State Sen. George Borrello is supporting a measure to increase cost transparency in utility rate increase proposals - but wants to see more transparency on typical utility bills. S.8764, sponsored by Sen. Michelle Hinchey, was approved unanimously by the Senate late last week. The unanimity ...

More than 10 feet of snow has fallen in Cassadaga this winter. With all this snow, the Citizens for a Better Cassadaga are ready to celebrate by putting on the annual Winter Festival starting Friday night and running through Sunday. There will be something for everyone. FRIDAY To kick ...

Pomfret Town Supervisor Dan Pacos is anxious to get moving on construction at the new town hall. He tried but failed to get “preapproval” of the floor plan at the January town board meeting. “We haven’t seen it. We should see it,” said board member EvaDawn Bashaw. Pacos said a town ...

GOWANDA — Two guests at a recent Gowanda Board of Education meeting were, unfortunately, the bearers of bad news. Representatives from Young and Wright Architecture and Buffalo Construction Consultants attended the Board’s recent meeting via videoconference to discuss the state of the ...

County Legislators Bob Bankoski of Dunkirk and Tom Nelson of Jamestown, both Democrats, are sponsoring a Resolution for the Legislature’s meeting on Wednesday to improve the affordability of living in Chautauqua County. “The Affordability Act of 2026 has three cost savings for county ...

At least one area state official is taking aim at Gov. Kathy Hochul after a former Dunkirk treasurer's arrest on Friday. In a statement to The Post-Journal and OBSERVER, Sen. George Borrello said a $13.7 million loan by New York state to the city of Dunkirk in June did lots more harm than ...