2+ hour, 4+ min ago   (279+ words) Everyone agrees that domestic violence is a scourge on our society. The question before New York state lawmakers this legislative session is whether or not they want to try something new to deal with domestic violence. Two bills (A.9538, S.8932) have been…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (265+ words) Senator George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor sent a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul urging her to include enabling legislation establishing a state financial control board for the City of Dunkirk in her forthcoming 30-day budget amendments. The lawmakers said…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (417+ words) Running out of Werther's hard caramels doesn't qualify as an earth-shattering crisis. Unless the only hard candy left in the house are the candy canes hanging on the Christmas tree. And they of course contain sugar. I'm supposed to limit…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (299+ words) Students in Julia Peterson's fourth grade class have been meeting weekly with students in Andrea Kelemen's preschool class for "Book Buddies." A unique friendship is blooming between Fletcher Elementary School's oldest and youngest learners. Every week, for 30 minutes, the high-energy…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (531+ words) We've seen far too many fatal accidents involving pedestrians in Jamestown over the past several years for there to be no attention paid to the issue by city officials. Some may remember Complete Streets, which has been adopted as a…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (712+ words) You could call it a destructive trifecta. For the third time in less than 15 years, money has gone missing in the city of Dunkirk. At the moment, Mark Woods is the latest offender. According to a press release issued last…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (249+ words) The death of a 6-month-old Siberian husky in Erie, Pa. is prompting new legislation in the state Senate. State Sen. Dan Laughlin, D-Erie, is circulating a co-sponsorship memorandum for a bill he is calling Aimee's Law to create a publicly…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (210+ words) We don't expect to see a plan being discussed proposed tonight by legislative Democrats to be taken seriously by Republicans in the Chautauqua County Legislature. It's pretty early to make such commitments, especially in an environment when federal and state…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (513+ words) Justin Hubbard, Director of the Jamestown Justice Coalition provides the council with a list of some items that constituents would like to see from them in the upcoming year. The Jamestown Justice Coalition has a list of items it would…...

5+ day, 53+ min ago   (337+ words) In December, Chautauqua County had to close its Department of Motor Vehicle Mayville branch two days a week due to a staffing issue with supervisors. The newly elected county clerk has a plan to prevent this from happening again. Greg…...