After the Fredonia Board of Education regretfully accepted the retirement resignation of three teachers, President Steve Johnston said, “There’s no other profession that touches so many lives.” Johnston said the district’s three outgoing teachers — Gregory Haase, Karin Scott Vona, ...

FREWSBURG – A host of firefighters and EMTs from the town of Carroll have alleged inappropriate behavior from members on the Carroll Fire Commissioners board. Several firefighters and EMTs aired their concerns to Carroll Town Board members during the board’s January meeting. Multiple ...

A man city voters put in charge of enormous amounts of Dunkirk’s finances for more than two decades has been charged in the theft of more than $120,000. On Friday afternoon, state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt dropped the bombshell of ...

A man from California, Noah Coughlan, ended last year and began this year with a mission to cross the entire 50 states on foot, the third person to ever have done so. His mission has brought him to the local area this week. Coughlan has been doing similar runs for the last 15 years. His first ...

Thirty-one school districts, including Fredonia Central Schools, have been designated in some level of fiscal stress under New York state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System for the school fiscal year ending June 30, up from 22 districts in fiscal stress the prior ...

Pressures will soon begin to mount on the school boards that oversee Clymer, Panama and Sherman. It is through no fault of those who have been elected to serve. They are only following through on community wishes. During last May’s school vote, each community indicated in a referendum a ...