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Editor’s Corner

COVID Funds Encouraged Overspending Sickness

How much more collateral damage will there be from the generous COVID funds that were handed out by the federal government that came with little oversight? If the city of Dunkirk is any indication, we may just be at the tip of the iceberg. Two north-county municipalities have been in the ...

Former Station’s Curse Grips Dunkirk Finances

Dunkirk’s former power generating station located on the shores of Lake Erie has always been a love-hate relationship for its residents. City, school and county officials historically understood the payoff it brought in terms of adding to a deteriorating tax base and high-paying jobs. But ...

Brooks-TLC Crisis Still Revolves Around Numbers

For Katy Schwalbe, the issue regarding whether a new Brooks-TLC Hospital System will be built hits close to her native town. As one of the presenters at the community forum on Tuesday night at the Northern Chautauqua Catholic School, she was born at the current Dunkirk location. “It’s ...

Shrinking Tax Bases Rely On Albany’s Bailout

Dunkirk Board of Education members in February had their annual dose of despair when it comes to future funding from New York. Dr. Richard Timbs, a financial consultant and former Board of Cooperative Educational System superintendent, again painted that bleak picture for the second-largest ...

Designation Might Make Airport Take Off

Former county parks and airport manager Sam Arcadipane cannot help but notice a trend when looking at the New York state’s western and northern borders. Most of the airports in those locations — Watertown, Massena and Plattsburgh — have a designation the Jamestown and Dunkirk properties ...

Reliable Schumer Always Makes Splash For County

Along the shores of the Barcelona Harbor last month stood a high-profile group of elected officials who are working to make things happen across this region and Western New York. Those representatives included U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy of state Congressional District 23, Dunkirk Mayor Kate ...