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Larson proposes educating students on e-bikes

MAYVILLE – A county lawmaker wants to see high school students educated on the rules and regulations of electrical bikes and scooters. Legislator Fred Larson, D-Jamestown, has introduced a resolution titled “Requesting Law Enforcement Education Program on E-bikes and E-scooters in ...

Petition seeks dissolution of village of Sherman

SHERMAN — On the morning of Oct. 14, Village Clerk/Treasurer Jeanette Ramm received a 33-page petition with 151 signatures, calling for the dissolution and termination of the village. The contact person for the petition is Sue Oehlbeck of Prospect Street in Sherman, mother of Fire Chief Matt Oehlbeck and wife of former mayor, Gerald Oehlbeck. Sherman Mayor Colleen Meeder said the petition to dissolve the village expressed concerns about "the village's lack of support for and the mayor's control over the fire department, the question of $5,000 budgeted above the fire contract ...

‘In Loving Memory’: Forestville dedicates tree to student who passed

FORESTVILLE — Monday morning, the student body at Forestville Middle/High School gathered outside of the school to remember one of their own — one whose absence is still felt each day, and whose memory will carry on for years to come. Sky Hahn was memorialized with the planting of a ...

Lack of rain, pump problem impact water plant

Two weeks of sunshine is evidently troubling the Fredonia water treatment plant and reservoir. There’s a dark cloud there, anyway, due to a snag in a chlorination improvement project. A water conservation order for the village continued Monday — the week after water system director Luis ...

PVCS students rally for teacher aide

SOUTH DAYTON — Demonstrating that no member of their school family fights alone, 27 students and staff members at Pine Valley Jr/Sr High School gathered in the school gymnasium for an emotional show of support: shaving their heads and cutting their hair in solidarity with Stephanie West, a ...

Pomfret offering millings to St. Anthony’s Cemetery

The association that runs the St. Anthony’s Church Cemetery needs help, and the town of Pomfret is providing it. The Fredonia church has closed, but its cemetery on Route 60 remains. The cemetery association recently requested road millings from the town, evidently to help pave driveways. ...