A man city voters put in charge of enormous amounts of Dunkirk’s finances for more than two decades has been charged in the theft of more than $120,000. On Friday afternoon, state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt dropped the bombshell of ...

A man from California, Noah Coughlan, ended last year and began this year with a mission to cross the entire 50 states on foot, the third person to ever have done so. His mission has brought him to the local area this week. Coughlan has been doing similar runs for the last 15 years. His first ...

Thirty-one school districts, including Fredonia Central Schools, have been designated in some level of fiscal stress under New York state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System for the school fiscal year ending June 30, up from 22 districts in fiscal stress the prior ...

Two Republicans are backing separate, different proposals to create a domestic violence registry in New York state. Both bills (A.9538, S.8932) have been introduced in recent days in the Senate and Assembly. Both would create registries using different means. It’s uncertain whether either ...

Pressures will soon begin to mount on the school boards that oversee Clymer, Panama and Sherman. It is through no fault of those who have been elected to serve. They are only following through on community wishes. During last May’s school vote, each community indicated in a referendum a ...

MAYVILLE – Mayor Rick Syper is proposing an increase in village taxes, which, if approved, would stay below the state imposed tax cap. He said the increase is mainly due to the work being done at Lakeside Park. According to village Treasurer Jen Obert, Syper is proposing a $2,373,433 ...