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Police report on tamer Fred Fest this year

SUNY Fredonia students’ annual May party weekend passed this year with no violent crimes, but dozens of arrests, according to the Fredonia Police Department. Police Chief Gregory Myers sent over the department’s annual report on “Fred Fest,” an unofficial and non-sanctioned ...

Public, private sector rift keeps escalating

Chautauqua County is well known for its north-south divide that has been evident for more than a century. It is a tiresome and defeatist attitude that residents in Dunkirk-Fredonia and Jamestown cannot work as one more often. In recent decades, efforts by the CHQ Chamber, the Chautauqua Sports ...

Town water project cost up $1.5M

The Shorewood Water Project in the town of Dunkirk has gone anything but smoothly. Frustration has mounted for past and current Town Board members, along with the residents of the water district itself, as the project has lingered for years without any substantial progress. The updated price ...

Making hoop dreams

TONAWANDA — Unified athletics is about creating opportunities and memories for students of all ages and abilities. Silver Creek Middle School students recently got to experience that firsthand. Students from Silver Creek Middle School recently participated in a regional Unified Basketball ...

Panel defeats Borrello electric bus repeal

State Sen. George Borrello’s latest attempt to put an end to the state’s electric school bus mandate will not advance out of the Senate Education Committee. That’s not unexpected, especially after Shelley Mayer, D-White Plains, signaled her intention to vote against five bills brought ...

Hanover to evaluate dredging of harbor, creek

HANOVER — Dredging of Hanover Harbor and Cattaraugus Creek could come as early as next spring, depending on the results of the required environmental tests. The Town has been in contact with the Army Corps of Engineers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) ...