BEMUS POINT — The Bemus Point Central School District has planned one more meeting to help inform the local community about their plans to use the 2023 EPA rebate award to purchase two electric buses before the community vote at the beginning of September. A public hearing is scheduled for ...

I love children’s picture books. They are simple, yet often powerful, stories capture my imagination and each illustrated page is a work of art. As a kid, one of my favorites was “Miss Rumphius,” written and illustrated by Barbara Cooney. It is a story of Alice Rumphius, who lived by ...

In April, the Chautauqua County Legislature entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to begin exploring the possibility of a solar project on 168 acres of undevelopable land at the Chautauqua County airport in Dunkirk. Three months later, the majority of the Republican legislators have put ...

Fredonia’s kids are signing up for the summer recreation program in solid numbers, after trustees eyed cuts to it at budget time. Village Recreation Department Director Kayla Sullivan — recently rehired for the job after about a year away — said at a recent Board of Trustees workshop ...

SINCLAIRVILLE – Two north county residents were arrested in an overnight burglary. According to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, investigators were notified of a burglary in progress Thursday around 12:30 a.m. on Moon Road. Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office K9 unit arrived on ...

By LLEWELLYN KING I can’t explain all the social and political maelstrom I have seen through the years. But I have known times when crime was far less than it is today, and political disputation, in all its forms, wasn’t a cause of violence in the population. Here are some fragments of ...