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Fredonia water engineering tabled again

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For a second straight meeting, Fredonia trustees tabled a resolution to pay $2,698,000 for engineering work on a planned North County Water District linkup. “I don’t want to approve a proposal until I understand it and have the answers,” said Trustee Leeann Lazarony at Monday’s ...

Hochul ready to revisit costly Climate Act

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With prices continuing to rise at the gas pumps — up to $3.60 per gallon in numerous locations in Chautauqua County — Gov. Kathy Hochul is starting to feel the heat when it comes to high energy prices. During a stop in Tonawanda on Monday, Hochul said she is ready to revisit another costly ...

GOP again seeks safer prison conditions

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Less than one month after a brutal attack on a counselor and officer at the Lakeview Correctional Facility in Brocton, state Assembly Republicans this week offered legislation advancing 10 proposals developed by the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement (HALT) Committee to ...

Community notebook

Community Notebook

Forestville musical is postponed FORESTVILLE — Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Forestville musical “Bye Bye Birdie” will be postponed until April 23 to 25. Senior Center reports pinochle scores Dunkirk Senior Center pinochle scores have been listed for the last month. They ...

Jamestown man petitions for return of weapons

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A Jamestown man is asking the state Supreme Court to return firearms seized during a domestic violence investigation in 2025. Antonino Miceli Jr., who is representing himself in court, is asking the judge to have the Jamestown Police Department return weapons belonging to his son, Brock ...

Ripley turns page on week of reading

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By DAVID PRENATT editorial@observertoday.com RIPLEY — “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go,” writes Dr. Seuss in “I Can Read With My Eyes Shut.” While schools across the nation will focus on Seuss's words ...