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Mayville approves kayak launch bid, hears complaint

MAYVILLE – A new kayak launch is expected to be installed on Lakeside Park next year. During the Mayville Village Board meeting, officials awarded the Kayak Launch Bid to BoardSafe Docks 604 of Fleetwood, Pa. at a cost of $96,851. There was an additional bid of $71,689 received however Barton & Loguidice, which is managing the Lakeside Park project, said the lower bid didn’t meet the necessary specifications. The work is not expected to take place until next year. So far as part of the Lakeside Park project, the village has installed some paved trails in the park, ...

Cornhole for a Cause

The committee of the annual Framed in Pink fundraiser is carrying forward the event’s mission in a new way this year. Following the recent closure of a local bowling alley, organizers have pivoted from the long-running Framed in Pink Bowling Over Breast Cancer event to a cornhole ...

Fredoina comments return, village debates continue

FREDONIA - Despite returning public comments to meetings, the Fredonia Board of Trustees is still grappling with other methods of public comment. Trustees tabled a resolution Monday seeking to ban letters by anonymous sources. The resolution was evidently spurred by a tense letter read out at the last board meeting, whose writer requested anonymity. The letter engaged in name-calling of Mayor Michael Ferguson and bashed his behavior as mayor. Trustee Paul Wandel sponsored the resolution to remove the reading of letters with no names attached. He said it would be in keeping with the ...

Clymer hears update on shared services for dog kennels

CLYMER — Some progress has been made for a shared services grant allowing for the building and usage of a dog kennel that will be shared between the towns of Ripley, Mina and Clymer. At the town of Clymer’s September meeting, Town Supervisor Brian Willink gave a small update on where ...

Westfield Grape, Wine Festival is Friday, Saturday

WESTFIELD — Harvest season takes center stage Friday and Saturday as its fourth annual Westfield Grape & Wine Festival takes place. Admission is free. Events on Friday, Sept. 18, are from 3 to 8 p.m. in downtown Westfield's Moore Park and at the Grape Discovery Center. Events Saturday, ...

Butler County, Pa. man charged with intent to commit terrorism on behalf of ISIS

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Jonathan Hunter Kramer, 21, a resident of Valencia, Pa., has been charged by federal criminal complaint with receiving a firearm and ammunition, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the firearm and ammunition would be used to commit a felony or a Federal crime of terrorism, including providing, attempting to provide, and conspiring to provide material support or resources to a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) interdicted Kramer this weekend as he returned to a hotel in possession of ...