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Fiscal worries aired in Fredonia budget plans

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Fredonia’s budget talks got underway Wednesday with plenty of grim news. Village Treasurer Erlyssa LeBeau continually provided gloomy financial figures as trustees debated how to keep the troubled village solvent. The trustees are considering Mayor Michael Ferguson’s budget proposal for ...

High schoolers embrace BOCES repair program

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During Women’s History Month and Women in the Trades Month, four juniors are challenging perceptions of the automotive repair field. Abigail Cruz and Adelisa Haskins of Fredonia, along with Isabella Booth and Gracie Remington of Brocton, are building their skills in the Automotive Body ...

Affordability keeps getting more expensive

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Almost every level of bureaucracy is guilty of overusing the word affordability. As prices keep rising — whether due to inflation, at the grocery store or painfully within the last two weeks at the gas pump — that phrase gets repeated more than nightly “Law & Order” reruns. Let’s ...

Bus strike could impact area schools, including Dunkirk, Fredonia

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Even though spring break starts next week, a looming strike could possibly impact local school districts in the coming days. On Wednesday, Teamsters school bus workers at First Student yards across the country voted by an 88% margin to authorize a strike should the company fail to negotiate a ...

No Kings III protest planned for Saturday

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No Kings III events are planned for Saturday in Chautauqua County. “No Kings is a mass, nonviolent movement that has already mobilized millions…and is growing as communities unite to reject authoritarian power grabs and defend dignity and freedom,” organizers say. Many national groups ...

23rd U.S. Poet Laureate to speak at SUNY Fredonia

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The State University of New York at Fredonia will welcome 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo as its Williams Distinguished Visiting Professor on Thursday. Ms. Harjo will give a talk in the Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall at 5 p.m. and then attend a reception at the Cathy and Jesse Marion Art ...