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Blakeman fires up Dunkirk crowd during stop

New York gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman packed the Conservation Club to capacity with supporters for a rally Monday. The Republicans’ candidate to take over for Gov. Kathy Hochul made a Western New York swing Monday, also stopping in Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Blakeman, the ...

Brocton trucking dispute not yet resolved

BROCTON — A dispute between village of Brocton residents and a limited liability company, Z&YY Trucking, is still ongoing. Legal counsel is involved on both sides of the dispute, as residents complain about the excessive noise, safety concerns, and impact of the company on property values, ...

Gray earns tenure as Fredonia STEM teacher

Four years ago, Margaret Gray was hired as a STEM Teacher at her alma mater. She said at the time that she had a wonderful experience at Fredonia as a student, and she hoped to give other students the same opinion of the district. So far, so good. At a recent Board of Education meeting, ...

Fredonia water project work halted over lack of funds

Fredonia’s water project had its tap shut off Monday. Trustees intend to turn it back on, though. The village board voted to suspend its relationship with project engineers LaBella until Fredonia has its promised grant money for the project in hand. It came out at the trustees’ workshop ...

Stability in numbers

SUNY Fredonia’s enrollment decline continues, though the pace of the drop eased for a third straight September. Enrollment vice president Kathryn Kendall offered a report at the first University Council meeting of the 2026-27 school year, which showed a student body at 3,108 students as of ...

BESS moratorium ‘legally deficient,’ mayor says

The Common Council followed improper procedure in imposing a Battery Energy Storage System moratorium, Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiasz stated in her veto message. Wdowiasz wrote that she intends to share her own draft for a moratorium, following “procedural steps required for its lawful adoption,” such as adopting a local law. The City Hall paralegal-turned-mayor flashed her background in the veto message, taking a legalistic and detail-oriented tone. Wdowiasz laid out four main objections to the council’s moratorium, with supporting paragraphs. She first called the moratorium ...