Two weeks into a the spring semester and both Jamestown Community College and the State University of New York at Fredonia are reporting low numbers of new coro
Feb 15, 2021
Pictured from left Lt. Kirk Lyon, Sheriffâs Academy director; recruit Jacob S. Dietzel; and Verna Feather, widow of Dan Feather).
This fall the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Academy awarded recruit Jacob Dietzel the Dan Feather Memorial Scholarship worth $1,000.
Dietzel is attending the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Academy at Jamestown Community College. He is from Jamestown and graduated from both Jamestown Community College and the State University of New York at Fredonia, and also serves in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.
Dietzel was accepted into the Sheriff’s Academy in August 2020.
The Dan Feather Memorial Scholarship was created by Verna Feather, the widow of Dan Feather, an 18-year veteran of the Jamestown Police Department. The recipient must be a Chautauqua County resident who is attending the Sheriff’s Academy and possesses qualities which reflect the professionalism and character that Dan Feather demonstrated during his service as
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A former student expelled from the State University of New York at Fredonia for allegedly violating the student code of conduct regarding “non-consensual sexual contact” has filed an application in state Supreme Court in Chautauqua County seeking, among other actions, to be reinstated and have his record cleared.
The challenge was filed as an Article 78 proceeding, a provision of New York civil law in which a court is asked to review a decision or action of a state official or administrative agency.
The former student, only identified in documents as Z.P., is also asking the court to remain anonymous during the proceedings. His attorney is Angel Antonio Castro III in Syracuse.
As a new semester gets underway, enrollment worries continue to be a focus at the State University of New York at Fredonia. President Dr. Stephen Kolison prai
Students returned to SUNY Fredonia on Monday following winter break.
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FREDONIA As a new semester gets underway, enrollment worries continue to be a focus at the State University of New York at Fredonia.
President Dr. Stephen Kolison praised the campus during a meeting with the Dunkirk-Fredonia Rotary Club during the winter recess, while lamenting a decline in support from the state. “This is a great institution, great faculty, outstanding students,” Kolison began. “We have strong programs and we are a very good value in terms of affordability and we play a critical role in the socio-economic fabric of this community.”