A Chautauqua County hardware manufacturer with more than 100 employees at facilities in Jamestown and Falconer will remain in local hands after a second management buyout in the last 12
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After a year-long planning process, seven possible re-uses for the former NRG Power Plant in Dunkirk were presented to the public Tuesday evening, but more are possible.
Originally known as the Niagara Mohawk Power Plant, the facility operated from the 1950s until 2015. Decommissioning began last year.
Officials said Dunkirk took a huge hit when it closed, losing about 40% of its tax base and 150 well-paying jobs at its peak. They are now looking at how to bring back the site as a sustainable economic driver that would revitalize the waterfront region once again. It was a massive facility. That was the hardest part of it, Chautauqua County Executive P.J. Wendel told WBFO. That says a lot to the disparity of what happened. There was never a decommissioning plan, there was never an intent that this plant would be mothballed. You know, the governor has his options of trying to get away from fossil fuels, but we know quite honestly that solar and wind are not g
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Chautauqua Lake is getting an addition to its developing sewer ring, as the push continues to protect water quality in one of Western New York s most famous tourist areas.
By the time construction bids are opened, contracts are awarded and the sewer line project is finally finished in the spring of 2023, it looks like this will be a $16 million project. Half is local money and half is state money, although that could change with Washington discussing a major infastructure bill.
Chautauqua County Executive P.J. Wendel said it s complicated, with grade-level changes leading to needs for pump stations and other equipment stations. The three-and-a-half-mile line will serve the Stow area and connect two existing lines along the lake.