PANAMA - In the spring and summer months, he looks forward to weekends. During the week, you probably can find Andrew Hammond after school at his family’s business, The Panama Auto Center, 2 E. Main St.. He’s making sure his racecar is in competition condition. A junior at Panama Central ...
LAKEWOOD - Several residents turned out Monday at a public hearing to address concerns in the tentative 2025-2026 village budget. Village trustees fielded questions about the proposed $5,762,081 spending plan which carries a $9.77 tax rate, an increase of $1.65 from the current 2024-2025 ...
State lawmakers are eyeing an expansion of the state’s Paid Family Leave law to include qualifying construction workers. The legislation (A.4727) recently passed the state Assembly by a 138-10 vote with Assemblymen Andrew Molitor, R-Westfield, and Joe Sempolinski, R-Olean, both voting ...
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — At her mother’s home in Illinois, Tracy Balhan flips through photos of her dad, Bill Speer. In one picture, he’s smiling in front of a bucket of sweating beers and wearing a blue T-shirt that reads, “Pops. The man. The myth. The legend.” Balhan’s father died ...
CASSADAGA — It is not every day that a local 7-year-old gets to travel to Washington, D.C., and visit Capitol Hill to tell senators and representatives her story. But Ava Meyers isn’t your typical 7-year-old. Meyers, who lives in Cassadaga with her mom, Michaela Lemelin, is in ...
Legislation that would allow courts to consider animal cruelty complaints when deciding whether or not to impose a temporary extreme risk protection order is one-third of the way toward becoming state law. A temporary extreme risk protection order, otherwise known as a red flag order, is a ...