Dunkirk standoff ends with suspect in custody
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt 1:51 p.m., Dunkirk police shared a post on Facebook indicating that one suspect was in custody and the shelter in place had been lifted....
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BREAKING: Shelter in place issued for Franklin Avenue area of Dunkirk
Reading Time: 2 minutesLocal residents are being asked to avoid the Franklin Avenue area of Dunkirk due to what has been described as an “ongoing police incident.”...
Detailing Dunkirk’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization plan
Reading Time: 4 minutesALYSSA BUMP Chief Copy & Design Editor Blueprints, budgeting plans and business approvals are beginning to bring change to Dunkirk and Fredonia. On Jan. 23, New York Governor Kathy Hochul visited Dunkirk, N.Y., to award the city a $10 million Downtown Revitalization Grant. The Economic Development Announcement, hosted at the......
From the desk of Jules Hoepting, Managing and Design Editor
Reading Time: 4 minutesJULES HOEPTING Managing Editor The first sentence of my last article for The Leader. And now it’s the second sentence. After editing over 200 articles, designing 23 issues and 702 pages, and having written 29 — now 30 — articles, the slippery sun sunk into the horizon and dawn will......
SUNY Fredonia shows approval for potential train station in Dunkirk, N.Y.
Reading Time: 5 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK News Editor SUNY Fredonia may soon hear the chugging and choo-choos of trains passing by campus — and the college is excited. Both students and faculty alike are sharing in the excitement of the potential of a train station coming to Dunkirk, N.Y. Train talk began in the......
Local “CREATE Project” non-profit serves those dealing with childhood sexual abuse and its aftermath
Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK News Editor Since second grade, Valerie Walawender has held a vision: one day, she would help others. She drove through less-fortunate neighborhoods with her parents and went to school where she and her siblings were practically the only white students in the school. She was constantly surrounded by......