As of today, there are exactly three weeks to Christmas. That means time to shop — and send packages through the mail — is dwindling. Last week, Dunkirk Postmaster Kenneth Harenza offered some advice to those planning to send holiday gifts via delivery. Those items included a list of ...

No matter where you get fire protection, there will be a high price. With a vote looming on Tuesday regarding the commissioners of the Bay Creek Fire District, there is a sentiment — as usual — that change is not good. Last week, Hanover Center Fire Department sent a letter to residents ...

In a region that relies heavily on local governments to provide answers and assistance, those who are not elected to serve often get more done. That was the case last month with The Citizens for a Better Cassadaga community organization. It received a grant from the Northern Chautauqua ...

It was important to resolve the federal budget knowing that there are hundreds of families who rely on the SNAP program to put food on their table every night. But it should be a challenge to everyone we elect at the local, state and national levels to double our efforts to decrease poverty ...

We’re all in this together, but we still want to go our separate ways. That best describes our northern Chautauqua County community that allows the proliferation of government while population trends keep declining. A most recent example was a potential partnership between the towns of ...

This week kicks off the busy holiday season, although, considering the many Early Black Friday sales that have enticed shoppers in recent weeks, many people no doubt wonder whether the holiday season somehow expanded to a quarter of the year, rather than having remained confined to about a ...