Edward Kolodziej is this year’s Dunkirk City School District William T. Colman Award winner. The award goes to a deserving retiring teacher with at least 10 years of experience in the school district. It was started in 1973 using a trust fund established in Colman’s will. Kolodziej is ...

MAYVILLE – Village officials’ distrust of the contractor doing the paving at Lakeside Park continues. During the May Mayville Village Board meeting, officials refused to approve a nearly $40,000 change order for work done in October. Rock of WNY Inc. in Westfield was awarded a paying ...

Often in the field of education, one district’s loss can be another district’s gain. That is the case with an administrator’s recent move from Fredonia to Westfield. Andrea Marsh has resigned from the role of Fredonia Middle School Assistant Principal to accept the role of Secondary ...

SILVER CREEK — With the budget vote coming up Tuesday and capital improvements in full swing at Silver Creek Central School, the district hopes to change the perception that the work going on now is the reason for a tax increase in the upcoming budget. “The tax levy increase is ...

Public comment portions of Fredonia Board of Trustees meetings continue to be a source of turmoil. Mayor Michael Ferguson unilaterally declared at the latest meeting that the two-section format adopted in previous weeks would get dropped. Instead, the televised portion about agenda items ...

Two neighboring towns in Chautauqua County are considering merging their courts. A public hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 20 at 6 p.m. at the Ellington Town Hall, where the community is invited to share their thoughts on a proposal to merge the Ellington and Charlotte town ...