STOW, NY - The Chautauqua Lake Veterans Bridge was dedicated on October 30, 1982, but Thomas explains that a plan to build a bridge at the narrows was considered as early as 1901. The American Bridge Company proposed two designs including one that called for long piers from each side of the lake with a drawbridge in the center. The other was for a ... Read More

Each week, The Chautauqua Star will highlight a chapter of the recently published book, A Ferry Tale, by Art Thomas. Proceeds from the sale of the book will go towards a planned Veterans Memorial in Ashville. STOW, NY — Sunk at the bottom of the lake at Stow, the ferry's future remained uncertain although the demand for its services remained ... Read More

Each week, The Chautauqua Star will highlight a chapter of the recently published book, "A Ferry Tale," by Art Thomas. Proceeds from the sale of the book will go to a planned Veterans Memorial in Ashville. STOW, NY - In 1900, engineer Alton Ball took over operations of the Ferry. During his tenure as owner/operator, and after his death, the Ball ... Read More

Each week, The Chautauqua Star will highlight a chapter of the recently published book, "A Ferry Tale," by Art Thomas. Proceeds from the sale of the book will go towards a planned Veterans Memorial in Ashville. STOW, NY - As steamboats appeared on the lake in 1828, they posed a new threat to the Ferry's operations. The rope tied to each side of ... Read More

BEMUS POINT, NY - Each week, The Chautauqua Star will highlight a chapter of the recently published book, A Ferry Tale, by Art Thomas. Proceeds from the sale of the book will go to a planned Veterans Memorial in Ashville. In his book, Thomas says the family whose namesake would eventually be given to the village of Bemus Point traveled as far west ... Read More

The Bemus Family Bemus Point, NY - Each week, The Chautauqua Star will highlight a chapter of the recently published book, A Ferry Tale, by Art Thomas. Proceeds from the sale of the book will go to a planned Veterans Memorial in Ashville. Thomas says the family whose namesake would eventually be given to the village of Bemus Point traveled ... Read More

MAYVILLE, NY — Success in Partnership: REM-tronics Opens Dunkirk Facility. On Thursday, July 14, 2011, more than 18 months of active effort, coordination, and partnership among myself, the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA), Empire State Development, Dunkirk Local Development Corporation, Village of Silver Creek, and the ... Read More

STOW, NY — Out of the many meanings offered for the name "Chautauqua," perhaps the one that should have been adopted was the "foggy place," or "place of the mists," because so much of its early history is unclear. Art Thomas, author of the recently published book, A Ferry Tale, acknowledges that when asked, most people would answer that ... Read More

Granddaughter of Ferry Operator Makes Nostalgic Visit to Area. STOW, NY - One of Lianne Ball's first memories was riding across Chautauqua Lake on the Stow Ferry when she was three years old."That was my earliest association with my grandfather." It was 1965 when Lianne rode the ferry with her mother, an experience forever etched in her memory. ... Read More

BEMUS POINT, NY — Chivalry isn’t dead- and Chautauqua County is proof of that. In 2007, when Dan Dalpra and a team of volunteers started the not-for-profit organization Bemus Bay Pops, no one knew that it would one day become a multi-million dollar economic and cultural boost for Chautauqua County and the surrounding areas. As proof that hard ... Read More