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PVCS students rally for teacher aide

SOUTH DAYTON — Demonstrating that no member of their school family fights alone, 27 students and staff members at Pine Valley Jr/Sr High School gathered in the school gymnasium for an emotional show of support: shaving their heads and cutting their hair in solidarity with Stephanie West, a ...

Pomfret offering millings to St. Anthony’s Cemetery

The association that runs the St. Anthony’s Cemetery needs help, and the town of Pomfret is providing it. St. Anthony’s Cemetery Association, located on Route 60, is a private, non-denominational cemetery and is not affiliated with the Diocese of Buffalo or St. Anthony’s Church in ...

Auxiliary officers named

Forestville’s J Carter Knapp Unit 953 American Legion Auxiliary held their Installation of Officers meeting on Sept. 14 at Tri-County Country Club. The Officers installed were, row one: Gloria Yeager- President, Madelyn Bradigan- 2nd Vice President, Marlene Bradigan- Secretary, Teri Rozier- ...

Fredonia trustees eye fewer workshops

A couple of Fredonia trustees are suggesting fewer public sessions for the board. Trustees Tim Mulholland and LeeAnn Lazarony spoke up at the end of a two-hour-long workshop Monday. The village board currently sits on virtually every Monday. Two Mondays a month are designated official meetings. Other Mondays are called workshops, where trustees are supposed to discuss village business and proposed legislation, and hear department heads’ reports. Mulholland wondered if the board would be better served with just one workshop a month. “I don’t want to be here every week … ...

Council passes BESS moratorium law

The Dunkirk Common Council approved a local law imposing a six-month moratorium on Battery Energy Storage System applications. The move was basically a legal formality in response to Mayor Kate Wdowiasz’s veto of a previous moratorium resolution. One of Wdowiasz”s reasons for the veto was she thinks a moratorium must be done as a local law, not just a simple council resolution. Moratorium law sponsor Natalie Luczkowiak said there is going to be a Nov. 18 meeting, at a place and time to be determined, on possible city BESS zoning codes. “This moratorium, it’s a pause to ...

City announces Zoom meeting on waterfront improvements

Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper and the City of Dunkirk will host a Community Meeting on Tuesday at 5 p.m. via Zoom to share the Framework Plan for improvements to Wright Park Beach and Lake Front Boulevard, and to hear about the vision for the future of this important community waterfront. The ...