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Petition seeks dissolution of village of Sherman

Top stories October 27, 2026

SHERMAN — On the morning of Oct. 14, Jeanette Ramm, Sherman village clerk/treasurer, received a 33-page petition with 151 signatures calling for the dissolution and termination of the village. The contact person for the petition is Sue Oehlbeck of Prospect Street in Sherman, mother of Fire Chief Matt Oehlbeck and wife of former mayor Gerald Oehlbeck. Sherman Mayor Colleen Meeder said the petition to dissolve the village expressed concerns about "the village's lack of support for and the mayor's control over the fire department, the question of $5,000 budgeted above the fire ...

Local projects receive state grants

Local News October 27, 2026

The potential merger of the Clymer, Sherman and Panama school districts is among the local projects receiving state Local Government Efficiency Grant funding. Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES received a $31,250 grant to help pay for the districts’ merger study, according to an announcement received Monday. The Bemus Point Central School District has received $500,000 for a wastewater plant decommissioning and sewer connection project that also includes the Chautauqua County South and Center Chautauqua Lake Sewer District. The village of Fredonia received $1,250,000 for the ...

Mayville village clerk to retire

Local News October 27, 2026

MAYVILLE – A longtime village clerk is getting ready to retire. During the recent Mayville Village Board meeting, it was announced that John Crandall would be stepping down at the end of the year. “It will be 18 and a half years when I’m done,” Crandall said after the meeting. “I ...

Schumer asks Flock CEO to answer questions

Community October 27, 2026

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, Senate Democratic leader, recently demanded answers from Flock Safety, the private company behind a nationwide network of license plate cameras, about what it does with the data it collects on Americans and demanded personal data not tied to a crime be deleted from Flock’s servers. In a letter to Flock CEO Garrett Langley, Schumer pressed the company on its National Lookup Tool, which lets agencies search camera data collected outside their own jurisdictions, and on recent reports of hacked cameras and misuse of license plate readers. Schumer called on the ...

Clymer man charged with rape of underage girl

Mary Schiller named 2026 Super Lawyer

Community October 26, 2026

Mary B. Schiller, a partner at Fessenden Laumer & DeAngelo PLLC, was recently named as an Upstate New York 2026 Super Lawyer. Schiller was selected in the practice areas of personal injury and products liability. Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a multiphase selection process. Peer ...