DUNKIRK - The city of Dunkirk doesn’t have enough money for operations through next spring, Comptroller Tracy Smith-Dengler said Tuesday. Speaking at a Common Council Finance Committee meeting, Smith-Dengler called it “alarming stuff.” Smith-Dengler made her statement while ...
The Robert H. Jackson Center has received $2,500 from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. The award was part of $100,000 in youth literacy grants given to New York non-profits, libraries and schools. Recipients can use the funds for professional development opportunities and/or to purchase books, technology, equipment or materials to help extend a brighter future for K-12 students. "When students have access to books, technology and educational resources, they gain tools that can support their learning for years to come," said Denine Torr, executive director of the Dollar ...
Football season is underway again in Western New York, but at least one member of the Fredonia school community is not happy about it. Michael Bobseine recently sent a letter to Superintendent Dr. Brad Zilliox and the Fredonia Board of Education detailing concerns with tackle football as a ...
BUSTI - The Busti Town Board is moving ahead with the next steps on a $5.28 million water project as it looks for the remaining 30% of the project’s cost. Andy Johnson presented a proposal from EcoStrategies during a recent Busti Town Board meeting regarding engineering, diagnostic design and permitting for a portion of the water extension project. The proposed $5.82 million project was approved in May 2024, and is a 2.1 mile loop that begins at the five-way intersection in Busti and runs to Busti-Sugar Grove Road, Lawson Road and Mill Road to the intersection to complete the loop. ...
The Christian indie band Many Sparrows debuted at the Allan Park Bandshell on Saturday, despite questionable weather conditions. However, the weather cooperated long enough for Steve Johnson and his bandmates in Many Sparrows to headline a fundraiser for his wife and daughter's upcoming ...
FREDONIA - Fredonia Trustees Tim Mulholland and LeeAnn Lazarony recently pushed back against Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt’s assertion the village is getting increasingly unsafe. Schmidt made the statement during a Sept. 1 presentation at a Fredonia Village Board meeting about Flock Safety cameras. He was attempting to justify his office’s placement of the cameras. “A lot went on during that meeting, it was a couple weeks ago, you kind of sit with it and think about it,” Mulholland said during a recent Board of Trustees meeting. “One thing I did not ...
