New York state Gov. Kathy Hochul has again come to the rescue for a fiscally challenged city with its massive debt — and this one is downstate. On Monday, Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced New York state will allocate an additional $1.5 billion in operating expenses ...

The Land Conservancy announced Tuesday it has been awarded a $675,000 state grant toward the acquisition of the Bear Lake Preserve in the town of Stockton. The grant, announced in late December by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation through the 2025 Regional ...

A group of Dewittville area residents have filed an Article 78 lawsuit seeking to overturn the Chautauqua Town Board’s approval of the Sunset View development at the former Chautauqua Point Golf Course. Chautauqua town officials approved the project in January. The $70 million development ...

HANOVER — A year ago, Silver Creek teacher Janet Decker advocated for her students and her school community in asking the Hanover Town Board to declare the month of March as “Choose to Include Month.” Decker stood before the Board wearing a shirt that called for inclusion, with students ...

FORESTVILLE — In an effort to address a bus driver shortage, the Forestville Board of Education has taken action to increase wages for bus drivers. The Board approved a memorandum of agreement between the Forestville Central School District and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) ...

Fredonia's top code officer reported there was $12 million worth of new construction in the village last year. He also looked ahead to a major project on East Main Street. Charles LaBarbera offered an upbeat year-end report to a recent Board of Trustees workshop. “We had 292 permits (in ...