November is known for more than just our annual Veterans Day celebration. Beyond the history of the end of a great war that involved many countries around the globe is knowledge of other extreme tragedy such as the maritime event of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a lake freighter that ...

State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. highlighted actions taken by SUNY students, faculty, and staff — including those at the Fredonia campus — to combat food insecurity, which continues to impact millions of New Yorkers, over the coming Thanksgiving holiday break. At ...

A Dunkirk tradition after a big victory is to ring the bell outside of the high school. Athletes and coaches of all sports have created memories ringing the bell after coming out on top of their opponents. Ringing the bell is special, but earlier this month, one Dunkirk boy rang a ...

It was calm at the eye of Dunkirk City Hall’s financial storm Monday, with a laid-back 2026 budget hearing that featured just one speaker. Only two members of the public attended besides the OBSERVER. One of them was occasional city meeting watchdog Bob Whittemore, who spoke at length with ...

The Fredonia Board of Trustees has hired former village trustee David Bird as new supervisor of the Department of Public Works. Bird was hired at Monday’s trustees meeting, at an annual salary of $57,000. His hiring is effective Dec. 8. Trustee Paul Wandel said that three people were ...

Electrovaya continues to make progress toward starting the next phase of manufacturing at its Ellicott plant. The company announced recently that it has begun drawing down its $50.8 million Export-Import Bank funding that is tied to capital and engineering expenses at the 1 Precision Way, ...