WESTFIELD — Westfield Academy and Central School board of Education members tabled Policy 8210 for a second time at their meeting last month due to continuing questions and need for clarification. Policy 8210, Safety Conditions and Prevention Instruction, is a modification of a BOCES ...

The Roger Tory Peterson Institute (RTPI) will present a new juried exhibition exploring the connection between art, nature, and environmental stewardship. Titled Art that Matters to the Planet: Beyond Beauty, the exhibition celebrates the world of wildflowers, while touching on concerns ...

By DAVID PRENATT editorial@observertoday.com RIPLEY — “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go,” writes Dr. Seuss in “I Can Read With My Eyes Shut.” While schools across the nation will focus on Seuss's words ...

State lawmakers are again attempting to create harsher penalties for businesses that take advantage of market instability and keep prices unnecessarily high. Legislation (S.9372) proposed by Sen. Cordelle Cleare, D-New York City, proposes criminal charges as an option for price gouging, ...

A recent meeting of the 2025-26 Fredonia Shakespeare Club was at the home of Judi Lutz Woods and Leanna McMahon was the hostess. Vice President Sharon Klug welcomed Club members to the meeting. After a brief business meeting concluded, a paper by Rebecca Huber-Ross was presented on the ...

Adhrit Chowdhury was the champion of the Western New York Regional Championship of the Scripps Spelling Bee sponsored Saturday by the State University of New York at Fredonia. His winning word was mortadella, meaning a large smoked sausage made of beef, pork, and pork fat and seasoned with ...