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Sam Drayo Jr

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 13, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Observer Today
Top 500K sites
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Jul 8, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · By Sam Drayo Jr.

    Barker Commons has extraordinary past (opens the original)

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    I have decided to offer a short history of Barker Commons. Originally the land in the center of the village, known as Barker Commons, was owned by Hezekiah Barker and his wife, Sarah Barker. On April 18, 1825, the Barkers deeded the land that is now Barker Commons to Zattu Cushing, Leverett Barker, William Barker, Mosley W. Abel and Oliver Barnes. The land consisted of an undivided single 5¾ acre parcel of land (no street was running through the center of the Park at that time). The 1825 deed fr

  2. Article · Aug 1, 2026 · By Sam Drayo Jr.

    Time to speak up on quieting village residents (opens the original)

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    A resolution was adopted by the Board of Trustees of the village of Fredonia on June 23 prohibiting village citizens from publicly addressing their elected representatives at Village Board meetings. The resolution was approved by Mayor Michael Ferguson and Trustees Paul Wandel and Ben Brauchler. Trustee LeeAnn Lazarony and Trustee Christine Cruz Keefe voted against the resolution. Allowing village residents to publicly address their elected is a long tradition over many years permitted by previo

  3. Article · Jul 8, 2026 · By SAM DRAYO Jr.

    No clear-cut answers on village water plans (opens the original)

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    The meeting for the discussion of the proposed Fredonia water system is scheduled for Thursday at the new town of Pomfret building on Chestnut Road. For convenience of the public, it should have been at the Fredonia Opera House as was done for the last citizens meeting with the Village officials and engineers The meeting is important as it will have engineers and others present to explain the purchase of water from the North Chautauqua County Water District and answer questions. The meeting shou

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