Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson missed criticism of his idea to halt public comments at Fredonia trustees meetings. However, he is apparently dropping the idea for now. Ferguson called the OBSERVER ahead of Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting and stated that he is not planning on pushing ...

Another rural hospital is downsizing operations from patient, emergency and long-term care services to an ambulatory and outpatient model. On Tuesday afternoon, the Bradford Regional Medical Center submitted a formal closure notice to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to transition the Kaleida ...

New York state Gov. Kathy Hochul has again come to the rescue for a fiscally challenged city with its massive debt — and this one is downstate. On Monday, Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced New York state will allocate an additional $1.5 billion in operating expenses ...

CELORON – Chautauqua County 4-H will be hosting the twelfth annual Green Tie Affair fundraiser, typically the largest of any event that the organization holds. Any money that is raised will go to the organization, an extension of Cornell Cooperative, to put back into the community to better ...

The Land Conservancy announced Tuesday it has been awarded a $675,000 state grant toward the acquisition of the Bear Lake Preserve in the town of Stockton. The grant, announced in late December by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation through the 2025 Regional ...

CLYMER — With no new updates from the state on the town’s battery storage moratorium, the town of Clymer discussed and approved extending said moratorium again for another 12 months. During the February meeting of the town a public hearing was held in regards to this extension, with no ...