LAKEWOOD – A cigarette is being blamed for causing a fire at a local business complex. Around 7:30 a.m. Monday the Lakewood Fire Department and Lakewood-Busti Police Department responded to 401 E Fairmount Ave. for a reported structure fire. That address has multiple businesses located ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand held a virtual press conference this week to call for the passage of the Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act, which would support research, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment for tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease. Gillibrand is also fighting to secure over ...

It’s August, and while we’ve seen a lot of summer tourists all around Chautauqua County already this summer, things are about to get even busier. This weekend is the annual Gerry Rodeo in Gerry, America’s Grape Country Craft Beverage Festival at the Chautauqua County Fairgrounds in ...