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Fredonia OKs hearing for police employee

Fredonia Police Chief Gregory Myers has received permission to pursue discipline against one of his employees. The village Board of Trustees approved two resolutions Monday to set up a hearing for the employee, who is not getting named by village officials. Myers is authorized to suspend the worker without pay “upon delivery of the charges against him,” according to one of the resolutions. Trustees Paul Wandel said the resolutions were “difficult for me to consider…but I am putting my faith in our due process system.” Trustees Ben Brauchler and LeeAnn Lazarony made ...

Fredonia hires business, tech teachers

The Fredonia Central School District has filled nearly all of its teaching vacancies with a few recent hires. At a recent Board of Education meeting, Emily Johnson was appointed to a four-year probationary Business and Marketing teaching position. Johnson holds Initial Certification in ...

Wdowiasz plans BESS moratorium veto

Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiasz said she is vetoing the Common Council’s moratorium on new Battery Energy Storage System proposals. Wdowiasz told city department heads at her monthly meeting with them last week that Dunkirk was threatened with a lawsuit over the moratorium. She didn’t say ...

Shorewood water project is ready to proceed

The Town of Dunkirk successfully met its deadline in order to move forward with the Shorewood Waterline Capital Project. With two weeks to spare, Town Attorney Jeff Passafaro presented the Town Board with the necessary right of way certifications and a court order allowing the project to ...

Lineman dies in Mayville during substation repair

A lineman was killed earlier this month while working on a substation in Mayville during a scheduled power outage. Attorney Joe Nicastro with Buffalo Law confirmed the death during a phone interview Tuesday. “Our firm has been retained by the Lockett family following the death of Stephen P. Lockett. Stephen suffered catastrophic injuries in the early morning hours of September 11, 2026 while performing electrical repair work at the village of Mayville’s Lakeview Avenue electric substation,” he said. On Sept. 2, some mini-transformers blew at the Mayville substation, ...

Officials explore nuclear energy opportunities for former NRG site

As efforts continue to identify a productive new future for the former NRG Generating Station in Dunkirk, local economic development officials recently traveled to New York City to learn more about the rapidly evolving nuclear energy industry and its potential application to the site. Mark ...