In March, state Sen. George Borrello proposed legislation for a control board in the city of Dunkirk in an attempt to change the path of its beleaguered finances for the future. Last December, Common Council members — including Republican members Abigail Zatorski, James Stoyle and Nancy ...

When the state Education Department made school districts around the state abandon high school mascots with Native American imagery, it could do so because it held all the trump cards when it comes to state funding. School districts had little alternative but to capitulate. The fight gets ...

The early returns on a plan to pre-permit sites for new housing development in Jamestown are good. Crystal Surdyk, city development director, and Kacie Foulk, city deputy director of housing policy and development, have done a good job of coming up with an idea that could make neighborhoods ...

We are grateful for the Supreme Court’s unanimous verdict in National Rifle Association v. Vullo — a case that cut to the heart of freedom of speech. New York state officials targeted the NRA specifically because they found the NRA’s message objectionable, and pressured private ...

It’s good to see that Chautauqua County has arrived at short-term extensions of leases for its offices in Jamestown. The county’s frustrations with its office locations are understandable, but there were enough questions about a proposal to move the offices to the Chautauqua Mall in ...

City officials last week asked for the public’s help addressing an increase in vandalism affecting city parks and public spaces. It’s not a new story, as we noted last week. Vandalism and theft of historical markers were stories in 2024 as well, with additional issues created by homeless ...