New York state is included in a freeze on funding for three critical social service programs that threatens to destabilize essential services that support the state’s most vulnerable children and families. In a news release issued on Wednesday, the New York State Association of Counties ...

SILVER CREEK — With the Bay Creek Joint Fire District now in place, the village has officially abolished the Silver Creek Volunteer Fire Department. At a special meeting shortly before the new year, the Village Board voted to abolish the department and transfer its fire equipment, including ...

Jittery Fredonia residents socked Mayor Michael Ferguson with phone calls recently about strange people going door-to-door. Turns out it was just National Grid. Ferguson told a village Board of Trustees meeting that the electric utility has employees going around in relation to its ongoing ...

Chautauqua County is bringing back its longtime public defender, but rejected a move to make the appointment longer than one year, apparently because of changes in election law. During the Chautauqua County Legislature’s organizational meeting, the legislature voted on a resolution to make ...

Students lined the hallway at WNY P-TECH in Dunkirk to recognize Penny Lane, a 1½-year-old Mini Goldendoodle Dachshund mix, who completed her training to become a certified therapy dog. Penny Lane, who belongs to WNY P-TECH social worker Melissa Pietrkiewicz, earned her certification through ...

Fredonia made a couple key moves in its water saga Monday, authorizing an engineer for its plan to link with the North County Water District — and hiring lawyers to defend a lawsuit over the plan. The Fredonia Board of Trustees approved LaBella, already the village’s “engineer of ...