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Fredonia under water-conservation order

Another water emergency is facing Fredonia. On Friday, the village, in collaboration with the Chautauqua County Health Department, issued a conserve water order for all water customers and properties outside the village boundaries by the water system. All residential and commercial water ...

Pink Out Day Raises $430 for Lisa Ready Memorial Scholarship

Submitted photos Students and staff at the LoGuidice Educational Center raised $430 during this year’s Pink Out Day, an annual fundraiser sponsored by the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) to raise breast cancer awareness. Proceeds benefit the Lisa Ready Memorial Scholarship, ...

Silver Creek receives clean audit report

SILVER CREEK — The Silver Creek Central School District received a clean, unmodified opinion of its finances in an Independent Audit Report through the end of last school year. The district discussed the results of the report at a recent Board of Education meeting. The report was conducted ...

Area Police ...

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE - BEMUS POINT - Jonathan Rivera, 41, of Bemus Point was charged with petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. After an investigation was conducted by the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, Rivera was arrested and taken into custody, where he was charged and released to be back in Chautauqua Town Court later. JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT - Michael S. Cook, 53, was charged with first-degree criminal contempt. Officers of the Jamestown Police Department were performing a domestic violence detail when they saw Cook walking with a ...

Fredonia hires appraiser for Glasgow Road site

Fredonia has hired a real estate firm to appraise the value of three unused parcels in the town of Pomfret. During the recent Village Board meeting, trustees approved a resolution to authorize Amy Holt of Holt Appraisals to perform the appraisal on the Glasgow Road properties for $1,000. Earlier this year, village officials had discussed selling the land to help “ease the financial burden” of the village. “I do want to remind the board that we have a verbal commitment to a real estate company, once those appraisals come through,” Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson said ...

Fill the Fred Basket drive happening now

The Fredonia Presbyterian Church’s annual Fill the Fred Basket food drive is happening now. The drive kicked off this week and runs through Monday. It supplies the church’s Fred Basket food pantry. Non-perishable food items such as canned goods can be dropped off at more than 90 ...