Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt, along with members of the Senate Republican Conference, sent a letter to Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, inviting him to Albany to discuss mutual concerns of fraud, waste and abuse within New York’s staggering ...

A recent meeting of the Fredonia Shakespeare Club was hosted at the Edwards Waterhouse Inn by Gail Crowe. President Karin Cockram welcomed Club members to the meeting. After a brief business meeting concluded, a paper by Cockram on Great Lakes Great Rift Valley was presented. A summary of ...

More information online at www.observertoday.com WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 Tops NY 890 meeting First United Presbyterian Church, 35 Park Place, Silver Creek. Weigh-ins begin at 8:45 a.m., meeting starts at 9:35 a.m. All are welcome. Use the Main Street entrance. For details, call 716 ...

As the exclusive regional partner for western New York, the State University of New York at Fredonia will host the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee regional competition on Saturday in Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall. This year marks the inaugural year for SUNY Fredonia as an official Scripps ...

Dunkirk police are asking for the public’s assistance in a hit-and-run accident involving a vehicle and bicyclist. At approximately 8:57 p.m. Sunday, Dunkirk Police along with Dunkirk Fire responded to Lincoln Avenue near West Talcott Street for a report of a bicyclist struck by a vehicle. ...

BUFFALO — Melissa Olson, 47, of Randolph pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. to theft of mail by postal employee, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney Franz M. Wright, who is handling the case, said ...