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Fredonia officials debate filmed workshops

Fredonia village officials recently questioned the continued videotaping of trustees’ workshops. Fredonia Fire Chief Joshua Myers said he thought it was decided that workshops would no longer be on camera. “It never happened, I’m not sure why,” Myers said. He was speaking at one of said workshops, with his comments still available to anyone with Internet access. Trustee Paul Wandel replied, “I think the reasoning for the concerns for having on camera, there were some sensitive areas of information that we didn’t want to have publicized.” Myers touched on the subtle ...

Gowanda re-elects Graham as School Board President

GOWANDA — Max Graham will remain as the President of the Gowanda Board of Education. His fellow Board members did not leave the door open for any alternative, as he was nominated and elected by a vote of 6-0. At his side will be John Waterman, who was elected as Vice President. Like Graham, ...

Exciting ‘tradition’

The traditional bang from a cannon was replaced by thunder on Tuesday morning, but the result was still the same. The 145th annual Chautauqua County Fair is officially underway. “This is going to be a great fair,” said Linda Lanphere, President of the Chautauqua County Fair Board. ...

Mulholland takes oath for Fredonia Village Board

Fredonia's newest trustee, Timothy Mulholland, was sworn in Monday. Mulholland began his first Board of Trustees meeting with an oath of office administered by Mayor Michael Ferguson and Treasurer Erlyssa LeBeau. He said little throughout the meeting – until his allotted trustee report ...

Brisky, Carmello retire from Fredonia schools

Two more fixtures of the Fredonia Central School District will not be returning next year. Margaret “Peg” Brisky, a School Secretary with 45 years of service to the district, and Melissa Carmello, an Elementary School Teacher with 38 years of service to the district, both recently ...

City rate for NCWD water sales on hold

The city of Dunkirk evidently didn’t like what it got out of a formula for its North County Water District water sale rate. Meanwhile, the new rate for 2026, which was supposed to be finalized in February, remains on hold. City Department of Public Works Director Randy Woodbury reported on the situation at a Common Council Finance Committee meeting last week. The city uses a formula put together by SUNY Fredonia professor Peter Reinelt to determine the cost per thousand gallons of water sold to the NCWD. “The formula usually tracks the inflation rate pretty close. We expected ...