a few years before making the decision to live permanently in the United States. After purchasing land in Greenfield, Pennsylvania in 1805, he then purchased lot 52, near what is now Findley Lake, from the Holland Land Company in 1811, and built a dam there in 1815 to power his mill, thus creating the lake from two ponds. The settlement that grew up around the mills prospered.

MINA

2883 North Road, PO Box 38, Findley Lake, NY 14736 716-769-7204 • www.townofmina.info

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Individuals

The Mina Town Board meets at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the Mina-Findley Lake Community Center, 2883 North Road.

Rebecca N. Brumagin, town supervisor 716-769-7204 ext. 5 Supervisor@townofmina.org

Dick Watrous, deputy supervisor 716-769-7204 dick@tripleemfg.com

Marcellanne Park, town clerk 716-769-7204 ext. 1 townclerk@townofmina.org

Brian Sullivan, town council 716-769-7204 sullivan14736@gmail.com

Richard Cooper, town council 716-769-7204 richardcooper0017@gmail.com

Christine Craffey, town council 716-769-7204 christinecraffe@verizon.net

Dick Watrous, town council 716-769-7204 dick@tripleemfg.com

Alvin Kopta, highway superintendent 716-769-7194 alvinkopta@gmail.com

Denis R. Cooper, town justice 716-769-7250 dcooper@nycourts.gov

Tom McNinch, code enforcement 716-769-7204 ext. 4 rulesandregsmina@gmail.com

Heather Y. Young-Deyell, assessor 716-769-7125 assessorheather@gmail.com

Mary Norcross, historian flhistoricalsoc@gmail.com

The Lakeside Assembly on the southwest shore entertained visitors to the region, during the summers between 1895 and 1915, with programs that rivaled Chautauqua Assembly, at the Chautauqua Institution. Founded in 1895 by United Brethren minister Rev. C. G. Langdon, who lived in a parsonage on the lake’s east shore, the Lakeside Assembly’s first president was Dr. F. E. Lilley, who was succeeded by American Civil War veteran and U.S. Medal of Honor winner Ebenezer Skellie. The Assembly was reached by two steamboats, the Silver Spray and the Daisy. The United Methodist Church (which absorbed the United Brethren in 1968) continued to operate a summer camp, Camp Findley, in the hamlet of Findley Lake until the early 21st century.

TOWN OF

NORTH HARMONY

5350 Stow Road, Ashville, NY 14710, PO Box 167, Stow, NY 14785 716-789-3445 • www.townofnorthharmony.com

u.s. Census bureau estimates

American Community Survey

Population Estimate: 2,192

Median Household Income: $69,375

Individuals Below Poverty Level: 5.5%

Median Age: 50.8

Veterans: 110, 5.9%

Total Housing Units: 1,334

n orth h armony h istory

The first family to settle in Harmony was that of Jonathan Cheney in 1806. His cabin was built at Cheney’s Point.

Ashville was the first village to be formed in the Town in 1808. The name was derived from the four asheries in the village. In 1808 Reuben Sleyton, Jr. built a saw mill and grist mill. He was an active pioneer in his Town. He became the Supervisor of Harmony in 1808.

In 1811 Thomas Beemus established the Stow Ferry which connected Bemus Point and Stow. He used a small rough-hewn log raft. A steel cable was first used in 1898. In 1907 Alton Ball used a shore-based engine.

Eben Pratt taught in the first school in Ashville in 1817.

The first church organized in the Town was The Congregational Church of Harmony located in Ashville in 1820. In 1822 Dr. Vine Elderkin was Ashville’s first physician. The North Harmony Baptist Church was formed in 1833.

Stow acquired its name when John Stow established the Post Office in 1880.

George and Alton Appleby established the AshvillePanama Telephone and Telegraph in 1902.

The fire fighting department in the Village of Ashville was organized in 1914.

The Town of North Harmony was created by the adoption of a resolution by the Board of supervisors of Chautauqua county on December 19, 1918.

Government direCtory

Town board meetings are held on the second Monday of each month.

Robert E. Yates, town supervisor

716-785-1012 supervisor@townofnorthharmony.com

Stephanie Gibbs, town clerk 716-789-3445, ext. 2 townclerk@townofnorthharmony.com

Nikiel Adams, town council 716-789-3445

Bruce (Mike) Pfeil, town council 814-598-3980

Richard Sena, town council 716-782-2488

Louise E. Ortman, town council 716-789-3445

Benjamin Karlson, highway superintendent 716-789-2055

Howard E. Peacock, town justice 716-789-3445

Julie Conklin, code enforcement 716-789-3445, xt. 3 codeenforcement@townofnorthharmony.com

Anne Golley, assessor 716-753-2241

John Stow, dog control 716-969-5176

Pam Brown, historian 716-237-0527

Robin Miller, bookkeeper 716-789-3445, xt. 5

Zoning Board of Appeals members are, Leah Stow, William Ortman, Roger Vaillancourt, Greg Michalakchairman

Planning Board members are John P. Rice; Chairman, Richard Johnson, John Warner, Gary Nelson, David Bryant Jr.

PANAMA

17 W. Main St., PO Box 118, Panama, NY 14767 716-621-4024 www.panamany.org

u.s. Census bureau estimates

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Government direCtory VILLAGE

POLAND

3593 Church St., PO Box 4, Kennedy, NY 14747 716-267-2912 • www.townofpolandny.gov

u.s. Census bureau estimates

American Community Survey Population Estimate: 2,030

Individuals

Government direCtory

William F. Schneider, mayor

Lisa Ireland, village clerk 716-621-4024

Kyle Rhoades, village trustee

Todd Eddy, village trustee 716-621-4024

Melanie A. Eddy, code enforcement 716-782-4526

Pam Brown, historian

Larissa Enlow, tax collector

Larissa Enlow, treasurer

Town of Harmony animal control officer, animal control

Rob Smith, town supervisor, is available upon appointment.

Robert Smith, town supervisor 716-267-2912 (ext. 224) supervisor@townofpolandny.gov

Bonnita R. Wallace, town clerk 716-267-2912 (ext. 220) townclerk@townofpolandny.gov

Elizabeth Smith, town council 716-267-2912 esmith@townofpolandny.gov

Corey J. Swanson, town council 716-267-7521 cswanson@townofpolandny.gov

Norman R. Gustafson, town council 716-665-2452 ngustafson@townofpolandny.gov

April Ericsson, town council 716-720-6855 aericsson@townofpolandny.gov

Donald Holt, highway superintendent 716-267-2313 highway@townofpolandny.gov

Judith M. Shields, town justice 716-267-3809 jmshields@nycourts.gov

Paul Capitano, code enforcement 716-267-2912 (ext. 226) codeofficer@townofpolandny.gov

George R. Gustafson Jr., zoning officer 716-267-9621 polandzoning@outlook.com

Heather Y. Young-Deyell, assessor 716-267-9621 assessorheather@gmail.com

Constable Bonnita Wallace 716-267-3809 Ext. 3 716-267-3809, ext. 3

Melissa Robbins, dog control officer 716-640-0451

Rebecca Lindquist, historian 716-720-8902 historian@townofpolandny.gov

Alan Short, cemetery caretaker 716-665-6630

Regina Hoyt, recreation leader 716-267-2912

Members of the Poland Planning Board are Dave Gustafson, chairman; Leslie Weber, Mark Snow, Ann Bloomquist, Penny Best, Denny Storms

Zoning Board members are Bob Sauer, Chairman, Brian Carlson, Bonita Mead, Tim Nocero, Tommy Fox Board of Assessment Review members are Jason Fischer and Sue Abers.

POMFRET

9 Day St., Fredonia, NY 14063 716-672-7496 • www.townofpomfretny.gov

u.s. Census bureau estimates

American Community Survey Population: 13,035 (2020 census)

Median Household Income: $50,523

Individuals Below Poverty Level: 19.7% • Median Age: 31.3 Veterans: 821 • Total Housing Units: 6,228

Government direCtory

Daniel Pacos, town supervisor 716-672-6888 (cell 716-785-0682) supervisor@townofpomfretny.gov

Samantha Kellogg, town clerk 716-672-7496 ext. 1, townclerk@townofpomfretny.gov

Adam Rak, town council arak@townofpomfretny.gov

EvaDawn Bashaw, town council ebashaw@townofpomfretny.gov

Mike Lee, town council mlee@townofpomfretny.gov

Kathleen Dennison, town council kdennison@townofpomfretny.gov

Jude A. Gardner, highway superintendent 716-672-6446 or 680-2198 (cell) highwaysuperintendent@ townofpomfret.gov

Michael Cerrie, town justice 716-672-7496 mcerrie@nycourts.gov

Nancy A. Dietzen, town justice 716-672-7496 ndietzen@nycourts.gov

Warren M. Kelly, code enforcement 716-673-5459 or 716-672-6800 (fax) pomfretcodes@townofpomfretny.gov

Jeanne Ebersole, assessor 716-672-8736 assessor@townofpomfretny.gov

Lillian Pacos, historian 716-679-9436 historian@townofpomfretny.org.

Nicole Waite, planning and Zoning clerk 716-672-7496 deputyclerk@townofpomfretny.org

Pomfret Zoning Board members are David Fridmann, chairman; Alex Moon; Michaelene Comerford; Raymond Lewandowski; Ruth Eckstrom

Pomfret Planning Board members are James JoyChairman; Rob Smith; Heather Lesch; Robert Dando; Ashley Willebrandt.

Board of Assessment Review members are Michaelene Comerford, Harry Centner, Alan Shaw; Roger Renswick, Ann Lapaglia.

PORTLAND

87 W. Main St., Brocton, NY 14716 716-792-9614 • townofportlandny.gov

u.s. Census bureau estimates

Population: 4,001 Area: 34 square miles Median Age: 38.7

Median Household Income: $68,068 Poverty Rate: 18.1%

Total Households: 1,363 Total Housing Units: 1,813

Bachelor’s Degree Or Higher: 25.6% Veteran Status: 7.5%

Race & Ethnicity: 77% White; 13% Hispanic; 6% Black

Government direCtory

Town Board meetings are the second Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Town Hall.

Town Supervisor: Rich Lewis (716) 792-9614 Ext. 5, Supervisor@town.portland.ny.us

Town Clerk: Barb Smith (716) 792-9614 Ext. 2; townclerk@town.portland.ny.us

Town Deputy Clerks: Roxane Sobecki and Carolyn Magnuson

Town Council: Gary Travis, Patti Farrell, Dave McIntyre and Tammy Thompson.

