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Genealogical Society meets Oct. 21 Change of venue for the Oct. 21 meeting of the Chautauqua County Genealogical Society. The meeting will be held at Darwin. R. Barker Museum 7 Day St., Fredonia. The business meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. in the Steele Room. At 7 p.m. Max Walters, Curator of the Museum, will speak on the “Founding of the Fredonia Academy.” According to Walters, Fredonia had some form of higher education since 1826, when the Fredonia Academy opened to an original cohort of just 15 students. Within one year, the Academy had 136 students — 81 boys and 55 girls. ...

Assemblywoman proposes tighter limits on screens in schools

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The reaction was swift earlier this year when the Salamanca City Central School District proposed using a Realbotix educational robot and digital avatar designed to support teaching and learning in its high school STEAM program. That project was quickly shelved after widespread criticism, ...

GOP candidate for Ward 2 eyes programs, services for families

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Bryan Bigelow is making children and families a hallmark of his campaign for the Jamestown City Council’s seat on Ward 2 - though housing and the homeless are certainly issues the recently seated interim councilman knows need to be addressed. Bigelow was appointed to fill Tony Dolce’s ...

Mayor cites law over in not naming officer

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FREDONIA - Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson cited state law Monday in defending the anonymity of a police officer facing misconduct charges. “This board, and my office, as well as the police department, has been accused of covering things up and everything over the investigation of a police officer,” Ferguson said Monday at a Fredonia Board of Trustees workshop. “If you know anything about government, if you know anything about law, you understand that many of our employees are civil servants, as are police officers,” Ferguson continued. “Article 75 of the (New York state) ...

County Dems push Nazzaro to replace DeJoy in District 9

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The Jamestown and Chautauqua County Democratic Party committees are asking Charles Nazzaro, a former Chautauqua County legislator who retired in 2021, to replace Vince DeJoy as the county legislator representing District 9 residents in Jamestown. DeJoy, who submitted his resignation as the District 9 legislator on Thursday, Oct. 15, is moving to North Carolina where he has a new job. DeJoy’s name will remain on the ballot. Nazzaro will serve if DeJoy wins the election. “We were surprised by Vince DeJoy’s announcement,” said Marcia Westling Johnson, county Democratic Party ...