Residents of the Frewsburg and Southwestern school districts learned last week about talks between the districts to share sports teams. Shared teams aren’t new. They’re been a growing part of the interscholastic sports landscape both in Chautauqua County and the rest of the state for ...

Right before 9 a.m. Friday, the Facebook page for the village made it official: “FREDONIA’s BOIL WATER ORDER HAS BEEN LIFTED!” It may have been exciting news to share, but it is no cause for celebration. Water is Fredonia’s major stain. What makes the situation even worse is that this ...

Our concerns about the second Trump Administration’s executive actions on immigration are twofold: First, the White House should employ a greater focus on illegal immigration specifically and, second, executive orders violate the principles of our republic. As we noted in our editorials ...

It’s a fair question, because the person leading the state’s school system is getting a$155,000 a year raise to oversee a state educational system that spends the most in the nation — with raises like hers it’s easy to see why, by the way — while attaining middling educational results ...

Parents in the Dunkirk City Schools and Jamestown Public Schools last week received a letter from the district detailing what someone who is the subject of an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement action should do. Such a letter shouldn’t have been necessary in the first place given the ...

Fredonia is growing more desperate for more funds. With expenses surpassing revenues, trustees last month announced a willingness to take a look at current fees. Trustee Jon Espersen brought up the idea and shared information with other members of the Village Board. “I passed out to all the ...