Dunkirk’s new comptroller debuted this week at a Common Council Finance Committee meeting. The city’s seemingly endless flow of bad financial news splashed at her feet. Tracy Smith-Dengler received her City Hall keypod, then sat back and took in the latest reports, saying nothing. Nick ...

The Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education welcomed two new ex-officio members to their roles during the body’s annual reorganization meeting. Rising Jamestown High School seniors Olivia Anderson and Alyvia Remington will serve as student members of the board of education during the ...

For the first time in 25 years, residents who live in the South and Center Sewer District will be having to pay more. Tom Walsh, the director of the South and Center Sewer District, attended the Chautauqua County Legislature’s Public Facilities Committee meeting where he announced that ...

SOUTH DAYTON - The village of South Dayton is here to stay --- for now at least. In a vote held Tuesday, 78 opposed the idea of dissolution while 55 were in favor. If residents in the village had approved the vote, all assets would have eventually been turned over to the town of Dayton. The ...

New York state will have a one-year ban on construction of large data centers, but Gov. Kathy Hochul's executive order on the issue is less restrictive than legislation passed near the end of the state legislative session. Hochul announced early Tuesday morning that she will sign an executive ...

The YWCA Jamestown will honor its 2026 Women of Achievement - Leishya Rios Pérez, Makayla Santiago-Froebel, Briana Postle, Crystal Surdyk and Diana Scott - on July 31 at the Celoron Harbor Hotel. The awards ceremony was held recently at the Chautauqua Harbor Hotel. “YWCA Jamestown has a ...