The Dunkirk Common Council decided to postpone consideration of adding a city comptroller until next week. The law needed to add the position came up on the agenda of last week’s meeting. Councilman-at-large Nick Weiser said that it was his understanding that the other council members ...

Three state lawmakers want to see harsher penalties for those who don’t provide appropriate shelter for their dogs. Legislation was introduced recently in the state Assembly (A.11276) by Assemblywoman Paula Kay, D-Monticello, as a companion bill to legislation (S.1742) introduced earlier in ...

The old timers on the dock used to measure a day by the weight in the cooler. A limit of walleye or a bucket of yellow perch meant success, supper, supermarket savings, and bragging rights. Today, the measuring stick feels different. Increasing advisories from the New York State Department ...

More big bucks are heading to Albany. In a news release issued Tuesday, state Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced new state support and actions to help New York City close its budget deficit ahead of the release of Mamdani’s Fiscal Year 2027 Executive Budget. Hochul, ...

Fredonia’s ever-flowing water saga briefly took a side branch away this week from discussion about connection with the North County Water District. Village engineers LaBella floated plans for major work on village infrastructure, including the main near One Temple Square that ...

Dunkirk’s top elected officials reacted with wariness this week to a move by state Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor to update the city’s Fiscal Recovery Act. Borrello and Molitor sent a letter to the Common Council April 30 outlining their proposed legislation. Mayor ...