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Southwestern officials honor retiring teachers

Southwestern Central School officials are recognizing 10 retiring teachers with a cumulative total of 251.75 years of service to the district. They are: Pam Piazza, 36.5 years with Southwestern. After beginning her career at Southwestern as a substitute lunch monitor in 1986, filling in ...

Trolley Car 93 project marks car’s 100th birthday with poster project

The man behind the restoration of Jamestown Street Railway Trolley Car #93 is looking for a little help to get the project to its destination. Bob Johnston has been working for years to restore the trolley car, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in existence. Johnston is working to ...

‘Start soon’

A long awaited housing project in Westfield has yet to begin, but one county leader believes it will start before the end of the year. Savarino Companies has proposed converting the former CE Welch building into apartments and commercial space. The project was originally to be done by 2 ...

Sherman discusses speed, traffic issues

SHERMAN - Sherman officials are having preliminary discussions about ways to decrease speeding and parking throughout the village. During a recent board meeting, Colleen Meeder, Sherman mayor, said she had attended a Safe Streets event hosted by Erie County. The Community Development Block ...

Student-Driven Splash

MAYVILLE - Students, community leaders, environmental organizations and water professionals came together to celebrate the success of the inaugural Water Warriors Day, a hands-on event dedicated to protecting local waterways and empowering youth to become environmental stewards. Hosted through ...

Falconer Christmas events may be one-day festival

The village of Falconer may be getting a little bit jollier this December. Nikki Pierce, a member of the Falconer Village Board, said during a recent meeting she had met with Ron Caldwell, organizer of the Falconer Christmas Association, to talk about planning a Christmas festival. Pierce ...