Plan to convert church moves forward

An effort to make St. Mary’s Church in Little Kohler a private community center inched forward last week when the Town of Fredonia Plan Commission recommended that the town’s Board of Zoning Appeals rule whether to grant variances for property setbacks that are narrower than normally allowed.

The group of former parishioners hope to buy the church, subdivide it from the cemetery behind it and operate it as an historical and community center.