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Key Dunkirk DPW budget lines in red

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Three significant Dunkirk Department of Public Works budget lines are running in the red, according to department head Randy Woodbury. DPW’s director began his most recent Common Council Finance Committee report saying the department will be able to use Consolidated Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) funding to pay for a bucket loader truck. Woodbury followed that news by saying three budget lines are running out of money with three months remaining in the year. “We are in the red on three lines,” he stated. The first line involves fixing broken infrastructure. “We ...

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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE - RIPLEY - Christopher S. Gibbons, 37, of Ripley was charged with second-degree harassment at 8:46 p.m. Sunday after deputies responded to a reported altercation in Ripley. Gibbons allegedly made unwanted physical contact with another individual at the ...

New York sees surge in mobile sportsbetting, problem gambling calls

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Mobile sports betting has quickly become New York state’s second largest source of gaming revenue, trailing only the lottery. In State Fiscal Year 2026, mobile sports betting generated $1.3 billion in state revenues from taxes on gross gaming revenues, according to a report by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The report also notes that the increased wagering activity led to a 8.5% increase in calls to the state’s problem gambling hotline in 2025 since 2020. “While the legalization of mobile sports betting in New York has boosted state revenues, the rise in problem ...

Briefly

Briefly

RTPI To Open New Exhibit Oct. 9 The Roger Tory Peterson Institute will host an opening reception for Flights of Feathers: Migratory Birds from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9. Guests will be the first to experience the second major exhibition of the year, and learn about how and why birds travel hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles, during their migrations. The art included in the exhibition display various birds and how they handle migrations (or don’t migrate at all, and why). Original paintings, pencil sketches and ink drawings by Roger Tory Peterson span from 1941 to 1980, ...