Highway Superintendent: Ken Becker (716) 792-9513

Code Enforcement Officer: Wendy Spinuzza (716) 792-9614 Ext. 4, code@town.portland.ny.us

Tax Collector: Debra Delcamp (716) 792-9614 Ext. 6; taxcollector@town.portland.ny.us

Assessor: Jeanne Ebersole (716) 792-9614 Ext. 3; port.asr@town.portland.ny.us

Dog Control Officer: Gloria McCormick (716) 785-1827; dogcontrol@town.portland.ny.us

Town Court: (716) 792-9614 Ext. 1; towncourt@town.portland.ny.us

Town Justices: Daniel Thompson and Daniel Larish.

Court Clerk: Lisa Gugino

Deputy Clerk: Lisa Haltiner

Town Attorney: Joel Seachrist

Planning Board: Dale Carlson (Chairman), Harold Smith, Robert Patterson Sr., Dave Travis, and Mike McIntyre. Zoning Board of Appeals: Lowell Reynolds (Chairman), Mike Riforgiato, Mike Felsman, Michelle Patterson, and Dan Jones.

Portland history

Located in Chautauqua County, New York along the shores of Lake Erie and rising 1000 feet to the Chautauqua Escarpment, Portland remains a rural township. Outside of the Village of Brocton, the Town is largely dominated by farmlands, woods and low density residential land uses, and its defining features are the many vineyards dotting the landscape.

TOWN OF

RIPLEY

14 North State Street, Ripley, New York 14775 716-736-6881 • www.ripleyny.org

u.s. Census bureau estimates

Population: 852

Hispanic or Latino (Of Any Race): 20

Total Housing Units: 415 Total Households: 349

Median Household Income: $48,958

Employment Rate: 57.6 %

Bachelor’s Degree or Higher: 27.6 %

Without Health Care Coverage: 4.8 %

Town Board meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

Town Supervisor: Laura Pless, 716-413-8010 #6, ripleyts@ripleyny.gov

Town Council: Lee Swoap, Jeffrey Lyon, Philip A. Chimera and Calvin S. Janes.

Town Clerk: Ryleigh Enterline 716-413-8010 x1, ripleytownclerk@ripleyny.gov

Deputy Clerk: Nicole Gollhardt

Town Court: Justice Vera Hustead and Justice David Hustead: 716-413-8010, ripleytowncourt@ nycourts.gov

Court Clerk: Lisa Haltiner, ripleytowncourt@nycourts.gov

Building/Zoning: Kenneth Shearer 716-413-8010 x5, ripleybuild@ripleyny.gov

Acting Tax Assessor:Nicole Gollhardt 716-413-8020 x9, ripleyta@ripleyny.gov

Dog Control Officer: Gloria McCormick 716-2699882

Water and Sewer: Andrew Strine, 716-413-8010 x4, ripleywater@ripleyny.gov

Ripley Fire Department Chief: Mark Smith; Deputy Chief: James Spacht.

RriPley history

ipley’s first settler to purchase land was Alexander Cochran. He arrived from Ireland in 1802, and made his land purchase official two years later. His fifth generation descendant, A. James Cochrane (whose grandfather added the “e”), still owns some of the original acreage.

In 1816 the largest concentration of population in this area was established as a town and named Quincy. By 1873 it was known as Ripley, named for Gen. Eleazar Wheelock Ripley, active in the War of 1812. The township grew slowly until the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 and it became more accessible. One famous visitor about that time was the Marquis de Lafayette, on his way from Erie, PA, to Portland, NY. Many other nameless visitors came as the Underground Railway conductors brought escaping slaves to Ripley’s shoreline, just 25 miles from Canada.

In 1852 the first railroad line, called the Buffalo & State Line, was placed through the township. Another line, the Nickel Plate Road, rolled into town in 1881 and ran just south and parallel to the first. Today, after many mergers, both of these lines are known as CSX. The most famous person ever to ride this line through Ripley was Abraham Lincoln, on his way to his inauguration in 1861. Four years later his funeral train retraced the route back to Springfield, Illinois. Another famous traveler was William Jennings Bryan who campaigned in Ripley during his unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 1902.

Trolleys, too, transected the township, running parallel with Route 20. The trolleys were part of the Buffalo & Erie Interurban Line, which began operation in 1905 and offered inexpen(continued on page 46)

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sive, convenient travel opportunities to residents all along the route. In the early days of automobile travel, traffic ceased during bad weather due to road conditions. Until 1917 a horse and wagon was a more practical way, and certainly a more dependable way to get about. That year Route 20 was paved from Silver Creek to the state line.

Ripley fostered a weekly newspaper for many years, beginning in 1882 and ending in the early 1970s. Called the Ripley Review, it had many editors during its 90+ years of publication and served the township well. During its heyday it recorded many events including the growing importance of the fruit industry.

Today grapes are the largest and most important enterprise, with dairy cattle and other crops being second in the southern part of the township. The first vineyards were established in the mid 1800s and grapes today are sold to several regional grape processors including the National Grape Co-op for use in fruit juices, jams, jellies and wines. There are now several wineries located in Ripley. During the early 1900s until the Depression, two basket mills were located in the town near the railroad depots. They supplied the baskets that held the tons of grapes that were harvested and shipped out each day.

Two of Ripley’s sons became well known a century apart. One, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, born in Ripley in 1841, founded the first rubber manufacturing company and named it Goodrich. More recently, the entire world applauded the bravery of Captain John L. Testrake during a 17 day ordeal in June 1985 when TWA Flight 847 from Athens to Rome, a Boeing 727 piloted by Testrake, was

skyjacked to Beirut, Lebanon. During their hijacker forced odyssey around the Mediterranean, the TWA Crew navigated with a Rand-McNally road atlas as they had no navigational aids for that area. At the Mediterranean airfields, the aircraft was unwelcome as the locals wanted no part of the hijackers demands. A young Navy Seabee, Robert Stetham, was murdered in the cockpit as the hijackers enforced their demand for the aircraft be refueled. The passengers release in Beirut was arranged by the Lebanese government. Passengers and crew were given a hero’s welcome at Washington D.C. by President Ronald Reagan.

Because a waiting period was not required in New York State to marry, Ripley was the scene of many, many marriages from the 1880’s to 1945 making it known as the “Marriage Capital of the World”. The Town Justice was on call day or night to perform wedding ceremonies. Although requirements have changed somewhat, marriage licenses, along with hunting and fishing licenses are still big business in the Town Clerk’s office in this first community heading east into New York State. The Town Justices still perform many wedding ceremonies.

Calling itself the Gateway to New York State brings certain responsibilities to the citizens of Ripley and they have risen to the occasion every time. A November snowstorm in 1956 stopped traffic on Route 20 and those unexpected guests were well housed and fed in the local school facilities. The scene was repeated in 1983 when nearly 1,000 holiday travelers were stranded on the New York State Thruway from December 24 - 26. McCall’s Magazine carried the story the following December with the title, “Ripley’s Miracle,” citing just about everyone in the township for helping. Even Ripley’s children shared their toys with others.

SHERIDAN

Government direCtory

Town board meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Sheridan Community Center.

Town Supervisor: Stephen Roach

716-672-4174

Town Council:

Eric Gentry, Craig Sutton Jr., Colleen Yerico, and Joseph White.

Town Clerk:

Rebecca Schafer:

716-672-4174 Ext. 1, sheridantownclerk@gmail.com

Deputy Town Clerk: Marah Long sheridandeputytownclerk@gmail.com

Highway Superintendent: Jeffrey Feinen 716-680-5461

Deputy Highway Superintendent: Scott Thompson, Jr.

Code Enforcement Officer: James E. Crowell 716-672-7200, jcrowell@netsync.net

Dog Control Officer: Nicole Welka 716-785-0870

Town Assessor:

Thomas F. Mleczko 716-679-9880; townofsheridanassessor@gmail.com

Jonathan Szumigala, Town Justice: 716-672-2600

Court Clerks: Mellody Lemiszko mlemiszko@nycourts.gov; Wendy Harrington wharrington@nycourts.gov

The Planning & Zoning Board meets on the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Members are Brian Aldrich, Tom Hawk, Steve Muck, Paul Wallenhorst, and John Yerico (Secretary).

The Board of Assessment Review meets annually on the fourth Tuesday of May at 5 p.m. Members are Romaine Hohenstein, Henry Hoisington and Paul DeMarco.

u.s. Census

8%

& Ethnicity: 93% White; 6% Hispanic

sheridan history

The land which ultimately became the Town of Sheridan was initially inhabited by Native Americans. The Treaty of Big Tree, signed in 1797 moved the Seneca Indians to the Cattaraugus Reservation and opened the area to speculators, followed quickly by settlers from the east.

On August 1804, Francis Webber, William Webber, and Hezadiah Stebbins made purchases of land in Township 6, Range 11 from the Holland Land Company. In subsequent years, many more settlers followed. In 1827, the town was formed legally by taking 32 lots from the town of Pomfret and 35 lots from the town of Hanover. Early publications credit Nathaniel Gray, though thought a great admirer of the poet, playwright, and politician, Richard Brainsley Sheridan, with promoting the name.

Agriculture became the major industry in the town. For many years Sheridan was known for its production of fruits and vegetables, especially grapes. The raising of sheep, cattle, and horses was another profitable venture in the 1800s.

Situated on the shores of Lake Erie, Sheridan was home to at least 26 ship captains who sailed the Great Lakes in the 1800s and early 1900s. The first to be noted, Capt. Zephaniah Perkins was well respected. In 1815, Haven Brigham built a 40-ton schooner called the Kingbird, for Capt. Perkins.

Sheridan is still primarily agricultural with several fresh fruit and vegetable stands, vineyards and wineries, greenhouses producing seasonal flowers and plants. It is also the home of several small businesses, with some larger corporations on Progress Drive. The Chautauqua County Airport at Dunkirk is in the Town of Sheridan, as is the retirement home St. Columban’s on the Lake.

SHERMAN TOWN OF sherman history

Tu.s. Census bureau estimates

Town population: 1,624

Median household income: $52,679

Individuals below poverty level: 13.7%

Government direCtory

Supervisor, Mark Persons, markpersons17@gmail.com

Town Clerk, Annette Swan, townsherman@gmail.com

Town Council

Jim Higginbotham, jldlhiggy@hotmail.com

Brant Henning, brant22@live.com

Howard Crump

Ben Nickerson

Highway Superintendent, Dennis Sweatman, 716-761-6478

The Town Board meets on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00pm in the Sherman Highway Building.

