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Bus involved in Tuesday mishap

A school bus accident was reported at 3:54 p.m. Tuesday near Matteson Street, Chestnut Street and Van Buren Road in Fredonia. There were no reports of injuries, and no ambulances or fire trucks were seen in the area about 15 minutes after the call came in. The bus did not appear to have any ...

Fredonia Pops Series opens Friday with ‘Fall Into Jazz’

Rockefeller Arts Center will kick-off Fredonia’s bicentennial season with a performance to remember. The 2026-27 season opens on Friday with “Fall Into Jazz” with special guest vocalist Lucas West at 7:30 p.m. in King Concert Hall. Tickets for the concert are available online 24/7 ...

Coming up …

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9 Jamestown Dance Festival Five days of world-class performances, workshops, film screenings, artist talks, community engagement opportunities. See sukanyaburman.com for details. 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 716 680-0313. Dunkirk Farmers’ Market Dunkirk Senior Center ...

City library sees extensive upgrades, staff changes

At the Dunkirk Public Library, this year has been a productive period of facility upgrades and project completion, much of which was made possible by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, New York state Library Construction Aid, the Rural Library Grant powered by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation and coordinated by the Western New York Library Resources Council and Rochester Regional Library Council, along with various local individual and organizational donors. State construction funding allowed for the installation of the new Central Ave facing digital sign. Put in place over the ...

Opera House series to share history of Chautauqua County Fair

FREDONIA – The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center will present the first program in its 2026 fall Here & There – Chautauqua County History, Travelers and Memories series on Thursday at 7 p.m. The program will explore the history of the Chautauqua County Fair and ...

Forestville re-elects Spengler as Board President

FORESTVILLE — More than two years ago, Andrea Spengler stepped into the role of Forestville Board of Education President. She took over for her “great mentor and friend”, Amy Drozdziel. Now, for the third straight summer, Spengler has been re-elected to the role she has become more and ...