Trust us, we can understand Fredonia Mayor Mike Ferguson’s feelings regarding recent comments made by State University at Fredonia students regarding the village’s handling of water issues and non Fred Fest. Fredonia students quoted in the student newspaper and an editorial written by a ...
After extended research into the reasons progressives have developed an unreasoning hatred for Donald Trump I think I have discovered the deep seated source of that hate. It’s not that he is a populist looking to return government to the people, nor is it the fact that he is a brash ...
It’s just past 10:00 a.m. and Old Tom is standing in my backyard. He has been a shoveling, bending, tugging figure out there for almost 20 years. Like me, Tom moves slower today than when he first agreed to help me. Today he is wearing a floppy hat, jacket, Bermudas and work boots, his ...
As Fredonia village officials struggle to whittle down a 65.3% tax levy increase, it’s interesting to note the village was also found not to be in fiscal stress in a state Comptroller’s Office review of village budgets released last week. We’ve said before that we think the Fiscal ...
As required by the federal government, state testing has once again come upon our schools. Over the next few weeks New York State children in grades three through eight will be sitting for assessments in Mathematics and English Language Arts. Fifth and eighth graders will also be taking a ...
April 23 1897 – John Allen was arrested in Jamestown for horse theft. 1901 – Jamestown received 6–8 inches of snow. 1901 – Steel cable replaced hemp rope on the Bemus Point ferry, improving safety and durability. 1942 – The old armory in Brooklyn Square, Jamestown, was ...