SHERMAN VILLAGE OF

111 Mill St., Sherman, NY 14781 716-761-6781, FAX 716-761-6206 • www.shermanny.org

u.s. Census bureau estimates

Village population: 649

Veterans: 65, 14.1%

Median household income: $48,958

Individuals below poverty level:17.2%

Government direCtory

Mayor, Colleen Meeder, village.sherman@gmail.com

Village Clerk-Treasurer, Jeanette Ramm, village.sherman@gmail.com

Trustees

Daniel Crane, daniellecrane120@gmail.com

Gary Emory, gemory.msid@gmail.com

Dennis Watson, dlwspc@yahoo.com

The Village Board meets the second Wednesday of each month at 6 pm at 111 Mill St.

he earliest settlement in Chautauqua County and the Village of Sherman was by the Native American tribes, including the Huron-Iroquois groups. This family of tribes inhabited portions of Ontario, northern Ohio, nearly all of New York State, a majority of Pennsylvania, and portions of Quebec. The earliest identified tribe to inhabit Chautauqua County was the Erie, and later the region was occupied by the Seneca, an Iroquois tribe. These tribes shared a common language and were known to create permanent villages located in defensible positions, fortified with palisades and ditches. Limited agricultural practices were done by the Native Americans due to the dense forestation in much of their territory, and their primary crops included corn, beans, gourds, pumpkins, hemp and tobacco.

Evidence of the settlement of these earliest inhabitants was visible to the white settlers who came to the Chautauqua region. As farmers worked the land and settlement became more widespread in the early 1800s, it was not uncommon that artifacts, burials and settlements were uncovered. In Sheridan, an ancient three acre circular enclosure and skeletal remains were discovered on a farm, while near Fredonia additional fortified structures were located which yielded artifacts such as arrow heads, tools, pipes, hatchets and household objects as well as human remains. Early roadways with stone walls were also identified in the Chautauqua County town of Portland. In the county seat of Mayville, a notable circular earthwork fort was identified at the south boundary of the village. Despite uncovering thousands of human remains and numerous sites of past human settlements, many of the ancient remains were damaged and destroyed as farmers worked their fields and new settlement occurred in the early nineteenth-century.

Sherman is also home to the French Creek Yorkers. Headquartered in Cooperstown, NY the Yorker group is dedicated to historical studies and history, and has several chapters throughout New York state. The French Creek Yorkers began in 1946-47 with five members who were at the time in the seventh grade. Projects undertaken by the French Creek Yorkers included constructed full-scale models of forts, bridges and other objects, making historical scrapbooks from newspaper clippings, dressing dolls in authentic colonial-era clothing, making braided rugs and quilts and refinishing antiques for their museums. By 1950, the French Creek Yorkers boasted 162 members. Perhaps the most significant contribution to the Village of Sherman made by the Yorkers is the Yorker Museum at the corner of Park and Church Streets which was opened in 1951. The Museum features a collection of historic buildings and structures collected from throughout the area and relocated in one location. Buildings located in the open-air museum include the Peter Ripley House (dating to ca. 1830s), a French fort recreated as an 1800 pioneer dwelling, a general store, a school and several other 1800s-era buildings and objects. To this day the Yorkers continue to make contributions towards the study and promotion of Sherman’s history.

SILVER CREEK VILLAGE OF

172 Central Ave., Silver Creek, NY 14136 • 716-934-3240 • www.silvercreekny.gov

u.s. Census bureau estimates

Population: 2,619 Area: 1.1 square miles

Median Age: 37.8

Median Household Income: $66,250

Poverty Rate: 17.2%

Total Households: 1,053

Total Housing Units: 1,248

Bachelor’s Degree Or Higher: 28.6%

Veteran Status: 8.8%

Race & Ethnicity: 87% White; 7% Hispanic

silver CreeK history

The community was first settled around 1803, and the first school house was erected around 1823. In 1822 a well-known black walnut tree, measuring about 10 feet (3.0 m) in diameter, was blown over in a storm. The village of Silver Creek was incorporated in 1848, and was an important port on Lake Erie until railroads reduced shipping. The village is home to a skew arch railroad bridge, one of the few bridges in the country built on an angle.

Silver Creek’s best-known resident was Howard “Bob” Ehmke, the pitching hero of the 1929 World Series. While playing for the Philadelphia Athletics, Ehmke struck out 13 Chicago Cubs in game one, a Series record until 1953. Former NBA and ABA basketball player George Carter is also a graduate of Silver Creek Central High School. Carter played for St. Bonaventure University and later in the 1971 ABA All-Star Game. Every third weekend in September Silver Creek hosts a Festival of Grapes to honor Concord grapes, an important agricultural product. The festival began in 1968 and features a parade, live music, a midway, a wine tent, children’s and adults’ activities and a grape stomping. In 2008, the Silver Creek Grape Festival was featured on the nationally televised Good Morning America. Diane Sawyer, Robin Roberts, Sam Champion and Chris Cuomo visited a farm to stomp grapes on their trip across America; taken during the 2008 election, they visited 50 states in 50 days learning about the country. Diane Sawyer called it “the first and maybe last annual GMA grape stomping contest in honor of Lucille Ball, who was born 30 minutes from Silver Creek”.

Government direCtory

Village board meetings are held the first and third Monday of each month at 7 p.m.

Kathy Tampio, Mayor: mayorsilvercreek@gmail.com

Village Clerk: Thomas Postle silvercreekclerksoffice@gmail.com

Jeff Hornburg, Village Trustee: trusteejhornburg@gmail.com

Sandra Lindstrom, Village Trustee: Sandra.harris.lindstrom@gmail.com

Bill Barnes, Village Trustee: trusteebarnes@gmail.com

Dwayne Haskins, Village Trustee: trusteehaskins@gmail.com

Peter Clark, Village Attorney: 716-673-1361

Brianna Griewisch, Department of Public Works Labor Supervisor: 716-934-2601, silvercreekdpw@gmail.com

David Voigt, Water & Sewer Superintendent: 716-934-4676, silvercreeksewer@yahoo.com

Vincent Gugliuzza, Code Enforcement Officer: 716-934-2920; vincentgugliuzza@hanoverny.com

Village Historian: Louis Pelletter loupelletter@hanoverny.com or Spd1lp@yahoo.com

Dog Control Officer: Tim Christian (contact Village Clerk’s Office)

Village Treasurer: Kaitlin Murray

Deputy Clerk/Treasurer: Colleen McKenna

The Village of Silver Creek has a contract with the Chautauqua County Sheriff for Police Services. For nonemergencies call (716) 934-2112

SINCLAIRVILLE VILLAGE OF

8 Lester St., PO Box 469, Sinclairville, NY 14782 716-962-9455 • sinclairvillevillage@yahoo.com

u.s. Census bureau estimates

American Community Survey

Population Estimate: 613

Median Household Income: $43,409

Individuals Below Poverty Level: 17.1%

Median Age: 45.2

Veterans: 35

Total Housing Units: 320

Government direCtory

James E. Kianos Jr., mayor 716-962-9455

Darla J. Frost-Kianos, village clerk 716-962-9455 sinclairvillevillage@yahoo.com

William France, village trustee 716-962-9455

James D. Bailey, village trustee 716-962-9455

Dean A. Houser, village trustee 716-962-9455

Jon A. Desnerck, village trustee 716-962-9455

Ryan G. Edson, street supervisor 716-962-8343

Toby Hammond, code enforcement officer 716-664-1676, sinclairvillezb@gmail.com

Betty Jean Ridout, historian, 716-962-2309

Kevin Okerlund, assessor, 716-962-9455

Andrew Robinson Jr., attorney, 716-484-4480

sinClairville history

The village was founded in 1809 after the American Revolutionary War by Major Samuel Sinclear as “Sinclearville.” The area was previously inhabited for hundreds of years by the Seneca people of the Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee) who, as allies of the British during the war, were forced to cede most of their lands to the United States and New York state.

Most of the Iroquois migrated to Upper Canada, where they were given lands by the Crown.

The village of Sinclairville was incorporated in 1887. Sinclairville calls itself “The Heart of Chautauqua County.” Martha Angle Dorsett (1851-1918), first woman attorney in Minnesota, wife of Charles Dorsett George Burritt Sennett (1840-1900), ichthyologist and ornithologist Rexford Tugwell (1891-1979), economist and New Deal theoretician, Governor of Puerto Rico (1941-1946).

STOCKTON

Route 380, PO Box 129, Stockton, NY 14784 716-595-3192 • willsm@netsync.net •

stoCKton history

Stockton was formed in February 1821, and in April 1821 the first Stockton Town Board meeting was held. At that time, the supervisor was Calvin Warren, with the town clerk being John Curtis.

Stockton was named after one of signers of the Declaration of Independence, Richard Stockton. In 1821, there were 12 roads, and each one had its own supervisor, and the town had 1,600 residents.

The first post office was located one mile south of the four corners. The four corners was named Delanti in 1831 and continued with that name for over 40 years. The reason for the change was because it was known at the “Corners” and the teacher Lorraine Danforth suggested the name Delanti which meant a place of paradise where the flowers bloomed with much color and the animals ran freely.

Town Supervisor: David J. Wilson 716-595-3192; willsm@netsync.net

Town Clerk: Kathryn M. Palmer, 716-595-3192; willsm@netsync.net

Town Council: Hannah Abram, John Sipos, Olivia Lee, and John Beichner.

Financial adviser: Allen Chase, 716-595-3192

Highway Superintendent: Aaron Burnett 716-595-3565

Town Justice: Jeremy Beichner 716-595-3192; StocktonTownCourt@nycourts.gov

Code Enforcement Officer: Toby Hammond 716-664-1676

Zoning Officer: James DeJoe 716-672-2616

Town Assessor: Heather Young-Deyelle 716-595-3192

VILLENOVA

1094 Butcher Road, South Dayton, NY 14138 716-988-3476 • villenova14138@gmail.com • www.villenovany.org

u.s. Census bureau estimates

Population: 1,053 • Hispanic or Latino (Of Any Race): 52 Total Housing Units: 514 • Total Households: 380

Median Household Income: $51,875 • Employment Rate: 54.5 %

Bachelor’s Degree or Higher: 16.4 %

Without Health Care Coverage: 2.2 %

Government direCtory

Town board meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Villenova Town Hall.

Town Supervisor: Yvonne Park 716-988-3476; ympark4444@gmail.com

Town Clerk/Tax Collector: Julie Goodway 716-988-3476; villenova14138@gmail.com

Highway Superintendent: Pam Miktuk 716-988-3678 villenovahighway@gmail.com

Town Council: Keith Butcher, Daniel DiStasio, Jennifer Dye, and Nathan Palmer.

Code Enforcement Officer: Jayson Rowicki 716-988-3476 or 726-640-2500

Town Assessor: Chris Holewinski 716-410-4045

Zoning Board of Appeals: Benny Bottita, David Ivett, and David Kelley.

Board of Assessment Review: William Clarke, Stewart Ward, James Dye.

