The Sea Lion is no more. The ship has been decommissioned and scrapped. Bret Apthorpe, retired Jamestown Public Schools superintendent, found the news while doing research for a book. Apthorpe has lengthy ties to the Sea Lion growing up in Mayville and spending time working on the ship in his ...
FREDONIA POLICE DEPARTMENT — Alyce R. Sonney, 53, of Jamestown, was arrested March 28 on a warrant for petit larceny. — Daniel C. Saar, 37, of Fredonia, was arrested March 28 and charged with petit larceny. Saar was also arrested March 31 on a bench warrant for second-degree criminal ...
The village of Fredonia is paying a $10,000 settlement over a pool fence. Village trustees were set to authorize Mayor Michael Ferguson to sign the settlement agreement Monday. It was for a lawsuit that was listed only by its index number on the meeting agenda. However, the OBSERVER found ...
Lucas West, a State University of New York at Fredonia senior, is in the semifinals of NBC’s “The Voice." It will be televised tonight on WGRZ-TV. West, a senior majoring in Music with a concentration in Jazz Studies from Fairport, is part of Team Legend, which includes West, Syd Millevoi, ...
GOWANDA — A century ago, the Hollywood Theater opened its doors to the Gowanda community. It quickly became a focal point of the village on Main Street, entertaining patrons for roughly 70 years before closing in the early ‘90s. The community came together and saved the theater roughly ...
In the waters of Dunkirk Harbor along Lake Erie, a powerful example of grassroots conservation is making waves — both literally and figuratively. The Dunkirk Fish Pen Project, led by the Northern Chautauqua Conservation Club (NCCC) in partnership with the New York State Department of ...