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North county meetings always ready for ruckus

It was an unusual police call on Monday, May 11 in Fredonia. Officers were being summoned to Village Hall — the same building where its headquarters are stationed on the lower level. After the public access cameras at the trustees meeting went dark, there was a definite commotion. ...

Motions Defeated: Automatic legislator raises, clerk pay to stay

An attempt by Democratic county lawmakers to eliminate automatic pay raises for legislators as well as an attempt to reduce the salary of the county clerk have failed. COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR LEGISLATORS In 2024, the county legislature voted to increase the base salary of individual ...

Promoter of canceled shows won’t be on future Reg schedules

A pair of canceled performances at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts in recent weeks are not uncommon to Jamestown by the shows’ promoter. Moxie Events, the promoter of the canceled Magic of Motown and the Ultimate Eagle Tribute Concert, has had several such cancellations around the ...

Panama JCC leadership class visits Village Board

PANAMA — As part of a requirement for one of Panama Central School’s Jamestown Community College Leadership classes, students are asked to attend a meeting of a local government, and recently students were in attendance during the May meeting of the Panama village board. Mayor William ...

Cassadaga hires new DPW Superintendent

CASSADAGA — One of the biggest items on the checklist for Rudy Abersold as mayor was to find a new supervisor of the Department of Public Works. That has been crossed off the list with the appointment of Bob Frank Jr. as DPW superintendent. Frank, who also serves as chief of the ...