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SUNY students protest cuts at Common

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A couple hundred SUNY Fredonia students protested the planned elimination of 13 major programs Friday afternoon. They started at Fenton Hall on campus and marched down Central Avenue and Temple Street to Barker Common. There, they put on a colorful, upbeat scene closer to a music festival ...

Vote set on Fredonia water hike for Monday

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Fredonia’s Board of Trustees is set to vote on a water rate hike Monday night. The trustees have a local law on the agenda to raise the cost of water to $6.95 per $1,000 gallons used. That’s a $2 rise from the current rate. Trustee Nicole Siracuse has said she envisions another $2 or so ...

Brooks-TLC still at mercy of state for funds

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No news from New York state is beginning to become unnerving when it comes to the Brooks-TLC Hospital System’s future and potential new facility in northern Chautauqua County. Later this month, health-care union leaders from across the region are hoping to drum up community support when a ...

Community Notebook

Community Notebook

Congregation sets Sunday service The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Northern Chautauqua (UUCNC), at 222 Temple St. in Fredonia, holds a Sunday worship Service at 11 a.m., both at their physical location and on Zoom. For those wishing to join virtually, please visit ...

Area Police

Area police

ELLICOTT POLICE DEPARTMENT — Patrick R. Damore, 62, no address listed, was charged with petit larceny. Police were called Feb. 22 to Wegman for a reported shoplifting and found that Damore passed all points of sale without paying for items. Damore is scheduled to appear in Ellicott Town ...

Pa. man sentenced in Evans rape

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Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn has announced that 39-year-old Jacob Pearson of Wilcox, Pennsylvania was sentenced Thursday before Erie County Court Judge James Bargnesi to 14 years in prison followed by 10 years of post-release supervision. Pearson will be required to register as a ...