Rising costs for temporary housing have been a drag on Chautauqua County’s budget for the past few years. This year is no exception. County legislators are moving another $1.2 million from the county’s surplus to help pay for the nearly 200 people currently in temporary housing. That ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State plan to send a $500 check to New York families is an incredibly short-sighted plan to fight inflation and, frankly, boost her flagging approval ratings as Democrats come out of the woodwork looking to mount primary challenges against the governor. The ...

The Rockefeller Institute of Government is proposing several changes to the way state aid to schools is distributed. Perhaps most controversially is the institute’s suggestion to change what is known as hold harmless aid. The stipulation in the existing Foundation Aid formula guarantees ...

We’re heartened to see that the state Transportation Department is taking the concerns of Lakewood residents to heart as it plows ahead with plans for sidewalks along Route 394. The original project involved installing sidewalks on both sides of Route 394 from Elmcrest Avenue on the south ...

I have always thought that one of the great moments in the history of sports was that day in 1939 in Yankee Stadium when Lou Gehrig addressed a crowd who knew that he was retiring because of a fatal disease. He said to them: “I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the ...

Congratulations to the Clymer/Sherman/Panama Wolfpack for winning a third state championship in seven seasons. A lot of things had to go right over the past decade to have the type of success C/S/P has enjoyed since the three rural schools made the decision to merge football teams. There’s ...