One area resident’s visit to the Ukraine is sure to be an eye-opener for many locally. Tonight at the Fredonia Opera House, village resident Patrick Stokes will give an illustrated lecture about his recent experience as a humanitarian aid volunteer in Ukraine. According to the Opera House, ...

Teamwork, intensity and fun could be seen in a photo highlighting what is a winning effort. All those ingredients were so apparent in an event preceding a recent Dunkirk-Fredonia boys basketball game as part of a celebration for Unified Sports. Led by the booming voice of Dunkirk ...

Yet another proposal to increase the state’s minimum wage has been introduced in the state Legislature — and this one could be particularly damaging to upstate New York. For the past eight years, there have been two minimum wages in New York state — one for the New York City region and ...

There were few complaints from state Republicans or Democrats when record school aid increases were pouring into New York school districts the past couple of years. Keep in mind those record aid increases come from a state that already has, by far, the highest spending per pupil of any state ...

As anger stirs in the village of Fredonia regarding the third boil-water crisis within the last year, trustees are proposing a bitter option of raising rates by about 44% to users. That rate would increase from $4.51 per 1,000 gallons used to $6.51. No hike will go over well with customers ...

Just when you think the absurdity boiling out of Florida cannot get any more dangerous, a story pops up such as the one from the Escambia County School District, where five dictionaries, eight encyclopedias and “The Guinness Book of World Records” has been added to its list of more than ...