We all have experience with New Year’s resolutions. We make them. We break them. We forget them. By the end of the month, we will have heard the last of the local government version of New Year’s resolutions in the form of Mayor Kim Ecklund’s State of the City address and County ...

Though the Republican National Committee’s online platform summary does now contain not one, but two, references to “America’s greatness” and what “makes America great,” it is conspicuously lacking a tenet many political conservatives still hold dear: When it comes to government, ...

It is frustrating to see shopping carts scattered throughout the city. It certainly doesn’t contribute to the aesthetic the city is trying to create for visitors, so we can understand the frustration among some city residents and City Council members as carts are seen abandoned throughout ...

There is no one reason why New York is hemorrhaging population. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have been partly right when he joked people are moving to warmer climates because they’re tired of the cold and snow in New York. Gov. Kathy Hochul may be partially right when she blames the lack ...

To see Chautauqua Lake included in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State book, a lengthy explanation that puts some meat on the broad themes in the speech, should be encouraging to county residents. Area residents and the officials they elect to office have long decried a perceived lack ...

Before the City Council requests the elimination of street parking on 1.75 miles of East Second Street to install bike lanes, city officials should actually talk to the people who live on the street. We’re glad to see Brent Sheldon, R-Ward 1, took the time to drive through the area before ...