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Forestville schools approve emergency repairs

FORESTVILLE — Capital improvements at Forestville Central Schools have not gone as smoothly as the District would have hoped. Steel-based structural concerns uncovered during construction throughout the District’s facilities have led the Board of Education…

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The OBSERVER’s View: DiNapoli keeping entities in check

Incumbent state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has a strong challenger this year in Republican challenger Joseph Hernandez. Hernandez has raised questions about DiNapoli's role in the growth of the state's debt load, wants to create a Medicaid Fraud Strike Team as Medicaid spending increases and fraud convictions decrease and proposes additional checks on $21 billion…

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Spending hikes prove county’s growing footprint

Chautauqua County's government spending has steadily increased every single year since 2020, and the 6.5% spike for 2027 is a stark departure from the smaller, incremental increases of prior years. The year-over-year spending reality includes: — 2020, $263 million — baseline when Executive PJ Wendel took office. — 2025, continued multi-million dollar incremental growth.…

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