The Fredonia Opera House has opened the curtain on its renovations. It reopened Saturday with a taped performance of “Aida” from the “Live at the Met” series, after closing for about six weeks. The most noticeable part of the renovations is the new, upholstered seats. Opera House ...

The Dunkirk City School District’s transportation manager cleared up some misconceptions about busing of city students recently. Tim Abbey spoke at a Dunkirk Board of Education meeting last week. He said the district buses 827 students, “a pretty good average for us. That’s not an ...

Fredonia Police Chief David Price renewed a request to hire three more police officers this week. “By the end of the month I will be three people down. In a department that size, that’s a critical level. That’s 120 man hours a week,” Price told the Fredonia Board of Trustees. “I’d ...

MAYVILLE – Chautauqua County is continuing to help Fredonia explore the possibility of the village getting water from Lake Erie. During the February legislature meeting, county lawmakers approved a resolution for the county to use $70,000 for the North Chautauqua County Water District ...

Before the state Legislature takes up further rollbacks of bail and discovery reform legislation, a member of the state Assembly wants to spend $2 million studying the 2020 bail reform law. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2025-26 budget includes proposals to streamline New York’s discovery rules ...

The Dunkirk City School District plans no tax increase this year, but a financial consultant warned Dunkirk Board of Education members last week about the negative financial implications for the district. It was “Rick Timbs Day” for the board as the consultant made his annual mid-winter ...