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‘Fill the Bus’ food drive starts Thursday

Local/Region October 14, 2026

CHQ Transit is holding a “Fill the Bus” food drive starting Thursday to benefit local food pantries this Thanksgiving. Riders can drop off a non-perishable food item on any CHQ Transit bus to receive a $1 coupon off their next ticket. One coupon per donation. The last day for donations will be November 16, 2026. The event is called “Fill the Bus” with the goal of collecting enough donations to fill a CHQ Transit bus. Visit CHQ Transit’s Facebook page and website for updates and final donation totals. Donations will be delivered to the First Covenant Church Food Pantry, ...

Community Notebook

Community Notebook October 14, 2026

Genealogical Society meets Oct. 21 Change of venue for the Oct. 21 meeting of the Chautauqua County Genealogical Society. The meeting will be held at Darwin. R. Barker Museum 7 Day St., Fredonia. The business meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. in the Steele Room. At 7 Max Walters, Curator of the Museum, will speak on the “Founding of the Fredonia Academy”, the most important history event in the Town of Pomfret. Max will use information from the “History of Chautauqua County, New York, 1894, compiled by Obed Edson and additional sources. According to Walters, Fredonia had some form ...

Minor damage reported in Ripley fire

DeJoy leaving area posts for North Carolina job

New BESS is proposed for Pomfret

TOP STORIES October 13, 2026

Another Battery Energy Storage System developer has an eye on the area. RWE Clean Energy is interested in erecting a BESS in the town of Pomfret, near an electric substation in Laona. Representatives from the company introduced the proposal at a Pomfret Town Board meeting. The size of the proposed BESS itself was not specified, but it is supposed to sit on 7.7 acres of fenced-in property. The RWE representatives said they want their necessary permissions and documents completed by the second quarter of 2028. They offered many of the usual BESS developer talking points. They ...