Unless the decision is going to be made before election day, it is our opinion it is too late for Chautauqua County legislators to talk about a pay raise for 2024. Currently, each legislator is paid $9,000 a year, or $750 a month. The legislature chairman gets an additional $8,000. The ...

The edition of The New York Times that appeared on March 29, 1960, reported on a strike by bus workers in Tampa, Fla., a former Chicago nightclub owner being found dead in a sewer, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower getting a new hair-do and former Minnesota Gov. Harold Stassen suggesting that ...

Whether they want to or not, Mayor Eddie Sundquist and the City Council need to come to an agreement on a possible bond act before the end of the year. As Councilwoman Kim Ecklund, R-At Large and Republican challenger to Sundquist, noted during Monday’s meeting, payments for the bond act ...

Things aren’t all rosy in Chautauqua County — and three changes approved recently by Chautauqua County legislators are just more proof of that fact. Legislators increased spending for the county’s Medicaid program by $644,000 — meaning the program will go up $3.7 million in total ...

Lakewood residents on both sides of the short-term rental debate should make sure they attend an open house meeting from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Busti Town Hall, 125 Chautauqua Ave., Lakewood. Short-term rentals has become one of divisive issue in many smaller towns and villages in ...

Jamestown taxpayers have had every right to be concerned with the city’s financial health for some three decades now. Much has been said by mayors and council members about concerns over the long-term financial health of the city as costs for staff and benefits increased while the city’s ...