The Fredonia Board of Trustees has quietly named Timothy Mulholland to fill its fifth seat. The board slipped a 4-0 approval of Mulholland into Monday’s workshop. Trustees had no public debate or comment about the open seat, created by the resignation of Jon Espersen. The agenda item for ...
North County Water District board chairman Dan Pacos said last week that he and district Executive Director Alison Vento are representing the entity in talks with the village of Fredonia. District board member Rich Lewis, the town of Pomfret supervisor, asked Pacos during the NCWD June board meeting about the representation at the talks. Lewis was curious after reading about the Fredonia-NCWD meetings in the OBSERVER, he said. “We’re invited to their (water project) planning meetings. Alison and I are going,” Pacos replied. “We’re invited, and it’s really just them and ...
Celina Serva aka Ce Ce, 27, of Akron, Ohio, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. on Thursday to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The plea carries a maximum penalty of life, and a $10 million fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney Donna Duncan, who was handling the federal charges when they were filed in January, Serva was indicted on federal charges earlier this year that according to the indictment and a previously filed complaint on March 28, 2025, as part of an investigation that involved the federal DEA, the Southern Tier ...
An investigation into a May shooting in the city of Dunkirk has led to charges against a teenager. In a news release issued Wednesday, Dunkirk police report the 15-year-old was charged with felony second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and felony second-degree assault. At approximately 11:30 p.m. May 24, officers from the Dunkirk Police Department responded to a report of gunfire in the area of Lamphere and East Seventh streets. During the investigation, officers learned that a juvenile victim was being treated at a hospital for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Because the ...
A year ago, it looked like the 50th annual edition of the First Ward Falcon Club Men’s Fastpitch Softball Tournament was going to be the last of its kind. A year later, that has proven to not be the case after all. This weekend, the First Ward Falcon Club’s annual tournament returns. ...
CLYMER - Monday night saw the next step in the potential merger of Clymer, Sherman and Panama central schools as all three schools voted individually in favor of continuing the process. Each school board met individually for their July reorganizational meeting Monday night, and included ...
