Brocton News

Although the roughly 300 citizens attended a mostly unchanged Memorial Day service at Brocton's Evergreen Cemetery, David Hazleton celebrated it for the first time as the main speaker and mayor of Brocton.

Freeland J. "Mike" Denmead of Central Avenue, Brocton, N.Y., died Monday, May 28, 2012, at his residence with his family by his side.

The Westfield Quilters' Guild will be holding its quilt show at 21 Brix Winery, 6654 W. Main Road in Portland, on June 1, 2 and 3. The show on Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2, will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday, June 3 from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is $4. Co-chairpersons for this year's show are Helen Sager of Brocton and Pat Sysol of ... (more)

A number of communities will be holding Memorial Day services throughout the region.

With the final day of school fast approaching, area school districts recognized the best and the brightest that are moving on - either to graduation or to retirement.

POMFRET After a two-week investigation the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office has arrested two Brocton residents on burglary and other charges.

A welcome addition arrived at the start of the recent Brocton Village Board of Trustees meeting as an audience of one.

A positive public hearing concerning Brocton's Peer-less Street Bridge has paved the way for engineering work to begin.

While it is unclear if the district will be reimbursed for the current school year, the funding is guaranteed to be restored starting with the 2012-13 school year.

At its regular meeting, the Brocton Board of Education approved going forward with a feasibility study concerning the centralization of Brocton Central School and Westfield Academy and Central School.

The Dunkirk-Fredonia Observer reports that the Brocton and Westfield districts have decided to push forward with a feasibility study.

That was the good word at the most recent Westfield Academy and Central School's Board of Education meeting on Monday, April 16.

For the second year in a row, all area school districts approved their budgets. Most budgets easily passed.

MARION, Ark. - James F. "Jimmy" Nowak, 62, of Marion, Arkansas, formerly of Silver Creek, died Thursday, April 19, 2012 at home following a brave battle with cancer.

Irene E. Odell, age 98, of Fredonia NY, died Thursday May 10, 2012 at her home with her loving family at her side.

The Chadwick Bay Regional Development Corporation was scheduled to meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Brocton American Legion.

On Tuesday morning, Fredonia-based troopers charged Toby Sanders, 19, of Brocton for unlawful possession of marijuana, after a vehicle and traffic stop for an inadequate exhaust.

Second graders at Brocton Elementary are responsible for making their town a little brighter.

The Brocton Village Board of Trustees continues to be amazed by the progress being made raising matching funds for their village's monumental restoration of its historic four-corner arch.

The Westfield and Brocton boards of education came to neutral ground Wednesday night at the LoGuidice Center in Fredonia to take the first step toward a merger of the two districts.