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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 24-year-old is facing charges after fleeing police early Saturday. Joseph I. Chadwick was charged with third-degree unlawful fleeing of a police officer in a motor vehicle, second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, having a felony arrest warrant and other traffic tickets. At ...

Reginald Cole of Cassadaga Valley Central School has recently been awarded Teacher of the Year from the state Technology and Engineering Educators’ Association. The formal announcement took place at the group’s 63rd annual Conference at the SUNY Poly Tech Institute in Utica. Cole’s ...

The Chautauqua Youth Symphony provides talented young musicians with a professional orchestral experience. The Youth Symphony was established in 1986 under the name of Jamestown Orchestra of Youth. Now known as the Chautauqua Youth Symphony, the organization integrates all students from ...