The Dunkirk Planning Board has approved a larger parking lot for Wells Enterprises’ ice cream plant. A significant expansion project is happening at the plant, and Wells wants a bigger parking lot across Main Street for a work force it plans to increase when the project is finished. Project ...

Recently, the Sons of the American Legion donated $500 to the Fredonia trap team. Established in the spring of 2023, Head Coach Jerry Kinney made a powerpoint presentation to the Fredonia school board about the USA Clay Target league that runs the program. The board voted unanimously to ...

Dunkirk’s seagulls got a reprieve last year, but the program to remove their nests and discourage nuisance flocks is returning. The Common Council approved a contract last month with the U.S. Department of Agriculture for removal of eggs and nests from the roofs of old buildings near the ...

State lawmakers are trying to give the state Office of Cannabis Management some of its teeth back as a court battle over the organization’s enforcement power is waged in a state appeals court. Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes, D-Buffalo, and Sen. Jeremy Cooney, D-Rochester, have ...

MAYVILLE — Five elementary students from Chautauqua Lake Central School recently had the opportunity to attend the New York Water Event, hosted by the New York Section American Water Works Association, a statewide conference in Saratoga. Students attended as a part of the CHQ Kids Care ...

The village of Fredonia has approved a 2026-27 budget with a 4% tax hike and a raise in the water users’ fee. The board voted, 4-0, on both the budget and a local law required to enact the water fee increase. The same 4-0 vote overrode the state’s cap of 2% on property tax raises. Trustee ...