Two votes six years ago turned out to be a lifeline for the village of Sherman. In 2016, residents voted on Dec. 20 by the slimmest of margins — 117 to 115 — to maintain the municipality. As expected, the result was met with mixed emotion. Some were jubilant, others disappointed. If three ...

Former U.S. Rep. Chris Lee was immediately embarrassed. Only hours after a photo of the bare-chested Western New York Congressman began appearing on numerous websites, there was no attempt at damage control or any efforts to find an excuse for what happened. Lee did what was best — for ...

Hearty applause from about 250 business leaders and local officials greeted Mayor Wilfred Rosas as he came forward to embrace state Gov. Kathy Hochul earlier this week inside one of the Clarion Hotel’s large meeting rooms. Only minutes earlier had Dunkirk’s chief executive officer learned ...

As New York state Assemblyman Andrew Goodell stepped forward to speak before a gathering of nearly 130 people earlier this week at the Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon in Dunkirk, he was soon joined by a fellow member from the other side of the aisle. Goodell, a Republican who represents ...

Serving as lieutenant governor for seven years from 2015 to 2021, Kathy Hochul made her former boss Andrew Cuomo a little more tolerable. Seen as the friendly face of the administration for municipal leaders, she built relationships traveling across the state while learning the landscapes from ...

Management and department head salaries in the public sector appear to be under the microscope, especially considering the recent decisions in the city of Dunkirk and Chautauqua County. Though one entity’s council appears stuck in the 1990s, another is at least taking steps to make sure those ...