Kiwi truck driver Michael Knowler pleads guilty to crash which killed Jessica West and son Deighton
23 Feb, 2021 06:09 PM
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Jess West and her 5-year-old son Deighton were killed when their car was hit by a truck. Photo / Supplied
Jess West and her 5-year-old son Deighton were killed when their car was hit by a truck. Photo / Supplied
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By: Genevieve Allison
An Australian man whose wife and young son were killed in a horror collision near the Victorian town of Ballarat just days after Christmas said his partner s final screams will haunt him for the rest of his life.
The village has been delivering safe, contaminant-free water to customers from a new well since late December. Author: Dave McKinley Updated: 7:30 PM EST February 11, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. Chautauqua County officials, working along side investigators from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, believe they ve identified the source of chemical contaminants that got into the village of Mayville s drinking water supply.
Levels of perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) were discovered in three of the village’s water wells at levels high enough to advise residents there not to drink it in early December.
The advisory was lifted two weeks later when the village was able to bring a new well on-line to supply safe, contaminant-free drinking water to customers.
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Several ice huts are pictured on Chautauqua Lake near Mayville Park around noon on Saturday. It is estimated that 100 huts were on the lake during peak time, a few dozen more than usual for this time of year.
Photos by George Wiedenhofer
MAYVILLE Colors dotted a frozen Chautauqua Lake over the weekend.
Those dots, about 100 strong sprawled over a wide area, were ice huts filled with those looking to get in some fishing and likely any chance to get outdoors during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic that has forced people to stay apart for nearly a year.
Many of the huts could be seen off the shoreline near Lakeside Park in Mayville. Mayor Ken Shearer said he went down to the park to take photographs of the ice fishermen and colorful huts meant to help keep them warm.
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The state Department of Environmental Conservation is working hard at trying to identify the source of the problem that caused a “do not drink” order be issued for Mayville’s water last month.
According to Bill Boria, water specialist with the county health department, the DEC is taking the lead on identifying the source of contamination of the wells. “They’ve drilled six monitoring wells at key locations. They just sampled those wells about a week ago,” he said during the recent Board of Health meeting. “In addition to those monitoring wells, they’ve been sampling the creek that flows by the village’s wells. At the same time they’ve sampled the monitoring wells they sampled them in the creek in three locations – one location near the wells and two locations upstream. They’re sampling soils, and they’re also sampling some surface water drains that they’ve identified as key locations to try to figure this out. We’re awaiting re
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Matt Zarbo, an engineer with Barton and Loguidice, and William Boria, water resource specialist with the Chautauqua County Health Department, brief the Mayville Village Board during a recent meeting.
P-J photo by Jay Young
MAYVILLE The Mayville Village Board is weighing a number of different engineering options to ensure the future safety of its public water supply, and also discussed joining a national class action lawsuit at a recent meeting.
Village attorney Joe Calimeri stated that the village was contacted by the New York-based law firm Napoli Shkolnik, which is litigating a case on behalf of municipal water suppliers affected by contaminants including PFNA.