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Village water project starts flowing

Field work is flowing fast in Fredonia’s project to connect with the North County Water District. Matt Higgins of project engineers LaBella, joined by a couple co-workers, offered an update at the Fredonia Board of Trustees workshop Monday. He quickly reviewed the scope of the plan to ...

New bill tries to increase illegal cannabis enforcement

State lawmakers are trying to give the state Office of Cannabis Management some of its teeth back as a court battle over the organization’s enforcement power is waged in a state appeals court. Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes, D-Buffalo, and Sen. Jeremy Cooney, D-Rochester, have ...

‘Drop of caring’

MAYVILLE — Five elementary students from Chautauqua Lake Central School recently had the opportunity to attend the New York Water Event, hosted by the New York Section American Water Works Association, a statewide conference in Saratoga. Students attended as a part of the CHQ Kids Care ...

Fredonia approves tax, water fee raises

The village of Fredonia has approved a 2026-27 budget with a 4% tax hike and a raise in the water users’ fee. The board voted, 4-0, on both the budget and a local law required to enact the water fee increase. The same 4-0 vote overrode the state’s cap of 2% on property tax raises. Trustee ...

Burnside hired as Fredonia School Psychologist

The Fredonia Central School District has finally filled its Elementary School Psychologist vacancy, and the district didn’t have to look far to find the right fit. Laura Burnside, a Fredonia resident, will be joining her home district to accept a School Psychologist position at Fredoniwa ...

Appeals court dismisses lawsuit by former Lakeview Hotel co-owner

The Fourth Department Appellate Division has ruled against a Mayville man’s attempt to purchase back his ownership stake in the Lakeview Hotel. David A. Cass had filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court asking the court to require Rick Newell, owner of the Lakeview Hotel and Chautauqua ...