It is a privilege and responsibility for workers to be able to drive government-owned vehicles. Some are necessary, such as fire trucks, police cars, dump trucks and plows. Others are a bit more of a luxury. Governments could reimburse drivers for using their vehicle, but instead use ...

We commend the boards of the United Ways of Northern and Southern Chautauqua County as they discuss a merger of the two organizations. It only makes sense to have one United Way. Merging the organizations reduces overhead, meaning more of the community’s dollars are spent on programs. The ...

Today marks the 80th anniversary of World War II’s D-Day invasion. According to the National D-Day Memorial, which is located in Bedford,Va.,: “While the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, usually termed D-Day, did not end the war in Europe — that would take 11 more months — success ...

Northern Chautauqua County is still buzzing over Monday’s significant announcement by state Gov. Kathy Hochul to release funding for a new Brooks-TLC Hospital System. Just as important was the support at the event. More than 350 elected officials, community members and business leaders were ...

County IDA officials recently announced their support of the purchase of Dahlstrom Roll Form by two members of the company’s leadership team. The sale comes at a time when the company’s foothold in Chautauqua County was weakening. Robert White, the company’s previous owner, had decided ...

It should come as no surprise that all local school budgets were approved last week. There wasn’t much controversy on the ballot. Thanks to continued state aid increases and aid remaining from the federal government’s COVID largesse, there weren’t huge tax increases to be voted on. ...