Town Justice: Ronald Lucas

Court is held on the first Thursday at 4:00 p.m. and third Thursday at 6 p.m. each month.

villenova history

Villenova, meaning new village, originally the southern part of Hanover, was taken off as a separate town by an act of January 24, 1823. Its area is 22,826 acres. In the north part the surface is hilly, the highest lands having an altitude of 1,400 feet above tide water. The inhabitants follow agricultural pursuits, including dairying to a considerable extent, to which the surface and soil are adapted.

The two branches of the Conewango creek join near the southeast corner of the town, and they receive the waters of a number of small streams which arise in the northern uplands and of the outlets of Mud Lake and East Mud Lake. The last named body of water is within Villenova, while the possession of Mud Lake is divided with Arkwright. In the southern part of the town the surface is rolling rather than broken and hilly, with soil of clay and a gravelly loam.

The town is a great producer of apples. Villenova has felt the effects of the disposition of the rising generations of people, since the pioneer days to leave the rural regions, especially in this part of the country, as it has had a net loss in population since 1835. In that year the population was 1,453. The population (State census of 1915) 1,148, including 26 aliens. It must be remembered, however, that Villenova is an inland town without railroads. There are four villages in the town, Balcomb, Hamlet, Villenova and Wango. The value of real estate in the town in 1918 was placed at $593,135; the assessed value, $465,357.

WESTFIELD

23 Elm St., Westfield, NY 14787 716-326-3211

https://westfieldny.com/town-westfield/town-westfield

u.s. Census bureau estimates

Population Estimate: 4,442

The Westfield Town Board meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m.

Eason Hall 23 Elm Street Westfield, NY 14787 (716) 326-3211

Martha R. Bills, Town Supervisor

Dr. David S. Brown, Councilman

David Spann, Councilman

James Herbert, Councilman

Will Northrop, Councilman

Town Clerk, Andrea L. Babcock (716) 326-3211

David Babcock, Highway Superintendent (7l6) 326-3014

Ken Shearer, Building/Code Enforcement Officer: (716) 326-4401

WESTFIELD VILLAGE OF

23 Elm St., Westfield, NY 14787

716-326-4961

https://westfieldny.com/village-westfield/village-west

Village board meetings are held the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the North Room of Eason Hall, 23 Elm St.

Dennis Lutes, Mayor: (716) 347-9051; dlutesmayor@ villageofwestfield.org

Vincent Luce, Village Administrator/Clerk: (716) 347-9050; can email through form on village website

Trustees Johanna Kelley, Kathryn Bronstein, Judy Einach and Lynlee Cunningham: (716) 347-9050; trustees@villageofwestfield.org.

Zoning Board of Appeals: Bruno Bruni, William F. Christ, John Hanmann, Richard Koerner and Rick Mascaro.

Andrew Thompson, DPW Director: (716) 326-2145, email through form on village website

Edward W. LeBarron Jr., Street Supervisor: (716) 326-3739

Rebecca Betts-Paternosh, Treasurer 716-347-9050, email through form on village website

Electric: Melissa Mansfield, DPW Administrative Aide: (716) 326-2145 OR (716) 326-2134

Erin Schuster, Sr. Water Plant Operator: (716) 326-2832

Dan Hogg, Building/Code Enforcement Officer: (716) 954-0159

Josh Belchet, Fire Chief: cell (716) 581-0051 Car291@villageofwestfield.org

Corbin Meleen, Acting Chief of Police: (716) 326-2531, meleenc@westfieldpd.com

Jerry A. LaPorte, Associate Village Justice; Court Clerk Julie Martin. (716) 326-6135; westfieldvillagecourt@nycourts.gov

The Lake Erie Grape Discovery Center is the official Visitor’s Center for the NYS Lake Erie Concord Grape Belt Heritage Area. We support and promote the Grape industry. Visit us and learn about all things

westfield history

The first Europeans to visit Westfield were French explorers interested in finding a water route between the Great Lakes and Ohio River systems. None exists, but in 1615 Etienne Brule found the next best thing when he discovered that only a short eight miles separate Lake Erie and Chautauqua Lake between the present towns of Westfield and Mayville. Indians had used the same path for centuries, but the French soon established their own trail that started in Barcelona Harbor, followed Chautauqua Creek for several miles, then ran over an escarpment to current-day Mayville. This trail remained in use more than 130 years, and today is known as the Old French Trail or, more commonly, the Portage Trail.

The first European settlers came to Westfield in 1802 with the arrival of the McMahan family, and more followed on their heels. The early village was known as the “Cross Roads” because it lay at the intersection of the Portage Trail and the road between Buffalo, New York and Erie, Pennsylvania.

Chautauqua County at that time was blanketed with great hardwood forests and the first industry in Westfield arose to process this timber as it was cleared to create farmland. The main products were pot and pearl ashes and black salts produced by burning the trees, which could be shipped to the emerging cities in Pittsburgh and Montreal and also across the Atlantic Ocean to the ports of Europe. Sawmills, gristmills, textile mills and other manufactories eventually

arKwriGht history

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WWI, the Town sent 17 men, and one Red Cross Army nurse, Maud Rhode. Fifty men from Arkwright served in WWII. During this time many of the residents that were too old or deferred from the military went to work at the steel plants nearby, leaving their wives and children to run the family farms.

In the years 1937 to 1939, the federal government bought about 2,000 acres of Arkwright’s land for conservation and wildlife preservation. The CCC and Job Corps were employed to manage forestation of that land. The title to this land was transferred from the Federal Government to New York State in 1963. Previously the land was used primarily as hunting grounds. Today the land is used for many recreational activities, with maintained trails for hiking, horseback riding, snowmobiling and cross-country skiing. Shelters have been built for hikers to rest and enjoy the great beauty of the area.

As family dairy farming phased out, farmers found new uses for their property, with some changing to beef or crop farming and others choosing to lease to large, out of town farmers, who valued Arkwright farmland. In

grew up around Chautauqua Creek to serve the burgeoning population. John McMahan’s grist mill, built in 1804 at the mouth of Chautauqua Creek, was dismantled during the War of 1812 to prevent it from falling into the hands of the British. The millstones can be seen at the entrance to the Patterson Library.

The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 gave manufacturers a faster route to markets on the Atlantic coast and in Europe, and it was soon followed by the railroads, which opened up trade routes with markets both to the east and west.

The most important agricultural product in Westfield’s history arrived in 1859 in the form of the Concord grape. Though it was popular as a table grape, the production of the Concord rose to new heights when Dr. Charles Welch popularized the consumption of pasteurized grape juice. This product was introduced to a wide audience at the World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893, and it quickly became a popular drink across the nation. In 1897 Dr. Welch built the world’s first large grape juice plant in Westfield and Westfield quickly became known as “The Grape Juice Capital of the World.” Today, Chautauqua County is the largest grape growing county outside of California, with approximately 20,000 acres devoted to vineyards. Some grape growers have transitioned to winemaking and the town is home to several well-known labels.

recent years, some Arkwright land has been developed to provide electrical power. Arkwright hosts 32 wind turbines that provide revenue to the Town, landowners and neighbors. Payments are also made to the three school districts serving the Town. Windfarm funds have allowed Arkwright to make much needed improvements to roadways, buildings and highway equipment. The Town expects to build a new Town Hall in 2026 that can serve as a community center as well as a hub for centralized administration of government services with neighboring towns. Many nearby citizens as well as recreational travelers appreciate snowmobile, hiking, cross country skiing and horseback riding trails all being easily accessible in Arkwright.

Small businesses, focused on agriculture, artisan offerings and recreational travel are flourishing. Arkwright hosts two campgrounds, two Airbnb’s, and three cabin rental businesses. Other businesses include a cabinet shop, veterinarian service, garden shop, saw mill, and a facility producing maple products.

The land in Arkwright has always been its greatest asset. Over the years the use of the land has changed but the Town still retains its rural character. People continue to enjoy the beauty of the hills, valleys, and the forests.

COMMUNITY LISTINGS

CATHOLIC CHARITIES

Catholic Charities

Chautauqua County Hospice

Mayville area

South county

North county

County Mental Health Clinic

Crisis Services

Family Services of the Chautauqua Region

First Candle/SIDS Alliance

FIRST CALL FOR HELP

716-484-9188

716-753-5383

716-338-0033

716-672-6944

716-661-8330

1-800-724-0461

716-488-1971

1-800-638-7437

2-1-1 Western New York 211

Or 1-866-733-3748

A toll free help line of the United Way NY Connects 716-753-4582, 716-363-4582, 716-661-7582

DISABILITY/HANDICAPPED SERVICES

Care Van Transportation Services Corp

775 S. Work St., Falconer

Carrier Coach Inc

185 Livingston Ave., P.O. Box 494, Celoron, NY 14720

Chaut. Home Rehabilitation & Improvement Corp. (CHRIC) Mayville ......................................................................

2 Academy St., Mayville, NY 14757

Chaut. Home Rehabilitation & Improvement Corp. (CHRIC) Dunkirk

Chaut. Home Rehabilitation & Improvement Corp. (CHRIC) Jamestown

EMERGENCY

ALSTAR Ambulance ................................... 716-366-8177 or 716-366-8178

American Red Cross of Southwestern New York Jamestown

American Red Cross of Southwestern New York, Dunkirk

Chautauqua County Emergency Services

Chautauqua Opportunities Inc

402 Chandler St., Jamestown, 14701

Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc...........................................

10825 Bennett Rd., Dunkirk, NY 14048

716-665-6535

716-488-0413

716-753-4650

716-363-4650

716-661-7650

Chautauqua Blind Association - Vistion Rehabilitation Services.......

510 W. Fifth St., Jamestown, NY 14701

Chautauqua Region Multiple Sclerosis Society

335 E. Third St., Jamestown, NY 14701

Disabled Information & Referral Line

1 Empire State Plaza, Suite 1001, Albany, 12223

Make A Wish Foundation

716-664-5115

716-366-4433

716-363-4341

716-661-9430

716-366-8176

Domestic Violence Hotline (English) 1-800-942-6906

Poison Control Center 1-800-222-1222

Police/Fire 911

Rural Ministry Food Bank 716-366-5054

127 Central Ave., Dunkirk, NY 14048

Rural Ministry Friendly Kitchen

131 Central Ave., Dunkirk, NY 14048

716-366-3926

Safe House of Chautauqua County .................................... 716-661-9446

16 E. Sixth St., Jamestown, NY 14701 Safe House of Chautauqua

10825 Bennett Road, Dunkirk, NY 14048

FAMILIES

716-664-6660

716-488-1883

1-800 522-4369

1-800-722-9474

NYS Dept. of Employment Services 716-661-9553

23 East Third St., Jamestown, NY 14701

Social Security Administration

321 Hazeltine Ave., Jamestown, NY 14701

Social Security Administration

Social Security Administration

437 Main St., Suite 2, Dunkirk, NY 14048

1-(877) 319-3079

1-800-772-1213

1-(888) 862-2139

Southwestern Independent Living Center, Inc. (SILC) 716-661-3010

843 N. Main St., Jamestown, NY 14701

Southwestern Independent Living Center, Inc. (SILC) 716-661-3012 TDD

STEL Southern Tier Environments For Living 716-366-3200

The Resource Center .716-483-2344

200 Dunham Ave., Jamestown, 14701

VESID/ACCESS-VR Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities 716-661-1400

121 E. Third St., Jamestown, NY 14701

VESID/ACCESS-VR Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities 716-366-8404

186 Lakeshore Dr. W., Dunkirk, NY 14048

WNY DDSO (Developmental Disabilities Services Office) Jamestown

110 W. Third St., Jamestown, NY 14701 Dunkirk

716-664-3141

716-366-8915

Workers Compensation Board.......................................... 1-866-211-0645

107 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY 14202

Adult Day Care ........................................................................

