There were no major surprises in Tuesday’s school budget votes. Influxes of state and federal money helped all local budgets whose results were available by the OBSERVER’s press deadline to pass. Results from around the region include: ¯ Brocton — voters approved the $17,837,480 ...

After 16 months of providing meals in to-go containers, Friendly Kitchen — operated by Chautauqua County Rural Ministry — will be reopening for onsite meals. “It’s been a long time since the soup kitchen has been able to provide onsite meals,” said Executive Director Kathleen ...

News that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to make more than $5 million from his book is prompting state Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, to once again push the Senate to limit such books from elected officials in the future. In March, Borrello introduced S.5601 to amend the state Public Officers ...

After a four-day wait, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has decided that New York state will follow the CDC’s recently released guidance that vaccinated people can stop wearing masks and don’t have to follow 6-foot social distancing rules. Of course, we wonder why it took four days for Cuomo to make ...

Tens of thousands of Chautauqua County residents can forgo their face masks beginning Wednesday after Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that New York state was officially adopting guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The guidance, released last week, means those fully ...

KINGSTON (AP) — Six of New York's county executives called Sunday for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to update the state's COVID-19 protocols in accord with new federal guidelines that ease rules for fully vaccinated people. The bipartisan group of county executives cited Thursday's announcement by the ...