Fredonia News

Fredonia native Jenn Suhr competes during the Fred Schmertz Women's Pole Vault in the Millrose Games at the The Armory, Saturday, in New York.

An early-morning altercation at the Country Fair on Route 60 in Fredonia on Friday led to the arrest of a Jamestown man.

After its first presentation earlier this month in Fredonia, the United Arts Appeal of Chautauqua County is offering ''Kaleidoscope'' in Jamestown on Friday.

Cheers were heard when groundhog Dunkirk Dave did not see his shadow. Many people are relieved that the winter has been mild.

The February meeting of the League of Women Voters will be on Feb. 22 at the White Inn for lunch at noon.

For the third straight year, the OBSERVER's "Where's my pizza?" contest filled up our entry box at our Second Street offices in Dunkirk.

This Valentine's Day weekend, a local fundraiser will be helping raise money for the Salvation Army's Anew Center.

Two former employees of Farrell's automobile dealership on West Main Street in Fredonia have been charged in an embezzlement case.

Joan E. Niedermeyer, 76, of Niagara Falls died Thursday morning at the Chautauqua County Home in Dunkirk.

Mary E. Benchley, 32, of Fredonia, was arraigned on aggravated unlicensed operation and no inspection.

The Fredonia-Pomfret Grape Belt Seniors may not have an official home at this time but will be glad to know the Pomfret Town Board approved the partial tax exemption increase.

Students from throughout Chautauqua County had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work beside three of the most distinguished chefs in the nation through a partnership between the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES, ProStart, and the Culinary Institute of America, one of the most prestigious culinary colleges in the world.

Nearly 40 percent of high school seniors and 15 percent of all students in seventh through 12th grades in Chautauqua County report using marijuana.

For more than 30 years, Chautauqua Striders has been dedicating its efforts to the mentoring and guidance of youth through education, advocacy, and athletics.

Ruth E. Merritt of E. Randolph NY, formerly of Fredonia, NY, died Feb. 5, 2012. Survivors include daughter Patricia M. Mileham.

Bodell Overcash Ander-son & Co., announces the transfer of financial consultant Timothy C. Brown to their Fredonia office.

Two former employees of Farrell's automobile dealership on West Main Street in Fredonia have been charged in an embezzlement case.

Join in on the revelry of the annual "Kiss Me Anew" charity Valentine's Gala, set to take place at the Clarion Hotel on Saturday.

Francis "Frank" S. Lauricella, former owner of Fredonia's White Inn, died Thursday in Brooks Memorial Hospital, Dunkirk, from a blood clot that developed after surgery for a broken leg.

The eight organizations in Chautauqua County that comprise the United Arts Appeal provided samples representing their organizations in a program called Kaleidoscope! recently at the Fredonia Opera House.