New York state’s primary race for governor that ends Tuesday evening is nowhere near as rousing as it should be. Party favorites who include incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul and Republican front-runner Lee Zeldin have controlled the message and campaign in recent months. So bright have their ...

Democratic candidate for Congressional District 23 Max Della Pia has first-hand experience when it comes to convoluted primaries. In spring 2018, he was one of seven candidates — including current Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist — who were vying for the party’s nomination to run against ...

Dunkirk Mayor Wilfred Rosas decided to stand with 20 other protesters last weekend in front of the Clarion Hotel on Lake Shore Drive in the city. Though not at the curb with the group who held signs to “Keep Our Hospital in Dunkirk” while hearing beeps of approval from passing motorists, ...

Let’s be honest. Brooks-TLC Hospital System in Dunkirk has done itself no favors in how it has handled some significant decisions that have negatively impacted this community in the last decade. On very short notice, which included no public comment, the board of directors and its ...

Prior to Wednesday night’s Chautauqua County Legislature meeting, elected Republicans and Democrats went their separate ways to gather in a closed session to discuss whatever they wanted. For the record, both parties were doing nothing illegal. Political caucusing is allowed under the New ...

FORESTVILLE — It did not take long for educator and administrator Bryna Moritz to become fatigued over the use of technology at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Only four months into the position of superintendent at Pine Valley Central Schools, Moritz was leading her team through an ...