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In Our Opinion

County May Be Seeing Signs Of Progress On Addiction

A decrease in drug overdose deaths early in 2024 is good news for those on the front lines of the county’s battle with drug addiction. We won’t know for several months if the decrease seen so far in 2024 will continue, but there are some encouraging signs. The age of those who die ...

Delay In Riverwalk Lighting Is A Sign Change Is Needed

It’s been roughly nine months since City Council members approved new emergency lighting under the North Main Street railroad viaduct. There was, if you remember, a couple of months of discussion on the matter. City development department officials wanted to spend about $150,000 on a ...

Lenhart’s Future Is Very Much In Doubt

There may be no more picturesque piece of summer in Bemus Point than seeing the Hotel Lenhart’s porch full of people in rocking chairs enjoying a summer breeze off of Chautauqua Lake. Will that picturesque view of summers gone by endure into the future? It’s hard to tell. Two ...

State’s Slow Marijuana Rollout Continues To Cost You

It was bad enough when the state’s labored rollout of legalized recreational marijuana was only costing the state tax revenue. Now, not only is the state not generating revenue to pay for programs, New York’s inability to follow the roadmap set by other states is costing you millions of ...

How Much Weight Should Chadakoin Riverwalk Carry?

A new Northwest Bank branch in Brooklyn Square has a few hurdles left to clear after city Planning Commission members raised some interesting questions about potential DEC concerns with the site of the former Oriental Star restaurant. Those concerns can likely be addressed in time for the ...

In The End, The City Picked A Bad Time To Build

There is little the city can do to reduce costs for its new Public Works garage. Council members will have little choice in April but to swallow hard and increase the bond anticipation note for the garage and other miscellaneous projects from $4.6 million to $6.3 million. There was a lot ...