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Fredonia under another boil water order

Fredonia doesn’t need Halloween to scare itself. It has its water system — newly slapped with yet another boil water order. The Village of Fredonia Office of Emergency Management, in coordination with the village’s water treatment plant and the Chautauqua County Department of Health, ...

Vehicle strikes tree near Vineyard Drive store

Emergency responders were at 3950 Vineyard Drive on Tuesday afternoon after motor vehicle accident in the parking lot near the Harbor Freight location. The call came in after 3 p.m. with Chautauqua County EMS, East Dunkirk and New York State Police responding. At least two injuries were ...

Westfield man charged in assault, damage at motel

WESTFIELD --- An 18-year-old is facing felony charges after a disturbance on Sunday afternoon. Westfield police on Tuesday reported at approximately 5:24 p.m., officers responded to the Thruway Motel on North Portage Street. Upon arrival, officers encountered an active physical altercation ...

‘In Loving Memory’: Forestville dedicates tree to student who passed

FORESTVILLE — Monday morning, the student body at Forestville Middle/High School gathered outside of the school to remember one of their own — one whose absence is still felt each day, and whose memory will carry on for years to come. Sky Hahn was memorialized with the planting of a ...

Lack of rain, pump problem impact water plant

Two weeks of sunshine is evidently troubling the Fredonia water treatment plant and reservoir. There’s a dark cloud there, anyway, due to a snag in a chlorination improvement project. A water conservation order for the village continued Monday — the week after water system director Luis ...

City announces Zoom meeting on waterfront improvements

Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper and the City of Dunkirk will host a Community Meeting on Tuesday at 5 p.m. via Zoom to share the Framework Plan for improvements to Wright Park Beach and Lake Front Boulevard, and to hear about the vision for the future of this important community waterfront. The ...