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Sons of Legion Bingo is Saturday On Saturday, the Sons of American Legion Post 59 will be hosting its annual Turkey BINGO with a new more traditional style of BINGO to be played at 6 p.m. Members and guests are welcome at Post 59, 156 E. Main St, Fredonia. Club Associates hold meeting The ...

Vent pipe failure causes Busti house fire

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BUSTI - A Riverside Road home was destroyed by fire Monday night. Busti firefighters responded to a fire at 2938 Riverside Road, Busti, at 5:16 p.m. Monday. Chautauqua County fire investigators determined the fire started in the area of a pellet stove on the first floor of the home after a ...

NFI group slows third quarter losses

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NFI Group, owner of the New Flyer plant on Fluvanna Avenue, is reporting a $15 million loss in the third quarter of 2024. The loss is a $25 million, or 62%, improvement from the second quarter of 2023 as the company’s revenues have increased. The company’s order backlog of 14,590 buses ...

Mishap occurs on Route 20

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A motor vehicle accident at 4587 Route 20 in Fredonia happened early Monday evening. No injuries were reported when the pickup struck a tree. Fredonia Fire Department and county Sheriff’s Department responded.

Mayor focused on budget, not trees

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Mayor Kate Wdowiasz attempted last week to show she has a laser focus on Dunkirk’s budget process. Wdowiasz did this by telling A Tree For Thee’s Mary Louise McGraw repeatedly at a Common Council meeting that the budget is far more pressing than the signs McGraw wants erected in city ...

Town eyes tax hike, approves fire pacts

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For many years, taxes in the Town of Dunkirk did not go up. That is not the case this year, as the Town has presented a preliminary budget for the 2025 fiscal year that reflects a tax increase that exceeds the tax cap. “For a lot of years, we’ve had no increase or we’ve had a penny ...