Brocton News

Nationally recognized cartoonist Brad Anderson will share his time and talent this Saturday at the Brocton Portland Community Festival.

Nearly 900 two- and four-year degree candidates received diplomas from Alfred State College this spring.

Gov. David Paterson recently sent a letter to Brocton Mayor J. Dale Abram, telling him the village was denied any and all grant money from the American Revitalization Act.

Education and labor leaders from Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties were honored recently for service to their unions and local communities at the New York State United Teachers Southwestern NY Regional Office's 2009 annual awards dinner at the Premier Banquet Center in Olean.

An eight-year OBSERVER tradition continues next week. On Wednesday, our annual special edition to raise funds for The Resource Center and spotlight the Laurel Run will take to the streets.

Graduation/drop-out rates as of June 2008 District 2002 2003 2004 Bemus Point 96%/1% 96%/1% 99%/1% Brocton 79%/15% 86%/11% 77%/16% Cassadaga Valley 92%/3% 80%/13% 82%/12% Cattaraugus-Little Valley 73%/17% 76%/17% 76%/9% Chautauqua Lake 82%/9% 86%/9% 84%/6% Clymer 90%/5% 95%/5% 94%/3% Dunkirk 70%/26% 68%/24% 67%/15% Falconer 81%/17% 86%/10% 92%/3% ...

While manufacturers across the country are freezing spending and reducing payrolls, Jamestown Plastics is adding equipment to its two manufacturing facilities to support new opportunities and anticipates increasing its workforce later this year.

Fredonia School Board President Edith Byrne received the Master of Boardsmanship award during a meeting of the board Tuesday night.

A team from Local 616, the city of Dunkirk's firefighters union, took home first place Friday in the inaugural Wreck & Roll Festival hose race.

The Chautauqua County Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its third annual Ride for the Red Fundraiser on Saturday.

The Brocton School Board heaped praise on Superintendent Jack Skahill at Thursday night's meeting.

The American Red Cross Disaster Action Team from the Chautauqua County Chapter moved into action early Saturday to provide disaster relief assistance to help victims of a fire on Maple Avenue in Dunkirk.

State audits of two Southern Tier school districts showed some weak controls over classroom funds and in some internal controls and auditing.

Are you a teenager in need of a summer job? Were you hoping to work for your local municipal government's youth program? If you don't have a job yet, you may be out of luck.

A Brocton man faces a slew of charges after he allegedly rear-ended another vehicle Thursday evening in the town of Portland while he was drunk and then fled the scene of the crash, Chautauqua County sheriff's officials reported.

Nine of the 20 Brocton Central people appointed to the merger feasibility study with Fredonia Central showed up Wednesday to share their thoughts with the Brocton School Board.

It's going to take more than a three-hour meeting to convince some of the estimated 250 people who attended the unveiling Monday of the Brocton-Fredonia merger study.

With declining enrollment and other factors impacting the Ripley Central School District, school officials have decided to look at every option.

The Brocton Central School Board is hoping for a large turnout at Monday's meeting to unveil the Brocton- Fredonia School District centralization feasibility study.

A committee created to review the future of the County Home is almost prepared to deliver its final report to the County Legislature, which could shape the nursing home policy for the county in the years to come.