An organization dedicated to helping the needy is in dire need of community support. In a Facebook post, the Chautauqua County Rural Ministry said it “is facing a critical food shortage, and our pantry shelves are nearly empty.” On Tuesday, the agency said it served 40 families through ...
The Fredonia Board of Trustees has officially called for the removal of Flock Safety license plate-reading cameras from the community. The board voted 4-1 Monday on the resolution requesting that the Chautauqua County District Attorney’s Office remove the devices. “While I acknowledge ...
Former Fredonia trustee and Department of Public Works supervisor Dave Bird said he is running a write-in campaign for the village trustee seat that is up for election. “Fredonia’s Democrat trustees are ruling with political hate and not the village residents' best interest,” he said in a news release to the OBSERVER. “They don’t attend village events, don’t support Festivals Fredonia or Embrace Fredonia. They don’t care if they miss board meetings or even if they are in town to vote on the budget. “Our infrastructure is falling apart and instead of listening to ...
A poetry reading by guest writer Natalie Scenters-Zapico will be hosted by the State University of New York at Fredonia on Thursday, Nov. 5. The event is at 7 p.m. in the Marion Art Gallery at Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center is free, and the public is invited to attend. Scenters-Zapico is the author of three collections of poetry, “My Perfect Cognate,” “Lima :: Limón” and “The Verging Cities.” In addition, she is the winner of the PEN/America Joyce Osterweil Award, the GLCA New Writer's Award and the Utah Book Award. Her books have been reviewed widely in publications ...
The village of Fredonia water system appears in deep trouble again. It was hit with a boil order Tuesday, days after a conservation order. Fredonia had to buy 966,000 gallons of water from the city of Dunkirk over the weekend, Mayor Michael Ferguson said Monday at a regularly scheduled Board of Trustees meeting. The boil order was announced by the village Office of Emergency Management at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday morning. The stated reason for the order was “High turbidity levels and treatment deficiencies.” Fredonia water customers should bring water to a rolling boil for at least ...
Governor Kathy Hochul announced New York state will continue to fully fund its universal free school meals program despite President Donald Trump’s nationwide cuts to federal food assistance programs. By ensuring New York’s program remains fully funded, Hochul is protecting approximately 2.5 million free school meals per school day for kids across the state – and helping their families save up to $1,600 per child per year on groceries. This past week, new reports revealed other states across the nation are now facing declines in free school meal participation due to the impacts ...
