OBSERVER Photo by Gregory Bacon A new storage unit is being built in the town of Stockton at the intersection of Route 380 and Mill Street, near the former elementary school which is now a senior housing complex. According to Stockton Town Supervisor Dave Wilson, the developer is the same ...
The village of Fredonia’s legal team has muscled into the Dave Bird situation, counseling that discussion of the former Department of Public Works supervisor should be held in closed sessions. A motion to rescind Bird’s termination was on the agenda of last week’s Board of Trustees meeting. However, Mayor Michael Ferguson announced village legal counsel — the Webster Szanyi law firm of Buffalo — said the matter should be discussed in an executive session. The motion was not considered and no vote was held on Bird’s future. Ferguson was asked via text message after the ...
GOWANDA — Two new teachers were recently hired by the Gowanda Central School District. Katelyn Mesch was appointed as the district’s newest Elementary Teacher, and Bryan Lucas Brawdy was hired as a Mathematics Teacher. Mesch has initial certifications in Students with Disabilities All Grades, Childhood Education Grades 1-6, and Students with Disabilities in English Grades 7-12. Her appointment takes effect July 1 and her probationary period ends Aug. 26, 2029. She will begin as a fifth grade teacher next school year. Brawdy, a Gowanda resident, holds initial certification in ...
FALCONER - In October 2025, Chautauqua County American Legion Cmdr. Jeffrey Levandoski began a project at the Allegheny Highlands Council Scouts of America, 50 Hough Hill Road. Levandoski set out to retire the American Flag, and repair the 20-year-old flagpole. His vision was to have a new ...
Several years ago, I interned at an outdoor school in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Like much of California, it tended to be dry for most of the year, with a somewhat wetter late winter and early spring. While there, I spent most of my time as an educator leading ...
CELORON - The Chautauqua County School Boards Association held its annual meeting and Honors Night recently at the Chautauqua Harbor Hotel. Todd Crandall, executive director, welcomed the honored students, their families and friends, administrators, staff and school board members from ...
