Fredonia’s Board of Trustees heard a slew of complaints from the public about the proposed village budget Wednesday — and offered more bad news about a spending plan that could raise taxes by around 65%. Trustee Jon Espersen announced that the state Comptroller’s Office stopped a plan ...

Fredonia’s trustees didn’t cut the village’s proposed tax hike. In fact, they pushed it higher. The tax hike stands at 65.3%, to $61.09 per $1,000 of assessed property, after a more than two hour session to finalize the budget Monday morning. It was a long day as the trustees also ...

Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County (MHA) Executive Director Michael Nordin announced today the agency is looking forward to reopening the North County Recovery Center by early May. Three weeks ago Nordin reported that the center, located in Grace Lutheran Church, 601 Eagle Street ...

Brian Swatland will be the Dunkirk City School District's next superintendent. The Dunkirk Board of Education approved a three-year contract for Swatland on Tuesday. His salary was not disclosed. The board chose to hire a replacement for Michael Mansfield, who is taking a new position with ...

A Dunkirk man with a loaded weapon is facing numerous charges after an incident Tuesday evening in the city. Around 8:20 p.m., Dunkirk police officers responded to a business in the area of Lake Shore Drive East and Central Avenue for a reported person with a weapon. It was then relayed to ...

A Stockton man has pleaded guilty to threatening to "blow up" power plants. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Monday that Justin Horton, 40, made the admission before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conveying false information and hoaxes, which carries a maximum penalty of ...