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Salamanca pauses use of educational robot

On July 10, the Salamanca City Central School District announced the launch of a pilot program featuring a Realbotix educational robot and digital avatar designed to support teaching and learning in its high school STEAM program. After widespread criticism and concern, that project is ...

Clarification

In the story printed on Wednesday July 22, titled “Clymer School Board Discusses Regents ‘Mixed Messages’, Clymer Central School would like to clarify that NYSED said districts shouldn’t count the Regents exam scores into their final course grade because if a student fails the exam, it may cause the student to fail the course for the year, causing them to lose credit for the course. That is why NYSED does not recommend counting the Regents Exams as a 5th marking period. They would also like to clarify that this is why it became confusing for teachers as to whether or not to ...

Fredonia mayor defends, explains parking law plan

Mayor Michael Ferguson defended Fredonia’s proposed parking law, and tried to clear up misconceptions about it, at the recent Board of Trustees meeting. The law would start a paid permit structure for long term parking in the municipal lots, and change metered spaces to a “mobile app” ...

Smashing sendoff

Yet another busy Sunday greeted the Chautauqua County Fair for this year’s Demolition Derby final. This year featured six heats: Youth Wire Compact, Wire Compact, Pro Stock Compact, Most Wanted Fine Art (MWFA), Head-on Full Size and Motor Swap Full Size. The biggest change for the event ...

Farm Lessons

MAYVILLE — Chautauqua Lake Central School hosted its fourth annual Farm Day before students started summer vacation, letting students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grades experience agriculture first hand. The event took place on June 22, where the kids were welcomed in for a day of ...

Area Police Reports

JAMESTOWN POLICE - Kahmara R. Holloman, 19, of Jamestown was charged with two counts of unlawful imprisonment, endangering the welfare of a child, third-degree assault and fourth-degree grand larceny at 1:18 p.m. Sunday after officers responded to a west side home for a report of a physical domestic dispute in progress. Upon arrival, officers could allegedly hear yelling coming from the upstairs area of the residence. Officers also report seeing a smashed out window on the side of the residence, making contact with people there. Holloman allegedly had assaulted another person with a ...