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Council backs bonding to cover city deficit

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Dunkirk is ready to float bonds in an attempt to cover its deficit. The city Common Council authorized a pair of resolutions to enable the bonds during a rare Sunday session. The council has already had its final regular meeting of the year, but Mayor Kate Wdowiasz insisted that the ...

Hornburg commended for time as Silver Creek mayor

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SILVER CREEK — After a decade of service to the village of Silver Creek, including eight years as Village Mayor, Jeff Hornburg is ready to pass the torch to Kathy Tampio. Just before that, at his final meeting as Mayor, Hornburg was recognized with a letter of commendation from County ...

Community notebook

Community Notebook

City lists holiday schedule Dunkirk City Hall will be closed on Wednesday for Christmas Eve and Thursday for Christmas Day. As per the 2025 Curbside Collection Schedule, Rubbish in the Wednesday collection zone (District C) will be picked up as per usual schedule, Wednesday. Rubbish in the ...

Jamestown man pleads guilty to meth charge

Area police

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo has announced that Ruben Medina, 20, of Jamestown, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy to possession with intent to distribute five grams or more methamphetamine, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a ...

HEAP heating equipment repair fund open

Local/Region

The state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance has reopened the Home Energy Assistance Program Heating Equipment Repair and Replacement benefit for qualifying older homeowners. The reopening follows OTDA’s announcement earlier this fall that the benefit was temporarily paused. With ...

New York cuts ‘100-foot rule’ for gas hook ups

Local/Region

Property owners hooking up natural gas lines in new homes will soon cover the cost themselves. This, after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation that undoes the “100-foot-rule,” a decades-old provision that requires utility companies to connect new buildings to the system for free, so long ...