Dunkirk’s finances are not exactly robust, nor are they all that clear. There is one thing about them that is certainly robust and clear: The finger-pointing. Common Council members defended this week against “a growing narrative that the council somehow failed to act on the original ...

Aaron Gies, Democratic and Working Families candidate for Congress in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, defeated primary opponent, Kevin Stocker, with more than 71% of the vote. With 82% of the results in, 19,130 ballots have been counted so far across the large district, which ...

A Dunkirk man who injured two children in a drive-by shooting and was later illegally found with a gun has been sentenced. Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt announced Tuesday that 43-year-old Juan Cruz-Corraliza was sentenced by Judge David Foley to 5 years in state prison ...

The people of Fredonia lost their ability to speak at village trustee meetings Monday, though only some familiar critics bothered to complain. Mayor Michael Ferguson broke a 2-2 Board of Trustees tie on a measure that “suspends the public portion of the meeting until further notice effective ...

A long awaited housing project in Westfield has yet to begin, but one county leader believes it will start before the end of the year. Savarino Companies has proposed converting the former CE Welch building into apartments and commercial space. The project was originally to be done by 2 ...

SILVER CREEK — The final Board of Education meeting in Silver Creek was a celebration of some of the district’s most impressive students. The district celebrated its valedictorian, Nathan Cross, and its salutatorian, Samuel Bowers. Both students were singled out and congratulated by the ...