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SWCS argues against discovery claim in incident

Attorneys for the Southwestern Central School District say the district shouldn’t be required to turn over pre-discovery materials in a potential lawsuit by a substitute teacher because there is no sign the district is at fault and because disclosing school security videos and building blueprints is a security risk. The district responded to a July court filing by a Lakewood woman asking the state Supreme Court in Mayville to compel the Southwestern Central School District to turn over video of an alleged incident in which the woman was injured. No lawsuit has yet been filed, only ...

Lakewood on track for Fall Fest in October

LAKEWOOD - The village will host a popular local event on Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., entitled the Lakewood Fall Festival 2026. Taryn Wilson, the director of the Lakewood Farmer’s Market and who also pulls double-duty as the fall festival supervisor, spoke this week at the Village ...

County celebrates milestone in major Wells project

DUNKIRK -- Another milestone has been reached in the Wells Enterprises project in Dunkirk. A ribbon cutting was held for the $425 million project, which includes the recently completed state-of-the-art employee center and new production lines. The facility significantly increases production ...

Showing its age

LAKEWOOD — Should the existing police headquarters be renovated, or is it better to build a new facility elsewhere? At Monday's meeting of the Village Board at 20 W. Summit St. one of the main topics of discussion was how to address the issues facing the aging police department ...

BPU reports on design for fiber work

Over the past month, work has continued forward with the Board of Public Utilities’ fiber network project, and at the BPU’s August meeting General Manager Kris Sellstrom reported they have reached the final design phase for the underground work. “We have been busy with the fiber project, getting that rolling forward,” Sellstrom said. “We do have final design for the underground work downtown. I think we eliminated 95% of the conduit that was going to be installed by leveraging our existing conduits.” There are also some key areas where Sellstrom said they would be ...

Mayville seeks Sea Lion Drive property

MAYVILLE – The village of Mayville is looking to take possession of a property that it paid to have a dilapidated house on it removed. “Finally after 20-some years, that has been completed and torn down,” Mayor Rick Syper said at the August village board meeting. “There was close to ...