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Brocton trucking dispute is not yet resolved

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 ...

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Apple Butter Festival Scheduled For Oct. 10 WESTFIELD - The West Portland Baptist Church, 7081 E. Route 20, Westfield, will host its 12th annual Apple Butter Festival. On Saturday, Oct. 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with old-fashioned kettle cooked apple butter available for a donation. There also will be more than 40 vendors offering various sale items including food vendors. The festival will take place rain or shine. All profits generated from the festival will be donated to the Brocton/ Portland Food Pantry, which is operated on the church grounds. Admission is free and everyone is ...

Lakewood approves stormwater project change order

LAKEWOOD - A Chautauqua Lake stormwater improvement project is going to be more expensive than originally thought. The Lakewood Village Board approved a measure to change a grant order at a Sept. 28 meeting. As previously reported in an April 2026 edition of The Post-Journal, the trustees ...

Dunkirk BESS moratorium ‘legally deficient,’ mayor says

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 ...

Legislature to review retirement benefits for managers

MAYVILLE – County officials are considering upgrading a local law that would permit managers to get the same retirement benefits as union employees. During the legislature’s September meeting, an amendment had been proposed to a local law regarding paid health insurance at retirement. ...

Consumers eligible to submit claims to drug makers

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James recently joined a bipartisan group of 47 other attorneys general in urging eligible consumers to submit claims for compensation from generic drug manufacturers that illegally colluded to raise prices. The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut recently preliminarily approved the coalition’s plan to distribute tens of millions of dollars to consumers who overpaid for certain generic drugs as the result of a massive, long-running scheme to inflate drug prices while reducing competition in the pharmaceutical industry. ...