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Union appeals ruling that favored city

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A union has filed an appeal of an arbitration decision that went against former city of Dunkirk employee Kim Robbins. Robbins was a legal secretary who was told on Jan. 6, 2025, that she was getting laid off. The American Federation of State and County Municipal Employees filed a grievance, ...

Ferguson Wants Route 60 Hotel Closed

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Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson wants the shutdown of a Route 60 motel notorious for violent incidents. “I have called for the immediate closure and abandonment of the property on Route 60 formerly known as the Econo Lodge,” Ferguson declared during his mayoral report at a Board of ...

Area Police Reports

Police Reports

JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT - Kiara C. Slaughter, 25, of Jamestown, was charged April 26 with driving while intoxicated, and aggravated DWI per se. According to police, at about 1:53 a.m., officers were patrolling in the area of Fulton and East Sixth streets, and conducted a traffic stop on a ...

Union Appeals Ruling That Favored City Of Dunkirk

Community

A union has filed an appeal of an arbitration decision that went against former city of Dunkirk employee Kim Robbins. Robbins was a legal secretary who was told on Jan. 6, 2025, that she was getting laid off. The American Federation of State and County Municipal Employees filed a grievance, ...

Langworthy Calls On Speaker To Bring Homeland Security Bill To Floor

Community

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday urging the immediate consideration of the Department of Homeland Security funding measure that passed the Senate unanimously last month. Following his arrival to Washington this week, he held a Zoom press conference ...

Electric Prices Remain Sky High In State, Group Says

Community

Recent data from the Energy Information Administration and Empire Center for Public Policy show New York’s average residential electricity prices at 29.99 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 70 percent higher than the U.S. average of 17.6 cents per kilowatt hour, and 50 percent higher than in ...