The process to apply herbicides on Chautauqua Lake this year is convoluted, to say the least. Give the DEC credit, it’s trying to make an elongated process work. And the agency is trying its best to work with municipalities that have applied herbicides in the past. But the process - ...

There’s a lot to unpack from Saturday’s Chautauqua Lake Symposium. The county-backed event brought a packed house to the Chautauqua Harbor Hotel to hear from DEC officials, the Army Corps of Engineers, groups studying conditions on Chautauqua Lake and politicians representing the area in ...

We’re about to spend a heck of a lot of money here in Chautauqua County to secure a basic resource. Of course, we’re talking about water projects. The Chautauqua Town Board meeting recently approved an $8.19 million project for construction in town Water District #2, which includes ...

A judge’s decision this month approving the state Legislature’s decision to limit lawmakers’ outside income struck perhaps the most odious part of the law. Judge Alison Napolitano of state Supreme Court in Suffolk County ruled the state can’t strip legislators of their voting rights ...

For the past couple of months, Bemus Point officials have fielded complaints from village businesses that sales are down in part, they say, because travelers are struggling to get into the village with the exit to the village closed as work continues on the Veterans Memorial Bridge over ...

City Council members will have an interesting question before them at this month’s voting session regarding the Gateway Lofts project. Thus far, the supportive housing project - whose price tag has grown to $77 million - has been kept somewhat at arm’s length from City Council members ...