Dunkirk is looking for a new chief of police. Effective Friday, Christopher Witkowski will be retiring. Mayor Kate Wdowiasz confirmed the news during a committee meeting this week in city hall. Witkowski, who has been in law enforcement for more than 26 years, including 22 years with the ...

Fredonia’s trustees turned down some equipment purchases for the village Department of Public Works this week. Trustees voted 3-2 against the purchase of a new plow truck for $129,766. The truck was supposed to get reimbursed from state Consolidated Highway Improvement Program (aka ...

Advocacy of repowering Dunkirk’s NRG plant with natural gas brought U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy, state Sen. George Borrello and State Assemblyman Andrew Molitor to the Conservation Club on Friday morning. The trio of Republicans criticized Democrats’ energy policies: the wind, solar and ...

Advocacy of repowering Dunkirk’s NRG plant with natural gas brought U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy, state Sen. George Borrello and State Assemblyman Andrew Molitor to the Conservation Club on Friday morning. The trio of Republicans criticized Democrats’ energy policies: the wind, solar and ...

The Town of Dunkirk has typically not rushed into making decisions on local laws, as evidenced by the short-term rental property saga that went on for several years. The Town is again being very deliberate in its latest matter of public concern, regarding a local law pertaining to Battery ...

Pomfret Town Supervisor Dan Pacos is interested in consolidating services with neighboring communities, but has a lot of questions. “Do we need a full timer? Do we need a part timer?” he wondered during the February Pomfret Town Board meeting about a possible shared dog control service. ...