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Westfield Stray Cat Rescue seeks volunteers

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When New York state changed the regulations regarding animal shelters at the end of 2025, the Westfield Stray Cat Rescue had to relocate from their facility above their Thrifty Kitty Thrift Shop at 59 E. Main St. in Westfield so they could meet the new guidelines. They relocated to the space formerly used as the Westfield Veterinary Clinic at 8494 W. Route 20. The facility is larger than the previous one, and the shelter is consequently in immediate need of more volunteers to help care for the cats and kittens. Most of the cats at the shelter roam freely in the area assigned to ...

Taking on a crisis is unpopular, lonely at top

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At the conclusion of Dunkirk’s Common Council meeting, department heads and elected officials gathered around to congratulate newly approved Police Chief Doug Switzer. Since the retirement of Chris Witkowski in February, Switzer had been handling the duties before being officially approved ...

Caution urged with farm vehicles on road

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The Lake Erie Regional Grape Program wants to remind you to be extra cautious on the roads so that everyone can make it to their destination safely. We are in the middle of the grape growing season, and it is critical that everyone is aware of, and takes caution to, tractors, semi-trucks, and sprayers on the roads. Collisions involving slow-moving farm machinery and other agricultural equipment on public roads in New York and Pennsylvania may lead to injuries and, tragically in some instances, fatalities. The National Safety Council estimates that 15,000 collisions involving farm ...

FHS Class of 1956 holding 70th reunion

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Fredonia High School’s Class of 1956 gathers this weekend for what class member Wally Latimer said could be the last time. “It probably will be,” he said. “We’ve had one every five years for the past 70 years, we’ve been very consistent on that. People come in from all over — California, Hawaii.” Latimer recalled that his school’s teams were called the Hilltoppers, with Fredonia High School then atop a hill next to the current Wheelock school. FHS moved off the hill to the Fredonia Central School main campus just a few years later, and its teams changed to the ...

Deadline for relief on farm tariffs nears

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State Gov. Kathy Hochul is reminding New York producers that the deadline to apply for the $30 million Agricultural Resiliency Against Tariffs Program is approaching with applications due on Tuesday by 11:59 p.m. The program, first announced in Hochul’s 2026 State of the State address, will help offset rising costs and market loss that New York farmers faced in 2025 because of federal tariff policy. Applications for dairy, livestock, specialty crop and aquaculture producers are available here. Farmers are encouraged to begin the application process early to ensure all parts are ...

Area police reports

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LAKEWOOD-BUSTI POLICE Deana E. Jimerson, 51, was arrested after bench warrant was issued by the Busti Town Court after Jimerson allegedly took property from the Lakewood Walmart without paying. Jimerson was charged without incident, processed and released to be in Busti Town Court later. CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HANOVER - Dylan A. Foster, 33, of Silver Creek was charged with DWI, aggravate DWI (BAC .18% or higher) and moving from lane unsafely at 9:24 p.m. Wednesday after a traffic stop on Routes 5 and 20. Foster will be in Hanover Town Court later.