The federal government shutdown certainly caught counties with their pants down. It’s not as if there was no warning that SNAP benefits could be delayed when the calendar turned from October to November. It had been a topic in newspapers, on television news and amongst those who receive ...

Tuesday is Election Day. While there are hundreds of county residents who have taken part in either early voting or cast an absentee ballot, Tuesday is the day when the majority of local residents will go to the polls to cast their ballot for town, city and county offices. Precisely because ...

As Dunkirk’s fiscal troubles continue, one thing is evident in this year’s election: Republicans appear to have abandoned their efforts to be part of the process to fix the problems they had a role in creating over the last six years. Even though budgets may have been proposed by Democratic ...

Fredonia’s most important issue this election year — as it has been for the last two decades — revolves around water. Each time a recurring boil order takes place, the village takes on the look of being inept. Developers stay away. Enrollment declines at the State University of New York ...

What purpose does the elected city of Dunkirk treasurer serve? According to the city charter, one of the duties includes an “annual financial statement of the city to the state comptroller and preparation and distribution of such other statements or reports as may be required from time to ...

Chautauqua County legislators who represent the north county are a much more diverse group than those who collectively are in Mayville. Some of that is because they are more outspoken — and are not falling in line with a majority party that is Republican. Over the last decade, after the sale ...