MAYVILLE – A malfunctioning transformer has led local officials to declare a state of emergency in the village. As part of the declaration, a villagewide power outage is scheduled to take place tonight. The village of Mayville has two electric substations, one on Lakeview Avenue and the ...
HANOVER — At the next regular meeting of the Hanover Town Board, set for Monday at 7 p.m., a public hearing will be held just after the meeting commences to discuss community development needs pertaining to the potential submission of a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) ...
Fredonia’s Red White and Blues festival is happening, with village officials approving it Tuesday — and denying that it was ever in jeopardy. The Board of Trustees tabled approval of the festival, set for this Friday and Saturday, last week. Mayor Michael Ferguson declared that unless ...
A person has been killed after a hit-and-run accident on the state Thruway. The State Police at Dunkirk report troopers patrolling the Thruway found a disabled vehicle near the road with a person who had been killed at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday in the town of Sheridan. Troopers and the Bureau of ...
BROCTON — One of the intended benefits of living in a small village is the absence of excessive noise and disruption from sizable businesses. That has not been the experience of some residents in the village of Brocton. Several residents voiced their frustrations at a recent Village ...
Dunkirk council members Natalie Luczkowiak and Frank Torain offered some words of wariness about Battery Energy Storage Systems at the most recent Common Council meeting. Luczkowiak said the city must “set standards within our zoning codes” for BESS, which store power for electric companies to use at times of high demand. “We need dedicated zoning regulations such as neighborhood buffer zones; property line setbacks completely obscured from the public; mandatory high fences surrounded by vehicle impact wedges or pillars; the removal of batteries after 180 days of inactivity, ...
