Dunkirk News

The New York State Bluebird Society and the Lake Erie Bird Club will co-sponsor a Bluebird Workshop in Western New York on Monday, March 17. This workshop is free and the public is invited.

The Dunkirk Senior High School Class of 1989 will host its 25-year class reunion on July 25 and 26 in Dunkirk.

OBSERVER Photo by Dan Kohler An accident Tuesday in the city of Dunkirk at the intersection of Lake Shore Drive East and North Jerboa Street led to two people suffering minor injuries and one person getting charged with following too closely.

Upstate Shredding , based in Owego, N.Y., has announced the acquisition of the assets of Brant Auto Parts , located in Irving, N.Y. Brant Auto Parts, founded in 2003, has been serving Buffalo, Hamburg and Dunkirk, N.Y., and the surrounding areas for more than 10 years.

At a recent Board of Directors of the Dunkirk Historical Society a schedule of dates for monthly membership meetings was set.

Dunkirk resident Christopher M. Grant will spend 20 months to five years in state prison for his role in the September 2012 shooting death of Frank T. Slate Jr., 73, of Fredonia.

What started out as an educational video on the ethics of fracking followed by a question and answer session turned into a heated debate recently at Jamestown Community College North Training Center in Dunkirk.

TV weathercasters love their cliches. They talk about Mother Nature and Old Man Winter and March coming in like a lion.

For years, its residents have flocked to the pier on Thursday nights and taken part in a number of city festivals during the summer months.

When the flood hit Tri-County Hospital in 2009 and caused countless counselor layoffs, Mike Tramuta was left with no place to go to do what he loved most, which was helping people.

Donald D. Summerton, 83, of Old Main Road, Silver Creek, formerly of Forestville, died Friday, February 28, 2014 at Buffalo General Hospital.

The first of two sentencings in the manslaughter case regarding 73-year-old Frank T. Slate Jr., the Fredonia man killed in September 2012, is set to occur Monday morning at 10 a.m. in Mayville.

Dunkirk seniors take note. We are not regarded as important human beings in the eyes of the Dunkirk Common Council, namely Stephanie Kiyak, Michael Michalski, William Rivera, Adelino Gonzalez and Stacy Szukala.

It's stating the obvious to say that a small village church congregation can't do anything about the frigid temperatures that terrorized the region this year.

A fire raged in the attic of a home on the corner of Middle and Center roads Friday night into Saturday morning.

The benefits of having parents read with their children will be discussed at the March meetings of Parents for Parents, a monthly support group for family members and caregivers of people with special needs.

Gertrude S. "Gert," Majka , age 88, of Fredonia, N.Y died February 26, 2014 at her home.

Fredonia's Dakota Gardner and Dunkirk's Tito Colom went 2-0 Friday during the first day of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Wrestling Championships at the Times Union Center, in Albany.

The Lake Shore Senior Citizens helped Ronnie Ginley celebrate her 95th birthday.

A lifelong area resident, she was born April 28, 1966, in Dunkirk, N.Y., the daughter of the late H. Jack Davis and Judith Mizwa Davis Schauman.