Village of Fredonia residents face 65% tax increase

FREDONIA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- After Village of Fredonia leaders announced a 65% tax increase in this year's budget proposal, residents took to a public hearing on Wednesday night to express their frustrations.Around this time one year ago, Fredonia residents had to come to terms with a nearly 6% property tax hike. When they heard that this year's could be 10 times that amount, they said this is something they have never seen before."The area is circling the drain. Everyone knows it," one Fredonia res