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Silver Creek students honor culture with Indigenous food tradition

SILVER CREEK — Each year, Silver Creek High School celebrates Native American Heritage Month with a tradition that brings everyone to the table – the lunch table. Earlier this month, the halls were filled with the smell of freshly made frybread and the sweet aroma of strawberry juice. ...

County to charge Dunkirk back taxes for vacant parcel

The city of Dunkirk previously asked to purchase a parcel owned by the county for $1. The county is instead willing to sell it if the city will cover the taxes owed on it. In October, the Chautauqua County Legislature’s Administrative Services Committee had tabled a resolution to sell ...

Like Trump, upstate must root for Mamdani

New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump certainly knew how to put on the charm last week in the nation’s capital. During a visit held at the Oval Office, both were stunningly able to find common ground despite publicly stating their grievances against each other in ...

Gowanda approves two class trips

GOWANDA — Following a pair of presentations, the Gowanda Board of Education approved two different field trip requests to the state of Ohio at the latest Board meeting. On Dec. 22, the boys varsity basketball team will travel to Cleveland to participate in a tour of the facilities of the ...

Thanksgiving adds to nation’s unity

November is known for more than just our annual Veterans Day celebration. Beyond the history of the end of a great war that involved many countries around the globe is knowledge of other extreme tragedy such as the maritime event of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a lake freighter that ...

More than 8M state checks issued, Hochul says

More than 8.2 million checks have now been mailed to eligible New Yorkers under the state’s first-ever Inflation Refund Check program. “(Tuesday) marks the day that over 8.2 million inflation refund checks have been mailed out, putting money back into the pockets of individuals across the ...