We’re glad to see funding for two vital programs properly funded in this year’s county budget proposal by County Executive PJ Wendel. The first is the county fly car program, which hasn’t met its budget since the county began the program in 2017. The program was billed as being ...

New York state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli last week issued his annual report on schools and municipalities that are facing or are on the verge of fiscal stress. Missing from the list? Both the cities of Dunkirk and Jamestown. Both municipalities, the report noted, had not filed annual ...

We understand the emotion from the Save Our Reservoir group in terms of Fredonia maintaining local control over its water system. Change is always worrisome — and sometimes it is troubling to rely on partnerships. But here’s the reality. Most of the leadership in the Save Our Reservoir ...

U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., could not have proved two points more handily last week if he had tried. First, he proved the spreading of vicious lies about an immigrant community in Springfield, Ohio, has indeed led to the kind of hostility that puts those people (and their entire community) ...

Talk about a can-do attitude. A group of volunteers who belong to Imagine Forestville continue to make their mark in the community. Last week, a celebration highlighted three new items for downtown: a clock, mural and historic horse trough that has been repurposed as a garden. “We’ve ...

County Executive PJ Wendel’s 2025 budget proposal is an outlier compared to the cities of Dunkirk and, likely, Jamestown as well. Dunkirk is proposing a 100% increase in its tax rate in the coming year. Mayor Kim Ecklund is already warning City Council members that the 2025 Jamestown ...