Toward the back of the Downtown Brew location on Water Street earlier this month, about 25 residents gathered around a group of tables placed together to voice their views, concerns and some appreciation for what was happening in the village of Fredonia. Patiently and politely, Trustee Jon ...

Prince Aziz Hunt is not much different from previous generations of downstate students who have come to the State University of New York at Fredonia for a higher education. As a chemistry major, the senior said a scholarship he earned was a factor in choosing the Western New York school that is ...

Only days after the Chautauqua County Legislature unanimously backed a motion urging New York state approval for a new Brooks-TLC Hospital System in the Dunkirk-Fredonia area, Executive PJ Wendel headed to Albany for a New York State Association of Counties meeting that had a different agenda. ...

Tucked away on Main Street off Millard Fillmore Drive in the city of Dunkirk is a new state-of-the-art facility for law enforcement. Already, the New York State Police barracks is becoming a hive of activity with troopers working on site and heading out on patrols. Roughly 5,000 square feet, ...

LAKEWOOD — Dunkirk High School baseball Coach Frank Jagoda ebulliently stood before more than 400 people in attendance at the Lakewood Rod & Gun Club on Monday evening. As one of 11 members being inducted into the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame earlier this week, he was deserving of his ...

WESTFIELD — U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy needs no introduction to the Chautauqua County landscape. As a Pine Valley High School graduate, he experienced the north-south divide and was a witness to the region’s strong agricultural ties and its blue-collar work ethic. He also understands the ...