CASA Jamestown

716-665-4899

716-661-7447

CASA Mayville ......................................................................... 716-753-4447

Catholic Charities

Outreach with the Elderly.....................................................

Elder Abuse Prevention Mayville

Foster Grandparents

Meals on Wheels Dunkirk

200 Lake Shore Dr. West, Suite 3, Dunkirk 14048

Meals on Wheels Jamestown

3045 Fluvanna Ave., Jamestown, NY 14701

Office for the Aging Dunkirk

Dunkirk Senior Ctr., 45 Cliffstar Ct., Dunkirk, NY 14048

Office for the Aging Jamestown

610 W. Third St., Jamestown, NY 14701

Office for the Aging Mayville

Hall R. Clothier Bldg., 7 N. Erie St., Mayville, NY 14757

Retired Senior Volunteer Program

RSVP Dunkirk

Retired Senior Volunteer Program

RSVP Jamestown

Senior Center Jamestown Area

716-665-4374

716-753-4479

16-665-5354

716-366-8822

716-488-9119

716-363-3865

716-661-8940

716-661-4471

716-366-8070

716-665-3038

716-484-1627

Social Security 1-800-772-1213

Ashville United Methodist Church, 2180 N. Maple St., Ashville, NY 14710

Brocton Food Pantry ..............................................................

7063 W. Main Road, Westfield, NY 14787

Cassadaga Food Pantry

25 Maple Ave., Cassadaga, NY 14718

Catholic Charities

560 W. Third St., Jamestown, NY 14701

Catholic Charities

314 Central Ave., Dunkirk, NY 14048

Catholic Charities Outreach

715 Falconer St., Jamestown, NY 14701

Christ First United Methodist

663 Lakeview Ave., Jamestown, NY 14701

Clymer UM Church

Findley Lake UM Church 2862 N. Road, Findley Lake, NY 14736

Food Cupboard/Loan Closet

716-326-2492

716-595-8718

716-484-9188

716-366-3533

716-484-9188

716-664-5803

716-355-8880

716-665-2102

Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 20 N. Phetteplace St., Falconer, NY 14733

Food Stamps

Fredonia Assembly of God

8 White St., Fredonia, NY 14063

Frewsburg Food Cupboard

716-661-8200

716-679-9536

716-569-2615

Trinity UM Church, Corner of Ivory & Wigren Rd., Frewsburg 14738

Good Shepherd Mission Outreach

750 W. Main St., Clymer, NY 14724

Living Waters Open Bible

946 Southwestern Dr., Jamestown, NY 14701

Meals On Wheels

3045 Fluvanna Ave., Jamestown, NY 14701

Neighbor to Neighbor

9603 Prospect Rd., Forestville, NY 14062

Panama United Methodist Food Pantry

22 East Main St., P.O. Box 218, Panama, NY

Park United Methodist Food Pantry ...................................

49 Sinclairville Dr., Sinclairville, NY 14782

716-355-6209

716-664-6789

716-488-9119

716-965-4306

716-962-2265

Chautauqua

FOOD

Ripley Community Council .................................................

84 W. Main St., Ripley, NY 14775

Rural Ministry ........................................................................

127-135 Central Ave., Dunkirk, NY 14048

Salvation Army ........................................................................

Sherman Community Church

107 Church St., Sherman, NY 14781

Silver Creek Food Pantry

260 Central Ave., Silver Creek, NY 14136

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish

336 Washington Ave., Dunkirk, NY 14048

St. James Church

27 Allen St., Jamestown, NY 14701

St. Paul’s Pantry

99 S. Erie St., Mayville, NY 14757

St. Susan Center

31 Water St., Suite 130, Jamestown, NY

The Salvation Army

83 S. Main St., Jamestown, NY 14701

The Salvation Army

704 Central Ave., Dunkirk, NY 14048

Tri-Church Parish

41 E. Main St., Brocton, NY 14716

Twice Fed Food Pantry

8813 N. Main, Cherry Creek, NY 14723

Union Gospel Mission

7 W. First St., Jamestown, NY 14701

United Methodist Church

Blockville Watts Flat Rd., Ashville 14738

716-736-2963

716-366-1787

716-664-4108

716-761-6591

716-934-7642

716-366-1750

716-487-0125

716-753-2172

HEALTH

Speech & Hearing — WCA

Speech Evaluation - Resource Center

Dunkirk

Jamestown

Podiatry - Community Inclusion, Inc.

Dunkirk .......................................................................................

Jamestown

Transitional Assistance

Jamestown

Dunkirk

TTY - Hearing Impaired - Resource Center .....................

WCA Speech & Hearing

Wellness Program — WCA

WNY Developmental Disabilities Office

Jamestown

716-664-4108

716-366-3701

716-792-4533

716-296-5213

716-484-1092

716-782-3938

Westfield United Methodist .716-326-3243

101 E. Main St., Westfield, NY 14787

Chautauqua County WIC Program

FOUNDATIONS

Chautauqua Region Community Foundation

418 Spring St., Jamestown, NY 14701 www.crcfonline.org

Jesse Smith Darrah Fund

202 N. Main St., Jamestown, NY 14701

Carnahan Jackson Foundation

Fourth and Pine Building, Jamestown

Winifred Crawford Dibert Foundation

62 Allen St., Jamestown, NY 14701

Gebbie Foundation

215 Cherry St., Jamestown, NY 14701

Holmberg Foundation

519 Washington St., Jamestown, NY 14701

Hultquist Foundation

Box 1219, Jamestown, NY 14702-1219

Lenna Foundation

133 East Fairmount Ave, Suite 2, Lakewood, NY 14750

Northern Chautauqua Community Fdtn

716-484-6001

716-661-3390

716-664-5210

716-483-1015

716-664-2902

716-487-1062

716-763-8179

716-664-7414

716-763-0823

716-366-4892 212 Lakeshore Drive West, Dunkirk, NY 14048 www.nccfoundation.org

Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation

217 N. Main St., Jamestown, NY 14701

716-664-9890

The Waterfront Foundation at The Chautauqua Center 716-484-4334, ext. 1349 107 Institute St., Jamestown NY 14701 www.tcchealth.org

HEALTH

Diagnosis & Treatment - Fidelis Care

Community Inclusion, Inc., Primary Care

Medical Lead Information, Jamestown

Medical Lead Information, Dunkirk

Medical Lead Information, Mayville

S.L.E. Lupus Foundation

Make A Wish Foundation

March of Dimes

Medicaid

Medicare

Multiple Sclerosis Support Jamestown

1-888-343-3547

716-661-1447

716-661-7491

716-363-4491

716-753-4491

-212-685-4118

1-800-722-9474

716-691-3805

716-363-3500

716-484-9945

716-488-1883

Occupational Therapy and Hand Rehabilitation Services

716-665-5100 or 716-366-3417

Occupational and Physical Therapy-The Resource Center, Dunkirk 716-366-6125

Jamestown 716-661-1541

Community Inclusion, Inc., Dental Services

Dunkirk

Jamestown

716-664-8194

716-366-6125

716-661-1541

716-366-6125

716-661-1541

716-661-8200

716-363-3500

716-661-1535

716-664-8194

716-664-8619

716-664-3141

Chaut. Opportunities Community Alternative Systems Agency-CASA 716-661-7447

189 E. Main, Westfield, NY

Earl

28 Mile Creek Road, Gerry, NY

Fred J. Cusimano Westside Overland Trail 716-484-0204

Marden E. Cobb Waterway Trail 716-484-0204

5495 County Road 314, Sinclairville

Boutwell Hill State Forest 716-363-2052

Boutwell Hill Road, Cherry Creek, NY 14723

Chautauqua Gorge State Forest and Day-Use Area ........

Hannum Road, Mayville, NY 14757

Allison Wells Ney Trail

French Creek Preserve

Alder Bottom Road, County Route 4, Sherman, NY

Mt. Pleasant State Forest ......................................................

716-326-2052

716-483-2330

Goshen Road, Panama, NY

Portage Trail - Trolley Line Nature Trail

Route 430, Chautauqua St., Mayville, NY

Ralph C. Sheldon Trail

Summerdale Road, Mayville, NY, 14757-0151

Stockton State Forest

Coes Road, Stockton, NY

716-363-2052

716-366-1661

716-661-1431

Southwestern Independent Living Center (SILC) 716-661-3010

HOTLINES

Missing Children’s Clearing House in NY State 1-800-346-3543

Narcotics Anonymous 1-877-488-2281

National Domestic Violence 1-800-525-1978

National Runaway Hotline................................................. 1-800-621-4000

National Runaway Switchboard 1-800-RUNAWAY

NYS AIDS Hotline 1-800-541-2437

NYS Attorney General 1-800-771-7755

Poison Control Center of WNY ........................................ 1-800-222-1222

Project Crossroads

Safe House

Salvation Army Rape Crisis

Suicide Prevention Kids Hotline

716-483-7718

716-661-9446 or 1-866-877-9647

716-661-3897

716-834-1144

To Report Child Abuse ....................................................... 1-800-342-3720

US Consumer Safety Commission 1-800-638-2772

WCA Hospital

MENTAL HEALTH

WCA Hospital Adult Mental Health Unit

Compeer - Dunkirk

Compeer - Jamestown

Jamestown Psychiatric, PC

Mental Health Association - Dunkirk

Mental Health Association - Jamestown

716-664-8640

716-366-7792, ext. 208

716-487-2956

716-526-4041

716-366-1827

716-487-0616

Chautauqua County Department of Mental Health, Dunkirk

716-363-3550

Chautauqua County Department of Mental Health, Jamestown

The Chautauqua Center

Dunkirk

Jamestown

716-487-0141

WCA Information Line 1-800-724-0461

Westfield Memorial Hospital 716-326-4921

HOUSING

CHRIC (Chaut. Home Rehab. Imp. Corp.)

