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Recently, the Sons of the American Legion donated $500 to the Fredonia trap team. Established in the spring of 2023, Head Coach Jerry Kinney made a powerpoint presentation to the Fredonia school board about the USA Clay Target league that runs the program. The board voted unanimously to ...

City effort again targets seagulls

Dunkirk’s seagulls got a reprieve last year, but the program to remove their nests and discourage nuisance flocks is returning. The Common Council approved a contract last month with the U.S. Department of Agriculture for removal of eggs and nests from the roofs of old buildings near the Save-a-lot Plaza on East Fourth Street. The cost is not to exceed $6,816. It’s supposed to be paid by 10 property owners in the area, with the city’s building and zoning department helping to complete the arrangements with the USDA. Removal of nests and eggs is supposed to start this month ...

New bill tries to increase illegal cannabis enforcement

State lawmakers are trying to give the state Office of Cannabis Management some of its teeth back as a court battle over the organization’s enforcement power is waged in a state appeals court. Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes, D-Buffalo, and Sen. Jeremy Cooney, D-Rochester, have ...

‘Drop of caring’

MAYVILLE — Five elementary students from Chautauqua Lake Central School recently had the opportunity to attend the New York Water Event, hosted by the New York Section American Water Works Association, a statewide conference in Saratoga. Students attended as a part of the CHQ Kids Care ...

Fredonia approves tax, water fee raises

The village of Fredonia has approved a 2026-27 budget with a 4% tax hike and a raise in the water users’ fee. The board voted, 4-0, on both the budget and a local law required to enact the water fee increase. The same 4-0 vote overrode the state’s cap of 2% on property tax raises. Trustee LeeAnn Lazarony did not attend the meeting. The increase in the water “base rate” is $10 per quarter, making it $40 instead of $30. Trustee Jon Espersen insisted that the additional revenue from the raise go into a water project revenue, and not the village general fund. The trustees voted ...

Burnside hired as Fredonia School Psychologist

The Fredonia Central School District has finally filled its Elementary School Psychologist vacancy, and the district didn’t have to look far to find the right fit. Laura Burnside, a Fredonia resident, will be joining her home district to accept a School Psychologist position at Fredoniwa ...