WEST SENECA – Seneca Nation leaders gathered with local officials and neighbors Friday to commemorate the importance of the Buffalo Creek Treaty of 1842, which forever shaped the history of both the Seneca Nation and Western New York. The treaty restored Seneca possession of the Nation’s ...
An iconic piece of the city of Dunkirk is celebrating a major anniversary. The Dunkirk Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum has opened for the 2026 Season. This season marks the 200th anniversary of an operating lighthouse on Point Gratiot. There are many exciting events going on as it starts ...
Eighteen school districts using your taxpayer dollars are continuing to prove they are major economic engines for Chautauqua County. Each year at this time, they expect a stamp of approval from residents when it comes to spending plans. When the annual vote occurs across the state on ...
Two Democratic county officials want to see the clerk’s pay cut in the future as well as see legislators' automatic pay raises eliminated. CLERK PAY Chautauqua County Legislator Bob Bankoski of Dunkirk has prefiled a local law to reduce the county clerk’s pay from $89,300 to $79,300 but not take effect until 2030. That is the next time the clerk’s office is up for election. The local law notes that in 2018, the county clerk was earning $55,500 and was getting regular Cost Of Living Adjustments. In 2024, the county legislature voted to increase the pay by $17,880. Bankoski ...
PORTLAND — Certain topics can take just the smallest spark and turn it into an inferno. That’s the case in Portland following a resolution passed by the Town Board on March 11 that expressed “general support” of a potential data center project at the Sugar Hill Golf Course. The ...
The Route 5 bridge over Canadaway Creek in the town of Dunkirk will be closed for the foreseeable future, as the State Department of Transportation (DOT) begins its complete reconstruction of the bridge that has stood for over 90 years. The Route 5 bridge replacement project was to get ...