Dunkirk .......................................................................................

CHRIC (Chaut. Home Rehab. Imp. Corp.)

Jamestown

CHRIC (Chaut. Home Rehab. Imp. Corp.)

Mayville

Jamestown Housing Authority ............................................

Jamestown Permit Division

Safe House of Chautauqua

Salvation Army Domestic Violence

Section 8 Housing

Southwestern Independent Living Corp - SILC...............

STEL Southern Tier Environments For Living

LIBRARIES

Ahira Hall Memorial Library

34 West Main St., Brocton

Alexander Findley Library

2883 North Road, Findley Lake

Anderson Lee Library ...........................................................

43 Main St., Silver Creek

Ashville Free Library

2200 North Maple St., Ashville

Bemus Point Library

13 Main St., Bemus Point

Cassadaga Branch Library

18 Maple Ave., Cassadaga

Clymer-French Creek Public Library

North Center St., Clymer

Darwin R. Barker Library Association

7 Day St., Fredonia

Dunkirk Free Library

536 Central Ave., Dunkirk

Falconer Public Library.........................................................

101 West Main St., Falconer Farman Free Library

Park Street, Ellington

Fluvanna Free Library

Fluvanna Avenue, Jamestown

Hazeltine Public Library

892 Busti-Sugar Grove Road, Busti Kennedy Free Library

Church Street, Kennedy Lakewood Memorial Library

12 West Summit, Lakewood

Mayville Library

92 South Erie St., Mayville

Myers Memorial Library .....................................................

1 Ivory Road, Frewsburg

Minerva Library

166 Miller St., Sherman

Patterson Library

40 South Portage St., Westfield

Prendergast Library

509 Cherry St., Jamestown

Ripley Free Library

64 West Main St., Ripley

Seymour Memorial Library .................................................

22 North Main St., Stockton

Smith Memorial Library

21 Miller Ave., Chautauqua Institution

716-661-8330

716-366-6050

716-484-4334

The Resource Center Behavioral Health, Counseling and Psychiatric Services

.Jamestown

Dunkirk

POST OFFICES

716-363-4650

716-661-7650

716-753-4650

716-664-3345

716-483-7541

716-661-9446

716-661-3896

716-664-5182

716-661-3010

716-366-3200

716-792-9418

716-769-6568

716-934-3468

716-763-9906

716-386-2274

716-595-3822

716-355-8823

716-672-8051

716-366-2511

716-665-3504

716-287-2945

716-487-1773

716-487-1281

716-267-4265

716-763-6234

716-753-7362

716-569-5515

716-761-6378

716-326-2154

716-484-7135

716-736-3913

716-595-3323

716-357-6296

716-661-1590

716-366-7660

Bemus Point 9 Main St., Bemus Point, NY, 14712

Brocton 42 E. Main St., Brocton, NY, 14716

Cassadaga 15 Maple Ave., Cassadaga, NY, 14718 Chautauqua 10-12 Roberts St., Chautauqua, NY 14722 Clymer 8727 E. Main St., Clymer, NY, 14724 Dewittville 5452 E. Lake Rd., Dewittville, NY 14728

Dunkirk 410 Central Ave., Dunkirk, NY, 14048

Findley Lake 10404 Main St., Findley Lake, NY, 14736

Forestville 17 Main St., Forestville, NY, 14062

Fredonia 21 Day St., Fredonia, NY, 14063

Irving 12746 Erie St., Irving, NY, 14081 Jamestown 300 E. Third St., Jamestown, NY, 14701

Lily Dale 30 South St., Lily Dale, NY, 14752

Maple Springs 5608 Summit Ave., Bemus Point, NY 14712

Mayville 19 East Chautauqua St., Mayville, NY, 14757

Panama 6 E. Main St., Panama, NY, 14767

Portland 6372 W. Main Rd., Portland, NY, 14769 Ripley 7 West Main St., Ripley, NY, 14775

Sheridan 2707 Main Rd., Sheridan, NY, 14135

Sherman 109 Miller St., Sherman, NY, 14781

Silver Creek 37 Main St., Silver Creek, NY, 14136

Sinclairville 11 Main St., Sinclairville, NY, 14782

Stockton 7254 Rt. 380, Stockton, NY, 14784 Stow 3479 Old Bridge Rd., Stow, NY, 14785 Westfield 7 Academy St., Westfield, NY, 14787

RECREATION/ENTERTAINMENT

Abe Mattison Millrace Park

Everett Street, Falconer

716-484-0204

Allegany State Park................................................................. 716-354-2182

2373 ASP Route 1, Salamanca, NY

Allen Park .................................................................................

West Virginia Boulevard, Jamestown, NY

Audubon Society .....................................................................

Riverside Road, Jamestown

Barcelona Harbor Beach 8269 First St., Barcelona, Westfield, NY 14787

Bemus Point Park....................................................................

1 Lakeside Drive, Bemus Point, NY

Bergman Park ..........................................................................

Baker St., Jamestown, NY

Cassadaga Beach ....................................................................

Park Ave., Cassadaga, NY

Chadakoin Park .......................................................................

Washington St., Jamestown, NY

Chautauqua Institution ........................................................

Rt. 394, Chautauqua, NY

Dunkirk City Pier....................................................................

Rt. 5 & Central Ave., Dunkirk, NY

Erlandson Overview Park .....................................................

465 Oak Hill Road, Frewsburg, NY

Hanover Town Beach .............................................................

South Shore Drive, Sunset Bay, Irving, NY

Lake Erie State Park ...............................................................

Rt. 5, 8 miles west of Dunkirk, NY

716-483-7523

716-569-2345

716-386-4398

716-483-7523

716-595-3007

716-483-7523

716-357-6200

716-366-3262

716-484-0204

716-934-2273

716-792-9214

Lakeside Park ......................................................................... 716-753-2125

Rt. 394, Mayville, NY

Lakewood Community Park.................................................

East Terrace Ave., Lakewood, NY

Lawson Town Park .................................................................

Lawson Road, Busti, NY

Long Point State Park ............................................................

Rt. 430, Bemus Point, NY

716-763-8557

716-763-8561

716-386-2722

Chautauqua County Community

RECREATION/ENTERTAINMENT

Lucille Ball Memorial Park

Boulevard at Dunham, Celoron

Luensman Overview Park

Thayer Road, Portland

Main Street Walkway Park

Main Street, north of City Pier, Dunkirk, NY

McCrea Point Park and Boat Landing

14 Jones and Gifford Ave., Jamestown, NY

Memorial Park

Rt. 5, west of Central Ave., Dunkirk, NY

Midway State Park

Rt. 430, Maple Springs, NY

Ottoway Park

8000 Route 5 East, Westfield, NY

Point Gratiot Park

Rt. 5 West to Point Drive, Dunkirk, NY

Dan Reed Pier Park/Monroe Marina

8241 St. Street, Barcelona Harbor, Westfield, NY 14787

Richard O. Hartley Memorial Park

Terrace & Chaut. Aves., Lakewood, NY

Ripley Community Park

1 Park Ave., Ripley, NY

Roseland Park

Fluvanna Ave., Jamestown, NY

Russell Joy Park

Howard St., Fredonia, NY

Teen Center - Free Meth. Church

Veterans Field

Marauder Dr. & Lucas Ave., Dunkirk, NY

RECYCLING

County Landfill at Ellery.......................................................

716-487-4175

716-484-0204

716-366-3262

716-483-7523

716-366-3262

716-386-3165

716-326-4971

716-366-3262

716-326-6633

716-763-8557

716-736-6881

716-483-7523

716-679-2311

716-484-1542

716-366-3262

VETERANS

Veterans Administration Clinic

608 W. Third St., Jamestown

Veterans Administration Clinic

166 E. Fourth St., Dunkirk

Veteran Services

AMERICAN LEGION

Cassadaga Memorial Post 1280

228 Maple St., Cassadaga, NY 14718

Charles A. Morehouse Post 351 PO Box 201, Ripley, NY 14775

Damcott-Jones Post 874 PO Box 248, Clymer, NY 14724

Dunkirk Memorial Post 62

211 Central Ave., Dunkirk NY 14048

Ellery Memorial Post 947 PO Box 947, Greenhurst, NY 14742

Fredonia Memorial Post 59

156 East Main St., Fredonia, NY 14063

Hanover Memorial Post 148

13 North Main St., Silver Creek, NY 14136

Henry Mosher Post 638

132 West Main St., Falconer, NY 14733

Herman Kent Post 777

26 Jackson Ave., WE, Jamestown, NY 14701

Ira Lou Spring Post 149

364 Fluvanna Ave., Jamestown, NY 14701

J. Carter Knapp Post 953

6 Cedar St., Forestville, NY 14062

716-985-4785

3889 Towerville Road, Ellery, NY (Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

Falconer Transfer Station

716-665-6894

South Work Street, Falconer, NY (Tuesday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.)

Fredonia Transfer Station

716-672-2200

Webster Road, Alone (Tuesday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.)

Lucas Avenue, Dunkirk ..........................................................

716-366-9832

West County Transfer Station, Sherman 716-761-6565

Route 76, Sherman (Tuesday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.)

SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING

Catholic Charities ...................................................................

560 West Third St., Jamestown, NY 14701

Catholic Charities

425 Main St., Dunkirk, NY 14048

Chautauqua County Chemical Dependency Services

716-484-9188

716-366-3533

716-661-8330

Jamestown City Hall, Fifth Floor, 200 E. Third St., Jamestown, NY, 14701

Chautauqua County Chemical Dependency Services .... 716-363-3550

319 Central Ave., Dunkirk, NY 14048

Chautauqua County Outpatient Mental Health

City Hall 5th Fl., 200 E. Third St., Jamestown, NY 14701

Prevention Works

509 N. Main St., Jamestown, NY 14701

Prevention Work......................................................................

186 Lake Shore Drive W. Dunkirk, New York 14048

Family Services of the Chautauqua Region

332 E. Fourth St., PO Box 457, Jamestown, NY 14701

Jones Memorial Health Center

51 Glasgow Ave., Jamestown, NY 14701

Mental Health Association Of Chautauqua County .......

