Dunkirk Mayor Kate Wdowiasz has sued former city dog control officer Jennifer Sasso. Meanwhile, the Common Council has brought on Wayde Forster as Sasso’s replacement. City Attorney Elliot Raimondo apparently served Sasso with the lawsuit at a Common Council meeting Tuesday. Sasso had ...

ARKWRIGHT — It appears that Arkwright will finally be getting a new Town Hall after all. Roughly a dozen guests were on hand as the Town officially opened the bids for the work pertaining to a new Town Hall. Supervisor Brian McAvoy reported that the aggregate bids for the major trades came ...

Dunkirk city employees rebelled against Mayor Kate Wdowiasz Tuesday, packing a Common Council meeting to demand a resolution of no confidence in her administration. Possibly 100 people jammed what is normally a placid council meeting room to cheer on union speakers. The city police, fire and ...

Assemblyman Andrew Molitor is among the co-sponsors of legislation that would require all sex offenders to be placed in the publicly searchable area of the state’s online sex offender registry. Sponsored by Assemblyman Joseph Angelino, Binghamton, the legislation (A.10975) would amend the ...

SILVER CREEK — The Silver Creek Central School District is proposing a 2.97% tax levy increase in its 2026-27 budget, but it could have been even higher. Silver Creek’s tax cap was an increase of roughly 3.6%, which would amount to $6,702,711 in school tax revenue. Instead, the district is ...

A $70 million development at a former golf course in the town of Chautauqua can still move forward after the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals rejected a request to reconsider a previous decision that helped the project get approval. On Tuesday, the zoning board was asked to “consider an ...