A battle is brewing nationwide over whether recipients of SNAP benefits, also known as “food stamps,” should be allowed to purchase soda and candy with their government food assistance. Critics of the new push to ban soda and candy purchases under SNAP say it unfairly targets lower income ...

Neighborhood projects are ongoing in the city, with a few events coming up in the next few weeks to help continue housing work in the city. During Monday’s work session of the city council, Councilman Bill Reynolds, R-Ward 5, and chair of the housing committee said Crystal Surdyk, ...

A control board in the city of Dunkirk could be coming by the end of June under legislation introduced Monday by state Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay. Borrello said in late March he was going to introduce legislation to implement a fiscal control board in the city of Dunkirk. Assemblyman ...

A much-discussed lawsuit seeking to invalidate the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act has been filed in state Supreme Court in Albany County. The Chautauqua Lake Property Owners Association, town of Ellery, Bemus Point Business Association and Southern Tier Builders Association are asking ...

BEMUS POINT—The Village of Bemus Point is aiming to turn the brown water between itself and the town Of Ellery into the color of money. During a recent Bemus Point Village Board meeting, Mayor Jeff Molnar said the Bemus Point-Ellery Paddle Trial and Blueway Course is moving at full speed ...

Jamestown Community College is seeking some assistance to remove asbestos that was discovered during a recent renovation. In March, Kathleen Dennison said while the college was doing a remodeling project on the first floor of the Hultquist Library building, when asbestos was discovered when ...