Braxton McCready of Jamestown became the first freshman at WNY P-TECH in Dunkirk to earn his associate’s SOLIDWORKS certificate in CAD Design. Certification is used as a benchmark to measure knowledge and competency with SOLIDWORKS software. Students can use it to help secure a job by ...

Bill credits are coming for Fredonia residents who got dinged with water and sewer rate hikes this summer. The village apparently erred in approving the hikes within its 2025-26 budget, without holding separate public hearings on them. Mayor Michael Ferguson read a statement about the ...

Fredonia’s trustees have approved a State Environmental Quality Review of shutting the village water treatment plant and acquiring water from the North County Water District. The vote went as expected: 4-1, with Trustee Michelle Twichell dissenting. No trustee said anything in favor of the ...

At least seven people received medical treatment after a vehicle they were in went off the road and down an embankment near the Angola Service Center on the New York State Thruway. Erie County Sheriff’s Department noted on its Facebook page, they — along with New York State Police, ...

FREWSBURG — After nine years of service, Iza Nowak is leaving her position as director of the Myers Memorial Library in Frewsburg. Under Nowak’s direction, the library has seen a renovation project, updated and modernized its collection of books, added a library of things to the shelves ...

The Fredonia Board of Trustees was to again consider getting rid of the village water treatment plant. A resolution on Monday evening’s meeting agenda, sponsored by Trustees Jon Espersen and Paul Wandel, called for “decommissioning and demolition of the village’s existing water ...