Two stellar alumni will offer their wisdom to graduates as keynote speakers at the State University of New York at Fredonia’s Commencement on May 17. Dr. Kim D. Harrington, a member of the Fredonia Class of 1989, will speak at the 10 a.m. ceremony, and Gretchen Geitter, a member of the ...

Monday’s rainy weather caused some problems in Dunkirk and Fredonia. A large sinkhole opened up at the intersection of Central Avenue and Second Street Monday afternoon, closing the road indefinitely. Later in the day, flooding was reported in Fredonia. A National Weather Service spotter ...

Public servants do best when they receive public input. That’s what the Town of Dunkirk is trying to facilitate. The Town of Dunkirk will be hosting an open meeting for residents to share their thoughts and concerns regarding the town on Thursday at 6 p.m., at the Dunkirk Town Hall and ...

Another business will be closing in Chautauqua County. Rite Aid officials said Monday that the chain is entering a second Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with Buffalo television stations WGRZ and WKBW reporting all of Rite Aid’s New York stores will close. There are 73 Rite Aid locations in Western ...

FREWSBURG — Recently, a new discovery has been made in the astronomy world in the form of a new exoplanet, Wolf 327b, which orbits the nearby red dwarf star, Wolf 327. The discovery has local connections, as two members of the Martz-Kohl Observatory played a role in it. Through dedicated ...

Dunkirk’s city government and school district are working together on ways to ease the congestion around the intermediate school on Eagle Street. The neighborhood around the school gets packed tight with traffic when students arrive and leave for the day. Private vehicles jockey for ...