Hours after the polls closed on Election Day, Dunkirk’s Marcus Buchanan was full of optimism despite a 10-vote deficit in his race for the District One Chautauqua County legislator seat. “They have to count the absentee ballots for the final score,” he wrote in a Facebook post late that ...

Editor’s note: This column was first published in November 2018. It includes updates. Sixty years ago, our nation was in disbelief and mourning. President John F. Kennedy, less than 48 hours earlier, had been assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Those who were alive on that ...

U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins, who represented Chautauqua County for his first eight years in Congress, appears to be following what is becoming an all-too-common path for longtime legislators. Last weekend, he announced he would be resigning from his seat that he was elected to last ...

Police Chief Tim Jackson’s suggestion to Jamestown elected officials earlier this fall signaled a bit of desperation. In order to lure more officers to his short-handed department, a potential sweetener for newcomers was floated. “We’re offering a $10,000 bonus to those who are already a ...

Ready or not, early voting begins on Saturday across Chautauqua County. Those who are registered can cast their ballot at the Chautauqua County Fairgrounds in Dunkirk, the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown, the Chautauqua Mall in Lakewood and the Board of Elections office in ...

Victory Mondays were extra special during the four consecutive Super Bowl appearances by the Buffalo Bills in the 1990s. As a student at the State University of New York at Fredonia, those years offered an introduction to Valerie Pawlak who worked weekdays in the housekeeping department and ...