Fredonia’s water project had its tap shut off Monday. Trustees intend to turn it back on, though. The village board voted to suspend its relationship with project engineers LaBella until Fredonia has its promised grant money for the project in hand. It came out at the trustees’ workshop ...
MAYVILLE – County officials are considering upgrading a local law that would permit managers to get the same retirement benefits as union employees. During the legislature’s September meeting, an amendment had been proposed to a local law regarding paid health insurance at retirement. ...
Anonymous correspondence will no longer get read out at Fredonia’s Board of Trustees meetings. Trustees voted, 4-0, last week to make the change. The resolution they passed begins that anonymous letters “may still be shared with the mayor and trustees for their review.” However, trustees “shall not read anonymous correspondence aloud at village meetings. To be read publicly, all submissions must include the sender’s name and community location.” The move is in apparent response to a recent letter that disparaged and belittled Mayor Michael Ferguson. The writer signed ...
SUNY Fredonia’s enrollment decline continues, though the pace of the drop eased for a third straight September. Enrollment vice president Kathryn Kendall offered a report at the first University Council meeting of the 2026-27 school year, which showed a student body at 3,108 students as of ...
New York won’t be able to increase its minimum wage as scheduled on Jan. 1, 2027, after the state’s economy missed a key jobs benchmark that freezes the minimum wage. Under the state’s existing law, that means the minimum wage starting Jan. 1 will remain $17 per hour in New York City, ...
SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. has announced the fourth cohort of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Fellows (DEISJ). Dr. Saundra Liggins, an associate professor in the Department of English at SUNY Fredonia, has been named to the cohort. The fellows will use their ...
