The state Independent System Operator is sounding new alarms over the state’s electric grid - and is again facing pushback from an environmental group that disagrees with its analysis. The state ISO recently released its 2025-2034 Comprehensive Reliability Plan. The report finds that the ...

HANOVER — The town of Hanover Planning Board is set to have a bit of turnover come the new year. At a recent meeting, the Town Board regretfully accepted the resignation of Nancy Adams Fry from the Planning Board, effective Dec. 31. “We appreciate everything that Nancy has done for the ...

A Sinclairville man was charged last week after 15 dogs were found living in deplorable conditions along with four puppies. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department reported Monday that at around 9:09 a.m. Wednesday, deputies and the Chautauqua County Humane Society responded to an ...

Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson wants a formal social media policy for everyone who works for the village. “I reached out to the Board (of Trustees) and asked for feedback on a social media policy for all village employees and officials,” Ferguson said at the trustees’ most recent ...

A long-standing partnership between Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES and the Chautauqua Lake Central School District once again brought something sweet to fourth-grade students — sugar cookies shaped like New York state. The annual New York State Cookie Project began about 25 years ago ...

The Dunkirk Common Council approved ending the city’s separate garbage and Boardwalk budget funds. The votes on ending each fund were 4-1, with Councilwoman Nancy Nichols opposed. Mayor Kate Wdowiasz previously offered her take on why Dunkirk was rolling the funds back into the city’s ...