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From the left are Gordy Anderson, Tom Miranda and Mark McMahon, who won the 2020 Innovative Outdoors Walleye Challenge in Dunkirk last summer with a total weight of 29.66 pounds and a 7.59 big fish that took third place on Saturday.
The National Walleye Tour has begun listing dates for their upcoming derbies in 2021 and Dunkirk Mayor Wilfred Rosas is looking to possibly one of the spots coming up.
“I think we have talked to those folks, but we haven’t solidified anything as of yet, but the city is definitely looking to help with promoting these fishing derbies, we budgeted some funds in the budget this year,” Rosas said. “We are more than willing to work with them and we will probably reach out to them to let them know that the city would like to work with them to hopefully bring that here.”
Dunkirk Mayor Wilfred Rosas is hopeful another COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be coming to Dunkirk.
Last week, the mayor said, the most recent clinic in the city was held at the Senior Center. “I’d been communicating with (the Chautauqua County Health Department) and on (Jan. 18) they said they were trying to get one in Dunkirk, but they could not confirm to me that they would have it or when they would have it,” he said. “They said that they would have one, but they didn’t know when. Well it turns out they were able to bring it and they brought it that Thursday (Jan. 21); and they did a little over 250 vaccinations here at our senior center.”
Even during a pandemic, it appears the ice cream business is booming. During last week’s county Public Facilities Committee meeting this week, members agreed
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Todd J. Tranum, president and CEO of the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce and executive director of the Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier, welcomes Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul to the groupsâ annual meeting.
New York’s second-in-command has hope for Chautauqua County, as well as the rest of New York, in its rebounding from COVID-19.
On Friday, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul was a guest speaker at the joint annual meeting of the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce and the Manufacturer’s Association of the Southern Tier.
“By and large, we are open. There’s still some areas that are hot spots and orange zones but we’re doing really, really well,” she said during the meeting, which was on Zoom.
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A number of local officials are reacting to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State address.
Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sunquist, a Democrat, said he wasn’t too surprised at what Cuomo talked about.
“I think first and foremost, we have to recognize that the largest part of this is the COVID-19 relief. Economic recovery or vaccination efforts or expanded rapid testing or even social and racial justice, that’s going to be the biggest thing for New York to move forward,” he said. “A couple things I was glad to hear that were made part of the platform: increased funding for childcare options; we’ve worked in our administration as to what we’re doing with our children. There’s so much more need.”