The Pomfret Town Board has approved a 2026 budget with a property tax hike of 17 cents per $1,000 of assessed property. The hike results in a raise of 3.84% over 2025 taxes for Pomfret residents living in the village of Fredonia. For people living in the town but outside the village, it works ...
Fredonia is set to try again on a wastewater treatment contract with the Pomfret-Portland-Dunkirk Sewer District. The village Board of Trustees supposedly ratified a new contract proposal with the district Sept. 10. The move took second billing at a meeting where public focus was on water ...
SILVER CREEK — The Silver Creek Board of Education set aside time at the beginning of its latest meeting to recognize two students for their own unique talents. First, Brian Wagner was recognized for his school spirit and named as the district’s new security guard. Later, Allie Rozewicz ...
A Buffalo-area Republican wants Upstate New York to be exempt from the state’s All-Electric Building Act. Assemblyman Paul Bologna, R-Clarence, has introduced legislation (A.9189) that would amend the state’s Energy Law and the Executive Law to limit the prohibition on the installation ...
JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT - Destiny C. Sanneman-Butler, 25, of Jamestown, was charged Nov. 23 with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and Mandy M. Hepler-Brady, 48, of Jamestown also was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. According to police, at about ...
OBSERVER Staff Report SILVER CREEK — Sunday night, a Silver Creek High School student unexpectedly passed away. Superintendent Dr. Katie Ralston shared the news “with profound sadness” via social media Monday morning. Conor Prince-Rivera, a 12th grade student at Silver Creek High ...