social science

(Editor’s Note: The Laine Business Accelerator recently awarded $5,000 to 11 enterprises seeking to launch or expand their businesses. Below is a prof...

ALBANY (TNS) — Shops in New York state that peddle e-bikes would be required to implement enhanced fire safety precautions under a newly introduced bi...

ITHACA (TNS) Farm-to-school programs — which bring healthy foods to children and support rural economic development and local farms, among other benef...

OLEAN — The largest Santa Claus Lane parade in more than two decades will help welcome Santa to the city’s business district this holiday season. The ...

ALBANY — Young people in New York have a great knowledge of many subjects, but they have much to learn about personal finance. Many states have alread...

In the Potter County, Pa. community of Shinglehouse, honoring war heroes and veterans isn’t something that is just observed on Veterans Day — it’s a y...

OLEAN — Two city wards will see only the incumbent on the ballot to represent them on the Common Council this year. Sonya McCall is seeking her second...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is being urged to revisit a climate change proposal that critics argue would drive up consumer costs and deprive them of energy choi...

WELLSVILLE — Catherine Schuyler Chapter NSDAR presented two Community Service Awards at its Oct. 19 chapter meeting, held at the Wellsville Country Cl...

From cracking down on hooch to a long bomb for a Brown and White win, from more UFOs to a flurry for Flutie Flakes, here’s a look back on the week tha...

President Joe Biden has been traveling the U.S. touting a manufacturing revival that he no doubt hopes will help his chances for re-election. Unfortun...

A recent report from the office of state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli laid out the challenges faced by New York’s rural counties — lack of jobs, poor acce...

JAMESTOWN — Dr. Kirk Young, vice president of Student Affairs, and Dr. Marilyn Zagora, vice president of Academic Affairs, announced the 40 students w...

October, just a couple of days away now, is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Feeling festively fall and in the mood to decorate? Pick up a cute...

Rural areas of the state need help dealing with population and labor force losses, as well as increasing services to help an aging population, the sta...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law a measure that allows for any New Yorker to opt to cast their vote by mail, which was praised by voti...

“Worse than Jimmy Carter” is an epithet Republicans often throw at Democratic presidents. It’s a label, though, that Joe Biden clearly deserves on imm...

NEW YORK — From ground zero to small towns, Americans looked back Monday on 9/11 with moments of silence, tearful words and appeals to teach younger g...