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Forestville schools approve emergency repairs

FORESTVILLE — Capital improvements at Forestville Central Schools have not gone as smoothly as the District would have hoped. Steel-based structural concerns uncovered during construction throughout the District’s facilities have led the Board of Education to pursue an emergency repair ...

Hagan award winners to share work during lecture program

Recipients of the 2026 William T. and Charlotte N. Hagan Young Scholar/Artist Award will be recognized and share their work. Assistant Professor Daniel Lendzian and Dr. Heather McEntarfer will make presentations on Tuesday at 2 p.m., in Rosch Recital Hall at the State University of New York at ...

Fredonia water issues splash Pomfret

Water issues around here are like a pool in an earthquake — a volatile whirlpool that splashes everything nearby. The Town of Pomfret Board recently assessed splashback from the Village of Fredonia’s decision to halt engineering work on its water project. The board also brought up a wave ...

New internship offers student chance to apply knowledge

A new internship at SUNY Fredonia is allowing a Social Work student to apply classroom lessons in a research setting. Xavier Lake, a senior Social Work major from Binghamton, is taking part in a pilot internship opportunity with the Fredonia Program Evaluation Center this fall. “This ...

Small rescues happen daily at Centaur Stride

Imagine a mother sitting in the front passenger seat of a car, her face radiating exhaustion and defeat. In the back seat sits her young son, separated from the front by a partially drawn divider curtain. The driver is out of view. The mother's expression says it all: “HELP!” A social media post compares this scene to Tom Hanks in "Cast Away," stranded on a deserted island and desperately screaming for help. Both images evoke loneliness, isolation, and the frightening feeling of being stranded in circumstances beyond control. But they leave us with important questions: Who will ...

Dunkirk grad earns Congressional Award Gold Medal

Riley Grey Smith Mallon has earned the Congressional Award Gold Medal. A Dunkirk High School Class of 2025 graduate, he is the son of Dr. Cynthia Smith and Mr. Craig Mallon of Dunkirk, and a sophomore at the Rochester Institute of Technology, majoring in Pre-Law/History with Minors in ...