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. ...

We know Dunkirk Town Board member Phil Leone was speaking from his heart because he certainly was not using his head. During a recent meeting, Leone discussed his lack of enthusiasm for government mergers. While speaking, Leone highlighted the current financial state of both the city of ...

We find the news that President Joe Biden is releasing a million barrels of gasoline from a federal reserve more of a frustration than a relief. Releasing petroleum from reserves is a short-term band-aid that carries real risks. If a crisis or prolonged economic downturn comes, the U.S. may ...

Dunkirk’s greedy ways of 2021 are again coming back to haunt its residents and community members. Back then, Common Council thought it was so flush thanks to federal COVID monies, it handed out $300,000 in bonuses to itself and workers. Almost three years later, the stark reality is the ...