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Fredonia continues NCWD connection meetings

Fredonia’s push to join the North County Water District rolls on, with planning meetings on Sept. 21 and Sept. 25. Village officials reported on the meetings at this week’s Board of Trustees meeting. Mayor Michael Ferguson stated the Sept. 21 meeting was “the monthly meeting of the ...

Save Our Reservoir returns to Fredonia podium

Critics of Fredonia’s plan to connect with the North County Water District returned to the village Board of Trustees podium Monday. It was Save Our Reservoir’s first turn at the speaker’s podium since trustees ended a hiatus, enacted in June, on public comments at meetings. Mark ...

In troubled waters, border partners keep focus of lakes

No one could have predicted two years ago that two of Western New York’s treasured resources would become part of a political grudge that is part of strained international relations. When President Donald Trump issued the executive order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America in late August, ...

County man sentenced in child porn possession

A Chautauqua County man has been sentenced for possession of child pornography. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced that Jose Perez, 42, of Celoron, who was convicted in the case involving a prepubescent minor, was sentenced to serve 78 months in prison and 30 years supervised release ...

Crews respond to collision on Route 60

Law enforcement and first responders were at a head-on motor vehicle accident Friday morning at Lakeview Avenue and Route 60. The call came in around 6:45 a.m. with Fredonia Police and Fredonia Fire Department responding with other crews. Photos by Dan Kohler

Flock license plate reader vandalized near Fredonia

A Flock license plate reader has been vandalized. According to District Attorney Jason Schmidt, an LPR that sits on private property on Route 20 at the intersection of Christy Road in the town of Pomfret was defaced with spray paint, rendering it useless. He called it “an act of ...