Numerous departments were at the scene of a major fire in the town of Pomfret on Wednesday afternoon. A call came in around 12:20 p.m. that flames were seen coming through the roof of the White Village restaurant. Route 5 near the location was closed going west. Smoke filled the area and ...
The Dunkirk Common Council unanimously approved a six-month moratorium on new Battery Energy Storage System applications in the city Tuesday. The city’s Planning Board requested the moratorium as it grapples with an application for a BESS behind a Brigham Road warehouse. Another BESS, also ...
FORESTVILLE — The Forestville Central School District has a new Director of Special Education, and it is a familiar face. Shauna McMahon has transitioned from the role of Forestville Elementary Principal to become the district’s new head of the Special Education department. McMahon was ...
WESTFIELD — Harvest season takes center stage Friday and Saturday as the fourth Annual Westfield Grape & Wine Festival brings two days of family fun, food, music, grape traditions and local wine to the heart of one of America's great grape-growing communities. More than simply a festival, ...
Despite returning public comments to meetings, the Fredonia Board of Trustees is still grappling with behavior of the local citizenry. Trustees tabled a resolution Monday seeking to ban letters by anonymous sources. The resolution was evidently spurred by a tense letter read out at the last board meeting, whose writer requested anonymity. The letter engaged in name-calling of Mayor Michael Ferguson and bashed his behavior as mayor. Trustee Paul Wandel sponsored the resolution to remove the reading of letters with no names attached. He said it would be in keeping with the practice at ...
A court has ruled in favor of Dunkirk City Assessor Erica Munson in her benefits battle with the city. Munson sued Dunkirk over its April 1 denial of a cash buyout on her health insurance. State Supreme Court judge Grace Hanlon set aside that denial Monday as “arbitrary and capricious, ...
