BROCTON — A dispute between Brocton residents and a limited liability company, Z&YY Trucking, is still ongoing. Legal counsel is involved on both sides of the dispute, as residents complain about the excessive noise, safety concerns, and impact of the company on property values, while the ...
The city of Jamestown will host its fifth annual Riverwalk Trick or Treat Trail on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 5 to 7 p.m. The family-friendly event will take place along the Chadakoin River, with the trick-or-treat trail running from the Washington Street bridge to Panzarella Park between the two pedestrian bridges on both sides of the river. “We are excited to welcome families back for the fifth annual Riverwalk Trick or Treat Trail,” said Mayor Kimberly A. Ecklund. “This event has become a wonderful Halloween tradition in our community, and we look forward to another evening ...
LAKEWOOD- A new councilman was unanimously voted in by the Busti Town Board. The Busti Town Board approved the seating of a replacement representative at a town board meeting Monday, appointing Thad Lund to fill the vacancy left by former Councilman Tyler Nelson, who moved outside the ...
On a foggy December night in 1951 a large passenger airplane crashed into a mountain ridge in Cattaraugus County, killing 26 people and leaving 14 survivors in the snow and cold for three days and two nights. It’s the longest stranding of a large group of airplane crash survivors in ...
DUNKIRK - The Common Council followed improper procedure in imposing a Battery Energy Storage System moratorium, Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiasz stated in her veto message. Wdowiasz wrote that she intends to share her own draft for a moratorium, following “procedural steps required for its lawful adoption,” such as adopting a local law. Wdowiasz laid out four main objections to the council’s moratorium, with supporting paragraphs. She first called the moratorium resolution “legally deficient.” Wdowiasz said that such a moratorium requires a local law and its accompanying ...
FREDONIA - The State University at Fredonia’s enrollment decline continues, though the pace of the decline has eased for a third straight September. Enrollment vice president Kathryn Kendall offered a report at the first University Council meeting of the 2026-27 school year, which showed a student body at 3,108 students as of Sept. 21. That’s down 76 students from the September 2025 “head count” of campus enrollees. The count was 3,201 in September 2024, and 3,236 in September 2023. However, that is at least an improvement from 2019-2022 when SUNY Fredonia lost hundreds of ...
