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 ...
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 ...
An investigation into narcotics activity in the city of Dunkirk ended with the arrest of a 63-year-old man. A search warrant was executed at 219 Townsend St. lower apt. around 6:25 a.m. Tuesday. Narcotics investigators from the Dunkirk Police Department, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office ...
Fredonia’s “Save Our Reservoir” group defended itself Monday against recent criticism from Mayor Michael Ferguson and others. Three supporters of the group slammed Ferguson at a Board of Trustees meeting for criticizing lawsuits by Save Our Reservoir supporters against village plans to ...
The Town of Dunkirk has yet to come to an agreement with the City of Dunkirk for police protection in 2026, but the Town has, however, reached agreements with other neighboring municipalities for other services to its residents. The Town Board approved an agreement with the Town of Sheridan ...
BEMUS POINT – While the current zoning laws for the town of Ellery do include regulations on wind and solar farms, concerns have grown about the larger facilities that have been becoming more common. With both of these energy sources gaining prevalence due to pushes at the state level, ...