Fredonia Trustee Jon Espersen has resigned. “The real question is, why did it take me that long,” he cracked when the OBSERVER asked him Thursday why he did it. “It’s not just one thing, it’s a culmination of many things. The constant negativity— I dreaded going to meetings. I ...
As was reported by The Post-Journal last week, the state budget will include a five-year delay of the state’s electric school bus mandate. State Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, supported the budget bill passed late Wednesday authorizing a five-year delay to New York's electric school bus mandate, calling it a breakthrough in his years-long efforts to relieve the burden of the unaffordable, unrealistic mandate on school districts. Under the budget agreement, school districts will now have until July 2032 before they are required to purchase only electric buses, five additional ...
A Dunkirk project has received high honors for the New York State Economic Development Council Wells Enterprises expansion project in Dunkirk has been named the council's 2026 Project of the Year. The announcement was made this week during the 2026 Annual Meeting in Cooperstown. The ...
JAMESTOWN — Two people were injured as Jamestown Fire Department crews contained a blaze to the second floor of a city building Tuesday. According to officials, firefighters were dispatched to 40 W. Eighth St. for a reported structure fire at 7:51 a.m. Upon arrival, firefighters saw smoke and flames venting from the second floor in the rear of the building. Crews used a hand line and made entry through the front door. Firefighters then used a nearby hydrant to contain the fire to the second floor. Officials said the fire was knocked down in about 20 minutes on the scene. Crews ...
Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson confirmed this week he will ask the Board of Trustees to suspend the public’s ability to comment at its meetings, starting at its next meeting. One trustee came out against it. “I will not vote to eliminate public comment at village board meetings,” Christine Cruz-Keefe stated to begin Monday’s trustees workshop. If village citizens’ “preferred method is to come to the board meetings and address in person, they should have that option.” Cruz-Keefe then addressed the shenanigans that occurred after last week’s trustees meeting. Audience ...
Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowaisz said Tuesday she will no longer attend Common Council meetings. Wdowaisz suggested Wednesday she might call her own city meetings. The council bid her farewell with an executive session focusing on the finances behind her lawsuit against former city dog officer ...
