New York’s fiscally stressed cities have been thrown a life preserver by state Gov. Kathy Hochul. On Thursday Hochul announced an additional $150 million in financial assistance for municipalities outside New York City to assist in relieving immediate fiscal stress. This additional funding ...

The National Comedy Center has been named the #1 Best Pop Culture Museum in the country by USA Today as part of the 2026 USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. The National Comedy Center was one of 20 institutions nationwide nominated as the best in the U.S. in the pop culture category by ...

It’s going to get a bit easier to open a cannabis shop in New York state. Both houses of the state Legislature have passed legislation (S.9155/A.10140) to clarify how to measure a proposed cannabis shop’s distance from a church or a school. The Assembly passed the bill by a 91-50 vote ...

FALCONER – U.S. House Representative Nick Langworthy visited Ellicott on Wednesday to celebrate federal funding for a water district expansion project more than two decades in the making. Though over 22 years into the planning process, the town hopes to be able to break ground on the ...

In 2023, Holy Apostles Parish’s St John’s church took a hiatus from a community-loved Lenten tradition of its annual fish fry. This year, the church is bringing it back in support of St Susan Center. The fish fry dinner began Wednesday for Ash Wednesday and continues on Friday, ...

Youth members of St. Luke’s Episocpal Church, alongside numerous volunteers, have recently set off on a biyearly journey. This journey takes the group along a historical religious route, with the group expected to arrive in Rome just in time for the beginning of Lent. Despite the tough ...