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Gillibrand legislation seeks added Social Security benefits

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Amid skyrocketing prices in President Trump’s America, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is part of an effort to increase Social Security benefits and help seniors combat the rising cost of living. Wednesday, Gillibrand introduced legislation to expand Social Security benefits for ...

Winds still pack punch in holiday storm

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Dunkirk fire and police were at the scene of Second and Plover streets where a tree went down early Friday. It took down wires around 12:15 a.m. but there were no injuries reported. During the course of the storm, wind gusts reached more than 50 mph in the north county. Snowfall rates, however, ...

SUNY helps communities combat food insecurity

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State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. highlighted actions taken by SUNY students, faculty, and staff — including those at the Fredonia campus — to combat food insecurity, which continues to impact millions of New Yorkers, over the coming Thanksgiving holiday break. At ...

Thanksgiving adds to nation’s unity

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November is known for more than just our annual Veterans Day celebration. Beyond the history of the end of a great war that involved many countries around the globe is knowledge of other extreme tragedy such as the maritime event of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a lake freighter that ...

More than 8M state checks issued, Hochul says

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More than 8.2 million checks have now been mailed to eligible New Yorkers under the state’s first-ever Inflation Refund Check program. “(Tuesday) marks the day that over 8.2 million inflation refund checks have been mailed out, putting money back into the pockets of individuals across the ...

Jamestown Man Charged In Assault With Baseball Bat

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A Jamestown man is facing charges after an assault on Thanksgiving morning. Alec C. Pentz, 30, was charged with second-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. At around 9:41 a.m., officers from the Jamestown Police Department responded to a Northside address for a ...