SILVER CREEK — For nearly two decades, Amanda Austin has been one of the most dedicated members of the Silver Creek school community. Now she has another title to add to her list of roles and accomplishments with the district. Austin was recently named as the new Dean of Students for ...
A judge has vacated an arbitrator’s ruling against a city of Dunkirk employee who sued City Hall after getting laid off. State Supreme Court Judge Grace Hanlon ruled that an arbitrator made an improper decision against Kim Robbins. The arbitrator, Michael Whelan, ruled the city did not violate its contract with Robbins’ union when it laid her off in February 2025. However, Hanlon cited a case where an arbitrator’s decision against a corrections officer over alleged employee handbook violations was tossed out, “as the Court of Appeals found the arbitrator had exceeded his ...
RIPLEY — “Lucy!” cried one bat researcher to Jonathan Townsend. Lucy is the affectionate nickname for the Little Brown Bat, also known as Myotis lucifugus. “It’s too hard to shout Myotis lucifugus during research” claimed Townsend, “so we all shout Lucy! when we find a Little Brown Bat.” That’s been harder to do in recent years. Historically, Chautauqua County had some of the best Little Brown Bat habitat in Western New York. The Chautauqua Institution had a Little Brown Bat maternity colony estimated to have 10,000 bats. Another famous maternity colony was in ...
SILVER CREEK — With school about to begin, residents of the village of Silver Creek have voiced their concerns at the last two Village Board meetings about the dangers of children riding e-bikes in the village. The topic first came up in early August, as Anna Frederickson sparked a ...
A flash flood warning was in effect for portions of Chautauqua County on Sunday. The warning came after a period of thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the area. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain fell in some locations. According to weather service spotters, Fredonia received the most ...
The fall session of the New Horizons Band of Western New York is set to begin on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at the SUNY Fredonia School of Music under the direction of Joseph Newton, our new music director. Many current and past members had spent decades away from instruments they initially learned ...
