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Fredonia hires appraiser for Glasgow Road site

Fredonia has hired a real estate firm to appraise the value of three unused parcels in the town of Pomfret. During the recent Village Board meeting, trustees approved a resolution to authorize Amy Holt of Holt Appraisals to perform the appraisal on the Glasgow Road properties for $1,000. Earlier this year, village officials had discussed selling the land to help “ease the financial burden” of the village. “I do want to remind the board that we have a verbal commitment to a real estate company, once those appraisals come through,” Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson said ...

Fill the Fred Basket drive happening now

The Fredonia Presbyterian Church’s annual Fill the Fred Basket food drive is happening now. The drive kicked off this week and runs through Monday. It supplies the church’s Fred Basket food pantry. Non-perishable food items such as canned goods can be dropped off at more than 90 ...

No escape hatch for unsustainable city pacts

Chautauqua County’s two cities remain pressure cookers for administrators who have to account for the big bucks. Within the past two weeks, both mayors announced spending plans that include tax increases that their councils will likely try to whittle down. In Jamestown, the budget totals ...

Sheridan teen charged with second-degree rape

An 18-year-old Sheridan resident has been charged with second-degree rape. Chautauqua County Sheriff's deputies report the youth turned himself in at the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office and will be arraigned at the county jail through the Centralized Arraignment Program. Deputies had ...

Town approves fire contracts, Hanover Center not included

HANOVER — Each year since Lou Pelletter took office as Supervisor of the Town of Hanover, the annual fire protection contract public hearing has been contentious. Pelletter thought having departments merge into one taxing district could alleviate some of the pressure on the Town Board to be ...

It’s Fredonia’s turn for anti-Flock legislation

Fredonia looks set to pass an anti-Flock camera resolution. Debate and outrage over the Chautauqua County District Attorney's Office program, which put surveillance cameras downtown, has rattled the community for weeks. Fredonia Trustee Tim Mulholland proposed a resolution at a workshop this week to express distaste and call for the cameras’ shutdown. Mulholland’s resolution looks certain to get passed by the five-member Board of Trustees, as it was clearly supported by Trustees Christine Cruz Keefe and LeeAnn Lazarony. Mulholland’s resolution is similar to one proposed by ...