31 Water St., Jamestown, NY 14701

716-661-8330

716-664-3608

716-366-4623

716-488-1971

716-487-0141

716-661-9044

Mental Health Association of Chautauqua County 716-363-3550

127 Central Ave., Dunkirk, NY 14048

Outpatient Chemical Dependency

716-664-8641

Jones Memorial Health Center, 51 Glasgow Ave., Jamestown, NY 14701

The Resource Center.............................................................. 716-366-7660

186 Lake Shore Drive West, Dunkirk, NY

www.resourcecenter.org

The Resource Center.............................................................. 716-661-1447

880 East Second Street, Jamestown, NY

www.resourcecenter.org

Safe Point Lighthouse Treatment Center ........................ (866) 613-1822

303 Main Street, Dunkirk

TLC Health Network

33 N. Main St., Cassadaga, NY, 14718

Waterfront Community Residence

2 Duquesne St., Celoron, NY 14720

The Chautauqua Center

314 Central Ave., Dunkirk, NY 14048

107 Institute St., Jamestown NY 1470

716-338-1511

1-800-310- 5001

716-203-6474

716-595-3145

716-366-6262

716-672-5959

716-934-4205

716-665-4307

716-483-0777

716-664-7538

John W. Dill Post 434 ..................................................................

110 West Main St., Brocton, NY 14716

John W. Rogers Post 327 .............................................................

Main Street, Westfield, NY 14787

Lakewood Memorial Post 1286 ..................................................

174 Chautauqua Ave., Lakewood, NY 14750

Norton Raspas Post 898

Samuel L. Derby Post 556

9 Meadow Lane, Frewsburg

Sherman American Legion Post898 PO Box 113, Sherman, NY 14781

William L. Travis Post 493

144 South Erie St., Mayville, NY 14757

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS

Ellery Center Post 557 ................................................................

4498 Dutch Hollow Road, Bemus Point, NY 14712

Gordon W. Scott Post 1395 .....................................................

3606 Straight Road, Fredonia, NY 14063

John T. Murray Post 1017 .......................................................

113 Deer St., Dunkirk, NY 14048

John W. Tiffany Post 53

621 East Second St., Jamestown, NY 14701

Lake Chautauqua Memorial Post 8647

10 Memorial Dr., Mayville, NY 14757

Pine Valley Memorial Post 2522

7117 North Main St., Cherry Creek, NY 14723

Ripley Memorial Post 2769

PO Box 168, Ripley, NY 14775

Samuel Cimino Post 6472

13 North Main St., Silver Creek, NY 14136

Sheridan Memorial Post 6290

2556 Main Road, Silver Creek, NY

William P. Jackway Post

34 Pearl St., Westfield, NY 14787

ALSO

Disabled American Veterans

3334 Fluvanna Ave. Extension, Jamestown

Joseph P. Dwyer Veterans Peer Support Group

Silver Creek Overseas Veteran’s Association

716-792-4345

716-326-3924

716-763-1286

716-569-3321

716-753-7591

716-386-5178

716-679-1490

716-366-6484

716-483-1954

716-753-2444

716-296-8900

716-736-5806

716-934-4205

716-672-6011

716-326-2613

716-665-3058

716-483-2344

716-934-4205

716-595-3355

716-664-4313

716-366-6050

716-484-4334

13 North Main St., Silver Creek, NY 14136

Vietnam Veterans 459

PO Box 656, Dunkirk, NY 14718

War Veterans Recreation

3431 Fluvanna Ave., Jamestown, NY 14701

World War II Veterans Club

716-483-0222

716-366-3633

Chautauqua County DIRECTORY

ART STUDIO

Pearl City Clay House

220 E. 2nd Street

Jamestown, NY 14701

716-488-2529 www.pearlcityclayhouse.org

ARTIST/GIFT SHOP

Epiphany’s Emporium 34 N. Center Street Corry, PA 16407 814-964-4711 www.epiphanysemporium.com

ASSISTED / SENIOR LIVING

Lincoln Arms Apartments 430 Main Street Dunkirk, NY 14048 716-366-1613

ARCHITECTS

LaBella Associates

500 E. Sixth Street Jamestown, NY 14701 716-483-3153

Ron Kessler rkessler@labellapc.com Ed Schober eschober@labellapc.com

ATTORNEY

Erickson Webb Scolton & Hajdu 414 E. Fairmount Ave. Lakewood, NY 14750 (716)488-1178

AUTO BODY SHOP/REPAIR

Cusimano’s CARSTAR Collision 2597 S. Work Street Falconer, NY 14733

716-665-5102 www.carstar.com

AUTOMOTIVE

Ted’s Auto

203 N. Pearl Street Frewsburg, NY 14738 716-569-2369

AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR

Mancuso Service Center

242 E Main Street Fredonia, NY 14063 716-679-0816

BANQUET HALL

Karen & Robert Cross

3 C’s Catering

716-267-4403

3CsCatering.com

Check us out of FB too!!

BEDDING

Jamestown Mattress

Lakewood 135 East Fairmount 716-763-5515

Jamestown

178 Blackstone Ave 716-665-2247

Fredonia 10 West Main St. 716-672-4140 www.jamestownmattress.com

BOWLING

Frewsburg Lanes 18 W. Main Street Frewsburg, NY 14738 716-569-3553 www.frewsburglanes.com

CAMPING

Dunkirk Conference Center

3602 Lake Shore Drive East Dunkirk, NY 14048

716-366-1900

www.dunkirkcc.com

CAR CARE

Gay-Mark Tire & Wheel

6624 Route 60

Cassadaga, NY 14718

716-962-9315

Ellmans Garage

4 East Doughty Street

Dunkirk, NY 14048

716-366-0808

CATERING

Karen & Robert Cross

3 C’s Catering

716-267-4403

3CsCatering.com

Check us out of FB too!!

CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL

Chautauqua Child Care Council

Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc. Laughlin Community Action Center 402 Chandler Street Jamestown, NY 14701 716-661-9430

childcare@chautopp.org www.chautauquaopportunities.com

CHIROPRACTIC

The Chautauqua Center 75 E. 3rd St. Dunkirk, New York 14048

716-363-6050

107 Institute St Jamestown, New York 14701 716-484-4334

www.tcchealth.org

CHURCH

Christ First

United Methodist Church 663 Lakeview Avenue

Jamestown, NY 14701 716-664-5803

christfirstjamestown.org c1stumc@gmail.com facebook.com-ChristFirstUMCJamestown Worship 10am Sundays

All Are Welcome !

COMPRESSED GASSES & WELDING SUPPLIES

NORCO/ North Collins Cylinder Gas Co., 1770 Milestrip Rd. North Collins, NY 14111

716-337-3133 – 800-431-5563

info@renaldo.org

www.norcopropance.com

Chautauqua County DIRECTORY

CONCRETE

Lakeshore Paving

7 Osmer Street

Jamestown, NY 14701

716-664-4400

www.lakeshorepaving.com

CONTRACTOR/EXCAVATING

L W Parker Enterprises

Meadows Road

Dewittville, NY 14782

716-753-2300 www.lwparkerexcavating.com

COUNSELING/PSYCHIATRIC CARE

The Chautauqua Center

75 E. 3rd St. Dunkirk, New York 14048

716-363-6050

107 Institute St Jamestown, New York 14701

716-484-4334 www.tcchealth.org

CREMATION

Peterson Funeral Home

12 North Pearl St. Frewsburg, NY 14738 (716) 569-5405

Eric Dunnewold, Owner/Director info@petersonfuneralhome.net www.petersonfh.net

CUSTOM WELDING & STEEL FABRICATION

Renaldo Sales & Service Center, INC. 1770 Milestrip Rd. North Collins, NY 14111

716-337-3760 – 800-424-5564

DENTIST

The Chautauqua Center

75 E. 3rd St. Dunkirk, New York 14048

716-363-6050

107 Institute St Jamestown, New York 14701

716-484-4334

www.tcchealth.org

DOG GROOMING

Patty’s Pet Grooming 11171 Urban Road Dunkirk, NY 14048 716-366-1207

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

Chautauqua Opportunities for Development, Inc. Connections North 10825 Bennett Road Dunkirk, NY 14048

716-366-8176

www.chautauquaopportunities.com/codi-economicdevelopment

ENGINEERING

LaBella Associates

300 Pearl Street, Suite 130 Buffalo, NY 14202

716-710-3036

Mike Rogalski mrogalski@labellapc.com

Nussbaumer & Clarke, Inc. Engineers & Surveyors 716-827-8000

ENVIRONMENTAL

LaBella Associates

300 Pearl Street, Suite 130 Buffalo, NY 14202 716-551-6281

Rob Napieralski rnapieralski@labellapc.com

EXCAVATING

Lakeshore Paving 7 Osmer Street Jamestown, NY 14701

716-664-4400

www.lakeshorepaving.com

FAMILY PLANNING

The Chautauqua Center

75 E. 3rd St. Dunkirk, New York 14048

716-363-6050

107 Institute St Jamestown, New York 14701 716-484-4334 www.tcchealth.org

FLORIST

Flowers By Anthony 349 Lake Shore Dr E, Dunkirk, NY 14048 (716) 366-1332

FUNERAL HOME

DiStasio Funeral Home, Inc 478 Route 83 Balcom Corners South Dayton, NY 14138 716-988-5922 www.distasiofuneralhome.com

Mackowiak Funeral Home Inc.

Newman Funeral Home Inc. 56 E Doughty St, Dunkirk, NY 14048 716-366-4818 www.rmackowiak.com

McGraw - Kowal Funeral Home 736 Central Ave, Dunkirk, NY 14048 716-366-1320 www.mcgrawkowalfuneralhome.com

Morse Funeral Home 51 Highland Avenue Brocton, NY 14716 716-792-4323 www.themorsefuneralhome.com

Peterson Funeral Home 12 North Pearl St. Frewsburg, NY 14738 (716 )569-5405

Eric Dunnewold, Owner/Director info@petersonfuneralhome.net www.petersonfh.net

Riccardi’s

Hubert Funeral Home 111 South Main Street Jamestown, NY 14701 716-483-1902 www.hubertfuneralhome.com

Riccardi’s

Jordan Funeral Home

6 Parkway Drive Sinclairville, NY 14782 716-962-2895 www.jordansinclairville.com

Chautauqua County DIRECTORY

FUNERAL HOME (continued)

Riles & Woolley Funeral Home

39 Main Street PO Box 357 Forestville, NY 14062-0357 (716) 965-2941

www.rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com mark@rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com

Van Rensselear Funeral Home

14 Church Street Randolph, NY 14722 716-358-5583 www.vanrennsselaerandsonfuneralhome.com

GALLERY

Painted Finch Gallery

32 N. Center Street Corry, PA 16407

814-664-3053 www.paintedfinchgallery.com

GOSPEL PRODUCTS AND PRAYER SERVICES

Heavenly Hearkening Journey with JESUS

JOHN 3:16, 17 / ACTS 16:31 Evangelist-Minister

Renee M. Reading 23 Clinton Avenue Fredonia, NY 14063 716-672-PRAY (672-7729) 716-785-0157

GREENHOUSE

Troyer’s Greenhouse 1669 Weeks Road Panama, NY 14767

716-782-4887

HEALTH INSURANCE

Anchor Advisors

Insurance Agency

Medical Arts Building 1st Floor

500 Pine Street Jamestown, NY 14701

HOME SERVICES

KRD Plumbing

120 Central Avenue Silver Creek, NY 14136

716-951-8033

January 2026

HOME CARE SERVICES

Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc. 17 W. Courtney Street Dunkirk, NY 14048

716-366-3335

www.chautauquaopportunities.com

HOUSING ASSISTANCE

Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc.

