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WACS board transfers funds, OKs personnel items

At their meeting on June 22, Westfield Academy and Central School Board of Education members approved the transfer of funds from the unappropriated fund balance to three district accounts. The board approved the transfer of up to $600,000 into the Capital Improvements Reserve Fund. This fund was created and approved and approved by voters on May 16, 2023. Board members also approved the transfer of up to $40,000 into the Teachers' Retirement System Sub-fund. The TRS Sub-fund was created by a resolution on June 10, 2020. Finally, the board approved the transfer of $100,000 into ...

Community Notebook

Brush pickup slated for village The village of Fredonia will be picking up limbs and yard waste beginning Monday at 7 a.m. Collection will continue until every street has been completed. Bags and brush are collected separately by different crews. All items for collection must be at the curb no later than 7 Monday morning. In no case will there be a repeat collection of areas completed. Yard waste must be bagged or in barrels. Limbs and brush must be cut no longer than 4 feet in length with bundles being no larger than 18 inches in diameter. Bundles and bags are limited to 65 pounds ...

Democratic socialists pose no threat to free markets

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but it's almost like the GOP is secretly promoting the Democratic Socialists of America, which is now producing a lot of the energy and excitement within the Democratic and Republican parties. The DSA champions many views that exist wildly outside the ...

Other voices: New n-pact further erodes safeguards

Even as he threatened to escalate an unlawful war sold in part as preventing Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon, Donald Trump opened the door to proliferation in the region on Wednesday. The US announced that it had signed a deal with Saudi Arabia which would potentially allow the kingdom to enrich uranium in future and to avoid the fullest inspection rights for the international watchdog. Experts have long warned that a civilian nuclear programme could create a path towards a nuclear-armed Riyadh. Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince and de facto leader, has said that if Tehran ...

United Way’s Community Baby Shower collects $8,522 for families

United Way of Chautauqua County’s 2026 Community Baby Shower generated a total of $8,522 in new baby items this spring, with all donations being distributed to local at-risk mothers and their newborns. Held each year from May to June, the Community Baby Shower mobilizes the community to ...