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Busti Apple Festival is Saturday, Sunday, in Busti

The Busti Apple Festival will once again fill the Busti Historical Society’s 1850 campus this weekend from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. New this year is a schedule of events to make sure visitors don’t miss a demonstration, Civil War drill or the restored mill grinding grain. ...

Fredonia may discipline police employee

FREDONIA - Fredonia is looking to discipline, and possibly suspend, a Fredonia Police Department employee over “certain allegations.” Police Chief Gregory Myers “intends to (pursue) disciplinary charges against an employee of the village police department,” according to resolutions on the agenda of the village Board of Trustees’ Sept. 28 meeting. The employee is not named in the resolutions. The resolutions were on the agenda of trustees’ workshop on Monday, but there was no discussion of them. One of the resolutions authorizes the appointment of Brian Doyle as a ...

Police, school respond to incident in Westfield

WESTFIELD --- An incident involving a disorderly individual had the village of Westfield on alert Wednesday morning. At approximately 10 a.m., officers from the Westfield Police Department, New York State Police, and Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office responded to Westfield Memorial ...

State corrections officers' union strongly supports Blakeman

Corrections across New York state have made it official: they are fed up with incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul. In a historic statewide membership endorsement process for governor of New York, the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association overwhelmingly voted to endorse ...

City man charged after allegedly hitting man with hammer

A Jamestown man faces second-degree assault charges after allegedly hitting another person in the head with a hammer during an argument. Austin T. Thayer, 29, of Jamestown was charged with second-degree felony assault, third-degree felony criminal possession of a weapon, felony tampering with physical evidence and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance at 12:53 a.m. Wednesday. Officers responded to an east side home for a report of an assault. One person was found with a severe cut to his head. Thayer had allegedly hit the other person in the head with a hammer, ...

September proclaimed Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Pictured from left: Legislator Marty Proctor, R-Mina, and County Executive PJ Wendel proclaim September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Also pictured are Mike and Andrea LeBaron of Frewsburg, and Melissa Gibbons and son Lucas Gibbons of Findley Lake. Lucas is a childhood cancer survivor, ...