If you are a student of history, you know that violence has been with humanity since the day Cain slew Abel. Despite its tragic commonality, death always shocks us more when we can relate to the person lost. That shock echoes in our hearts and minds, pushing us to ask the same questions: how ...
One of the most debated pieces of the 2026 city of Dunkirk budget proposal, announced this week by Mayor Kate Wdowiasz, revolves around the salary of its top elected official. Currently the position pays $54,500. For next year, the mayor plugged in a major increase of $20,500 to $75,000 — ...
This is the statement I was planning to read at the last Village Board meeting on Tuesday. I decided against it for two reasons. The mayor right from the start seemed visibly annoyed and irritated so I didn’t want to provoke his anger because I felt that that would have been ...
Over the past 10 months we have been treated to entertaining commentary from the Woke Mob. They are apoplectic because the source of all their virtue signaling — the bottomless pit of their government programs — has been threatened by the “fascist terror” in the White House. Unable ...
CHAUTAUQUA—When Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announced her retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Bush 43 administration considered several possible successors. One of them was the author of the 2024 memoir Quiet Counsel: Looking Back on a Life of Service to the Law. Meet Larry ...
Apprehension within the northern Chautauqua County community that included a lawsuit by a local business to stop the road project greeted the announcement of a proposed roundabout at Routes 60 and 20 in the village of Fredonia in 2017. Even today, some opponents remain vocal regarding the New ...