Laughlin Community Action Center 402 Chandler Street Jamestown, NY 14701

716-661-9430

www.chautauquaopportunities.com

Connections North 10825 Bennett Road Dunkirk, NY 14048

716-366-8176

www.chautauquaopportunities.com

HVAC & PLUMBING

Jonson’s Plumbing & Heating Inc.

57 Commercial St. PO Box 30 Gowanda, New York 14070

716-532-4376

IN-HOME CARE

Sunrise In-Home Care 410 Market Street Warren, PA 16365 (866) 878-6747

INSULATION

Bittinger Spray Foam Insulation

7999 Nettle Hill Road Sherman, NY 14781

716-761-6189

www.bittingersprayfoam.com

INSURANCE

Glatz Agency

600 W. 4th Street

Jamestown, NY 14701

716-483-1573

Craig Glatz * Kelly Graham

Katie Phelps * Aaron Widrig

Thomas Glatz (Retired)

INSURANCE NAVIGATION

The Chautauqua Center 75 E. 3rd St. Dunkirk, New York 14048

716-363-6050

107 Institute St Jamestown, New York 14701

716-484-4334

www.tcchealth.org

KIDNEY TRANSPLANT/ DONATION

WNY Kidney Connection Jamestown, NY 14701 716-450-8958

www.kidneyconnection.org jeanettecaprino@gmail.com

Kidney Connection Inc (on Facebook)

LAND SURVEYOR: Nussbaumer & Clarke, Inc. Engineers & Surveyors 716-827-8000

White Land Surveyor 611 Clymer Hill Road Clymer, NY 14724 716-490-8410

email: matt@mwhitepls.com

LIQUOR STORES

Main Wines & Spirits 159 E 4th St, Suite 2 Dunkirk, NY 14048

716-366-4311

www.facebook.com/Main-Wine-Spirits

LIMO SERVICE

La Grand Elite Limousine 1522 East 12th Street Erie, PA 16511 814-725-6500

www.erielimo.com

MACHINE REPAIR

Lakeside Precision

208 Dove Street Dunkirk, NY 14048

716-366-5030

www.lakesideprecision.com

Chautauqua County DIRECTORY

MAPLE PRODUCTS

Big Tree Maple 2040 Holly Lane Lakewood, NY 14750

716-487-7633 www.bigtreemaple.com

MEDICARE

Anchor Advisors

Insurance Agency

Medical Arts Building 1st Floor

500 Pine Street Jamestown, NY 14701

MONUMENTS

A.D. Titus & CO. Monuments

41 White Street Fredonia, NY 14063 www.titusmonuments.com info@titusmonuments.com

Riles & Woolley Monuments

39 Main Street PO Box 357 Forestville, NY 14062-0357 (716) 965-2941 www.rwmonuments.com mark@rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com

MOTEL

Caboose Motel, Inc 407 S Perry St Titusville, PA 16354 814-827-5730 www.octrr.org/the-caboose-motel

MUSIC LESSONS

Infinity Visual and Performing Arts, Inc. 301 East 2nd Street Suite 101

Jamestown, NY 14701 (716)664-0991 www.infinityvisualandperformingarts.org

NUTRITION

The Chautauqua Center

75 E. 3rd St. Dunkirk, New York 14048

716-363-6050

107 Institute St

Jamestown, New York 14701

716-484-4334

www.tcchealth.org

OB-GYN CARE

The Chautauqua Center

75 E. 3rd St. Dunkirk, New York 14048

716-363-6050

107 Institute St

Jamestown, New York 14701

716-484-4334

www.tcchealth.org

PAVING

Lakeshore Paving

7 Osmar Street Jamestown, NY 14701

716-664-4400

www.lakeshorepaving.com

PEDIATRICIANS

The Chautauqua Center 1134 Central Ave Dunkirk, New York 14048

716-366-6036

107 Institute St Jamestown, New York 14701

716-484-4334

www.tcchealth.org

PHARMACY

The Waterfront Pharmacy at The Chautauqua Center 75 E. 3rd St. Dunkirk, New York 14048

716-363-6050

107 Institute St

Jamestown, New York 14701

716-484-4334 www.tcchealth.org

PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Chautauqua Physical and Occupational Therapy (The Chautauqua Center)

Riverwalk Center 15 S. Main St. Jamestown, New York 14701

716-488-2322

Professional Building

99 E. Chautauqua St. Mayville, New York 14757

E. 3rd St. & Park Ave Dunkirk, NY 14048 www.chautauquapt.com

PODIATRY

The Chautauqua Center 75 E. 3rd St. Dunkirk, New York 14048 716-363-6050

PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS

The Chautauqua Center 75 E. 3rd St. Dunkirk, New York 14048

716-366-6036

107 Institute St Jamestown, New York 14701 716-484-4334 www.tcchealth.org

PROPANE SERVICES

NORCO/ North Collins Cylinder Gas Co., 1770 Milestrip Rd. North Collins, NY 14111 716-337-3133 – 800-431-5563

info@renaldo.org www.norcopropance.com

REAL ESTATE

Tonya Studley - ERA Team VP Licensed Real Estate Agent Office: 716-413-0200 Cell: 716-474-8380

Tonya.studley@gmail.com Facebook Tonya’s Real Estate Corner

RESTAURANTS

Fork & Barrel

554 Country Club Road

Corry, PA 814-964-4687 www.theforkandbarrel.com

Library Bar & Grill

203 N. Center Street

Corry, PA 16407 814-964-4687

www.library16407.com

RHEUMATOLOGY

The Chautauqua Center 75 E. 3rd St. Dunkirk, New York 14048

716-363-6050

107 Institute St Jamestown, New York 14701 716-484-4334

www.tcchealth.org

Chautauqua County DIRECTORY

SALES/SERVICES

Bella Glass Block by R&P Enterprises, LLC

1200-1204 Washington Street Jamestown, NY 14701

716-484-8312

814-271-1639

Veteran Owned

PA License: H.I.C PA 126964 www.bellaglassblock.com

SENIOR LIVING/APARTMENTS

Lincoln Arms Apartments 430 Main Street Dunkirk, NY 14048

716-366-1613

SPECIALTY SERVICES

Bella Glass Block by RJ Loomis Enterprise Jamestown, NY 14701

716-484-8312

814-271-1639

Veteran Owned

PA License: H.I.C PA 126964 www.bellaglassblock.com

SPEECH THERAPY

Chautauqua Physical and Occupational Therapy (The Chautauqua Center) Riverwalk Center 15 S. Main St. Jamestown, New York 14701

716-488-2322

Professional Building 99 E. Chautauqua St. Mayville, New York 14757

E. 3rd St. & Park Ave Dunkirk, NY 14048 www.chautauquapt.com

SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING

The Chautauqua Center

75 E. 3rd St

Dunkirk, New York 14048

716-363-6050

107 Institute St

Jamestown, New York 14701

716-484-4334

www.tcchealth.org

SUMMER DAY CAMP

Dunkirk Conference Center

3602 Lake Shore Drive East Dunkirk, NY 14048

716-366-1900

www.dunkirkcc.com

TITLE SEARCH/TITLE INSURANCE

Chautauqua Abstract

25 E. Chautauqua Street Mayville, NY 14757

716-753-2149

www.caco.org

TRAIN RIDES

Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad

409 S Perry St Titusville, PA 16354

814-676-1733

www.octrr.org

TRAVEL

Thru The Grapevine Travel

Silver Creek, NY 14136

716-934-2518 www.thruthegrapevinetravel.com

WASTE DISPOSAL

Beichner Waste Services 5786 Route 380 Sinclairville, NY 14782

716-962-1020 www.beichnerwaste.com

Casella

2142 Lodestro LN Jamestown, NY 14701

716-483-5118

Casella.com – fb.com/ZeroSort

PRO Waste Services Inc.

813 E. 18th Street

Erie, PA 16503

716-355-4319

www.prowasteservicesinc.com

Storer’s Container Service, Inc

7534 Route 380

Stockton, NY 14784

716-595-3186

www.storerscontainer.com

WATER WELL DRILLING

Ehmke Well Drillers, Inc. 104 Main Steet Silver Creek, NY 14136

716-934-2658

Fritz Ehmke – or Kendra Silleman

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

HBKS Wealth Advisors

33 Church Street, 2nd Floor

Fredonia, NY 14063

716-672-7800

WINDOWS

B & H Windows

1804 Waits Cors Rd, Panama, NY 14767

716-355-6442

Installation Available • Free Estimates

WINDOWS/GLASS BLOCK/ WHOLESALE SUPPLY

Bella Glass Block by R&P Enterprises, LLC 1200-1204 Washington Street Jamestown, NY 14701716-484-8312 814-271-1639

Veteran Owned PA License: H.I.C PA 126964 www.bellaglassblock.com

YOUTH SERVICES

Child Advocacy Program

Main Office: 405 W. Third Street Jamestown, NY 14701

716-338-9844

Dunkirk Satellite Office: 425 Main Street

Dunkirk, NY 14048

716-672-2031

www.capjustice.org

Runaway Homeless Youth Shelter 16 East 6th Street Jamestown, NY 14701

716-661-9446

1-866-877-9647

www.chautauquaopportunities.com

8 - Yard Container

Used for small roofing jobs, bathroom remodels, garage clean outs, and spring cleaning.

Height 4ft Width 5ft Length 10ft

10 - Yard Container

Used for roofing jobs, kitchen remodel, bathroom remodel, and small cleaning out projects.

Height 3.5ft Width 8ft Length 12ft

15 - Yard Container

Used for roofing jobs, kitchen remodel, bathroom remodel, two car garage clean outs, or cleaning out a small home.

Height 3.5ft Width 8ft Length 16ft

20 - Yard Container

Used for roofing debris, deck removal, window replacement, construction jobs, scrap metal, or garage clean outs.

Height 3.5ft Width 8ft Length 22ft

30 - Yard Container

Used for larger construction or remodeling projects requiring the removal of large amounts of debris, including scrap metal.

Height 6ft Width 8ft Length 22ft

40 - Yard Container

Used for larger construction or demolition projects, as well as whole house clean outs.

Height 7ft Width 8ft Length 22ft