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Trustees eye return of public comments

Fredonia officials continue to debate whether a public commenting session should be returned to village board meetings, and the format it would take if it is. The Board of Trustees voted in June to suspend public commenting at meetings. It still allows correspondence to be read out. Several ...

Area Police ...

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT — CARROLL — Deputies responded to an address for a reported altercation at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. It was reported that Jordan Beardsley did engage in a physical altercation with a subject that violated an order of protection. Beardsley was charged with second-degree criminal contempt, second-degree aggravated harassment and second-degree harassment. Beardsley was placed into custody and transported to the Chautauqua County Jail to be arraigned. FREDONIA POLICE DEPARTMENT — A domestic dispute on Aug. 20 has led to charges for one ...

Firefighters respond to call

OBSERVER Photos by Braden Carmen Dunkirk firefighters were at 18 W. Beach St. around 4:40 p.m. Monday for a garage fire. It was quickly extinguished and did minimal damage. Firefighters had left the scene around 5:15 p.m.

Community Notebook

Parks Commission meets Thursday The Chautauqua County Parks Commission meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Chautauqua County Airport. The public is welcome to attend. Social Dancing classes to begin Fall classes in Social Dancing will begin once again at the Collage Performing Arts Center at 214 Eagle St. in Fredonia beginning Monday, Sept. 7 and Thursday, Sept. 10. Classes meet from 7 to 9 p.m. through November. Dancing has always been an important part of our lives throughout the good times and the more challenging ones. It is an activity that encourages attention to detail, ...

Mayville seeks Sea Lion Drive property

MAYVILLE – The village of Mayville is looking to take possession of a property that it paid to have a dilapidated house on it removed. “Finally after 20-some years, that has been completed and torn down,” Mayor Rick Syper said at the August village board meeting. “There was close to ...

Legacy in education

The State University of New York at Fredonia is launching a yearlong Bicentennial celebration commemorating 200 years of higher learning in the village of Fredonia and inviting students, alumni, employees, families, friends and neighbors to help shape the university’s next chapter. The ...