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Firefighter hurt, major damage noted in blaze

A firefighter sustained non-life-threatening injuries in fighting Wednesday’s blaze at the former White Village restaurant. The fire caused an estimated $350,000 in damage to the structure and $100,000 in damage to its contents, according to a Thursday morning press release from Fredonia ...

County man in middle of plate fiasco

A disabled Chautauqua County resident has received more than a dozen traffic citations in New York City, even though the city admits he should not have been ticketed in the first place, because the license plate being cited is on a city bus. Chautauqua County Clerk Greg Carlson sent an email ...

RTPI Plein Air Festival culminates in weekend sale

The Roger Tory Peterson Institute’s annual Plein Air Festival is ongoing right now, with artists spending their time outdoors across the area painting and making art of a place in nature locally that inspires them. Following this year’s festival is a sale at the end of the week, and one ...

School chief offers promising student stats

Dunkirk’s superintendent of schools offered a set of positive student statistics at the city Board of Education’s September meeting, Brian Swatland began his report by congratulating two August graduates, Angelisse Cruz Santiago and Luis Montero Ayala, who did not want a ceremony. He ...

Crews battle major fire at White Village restaurant

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 ...

Council approves 6-month BESS moratorium

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 ...