sociology

Throughout one’s life, I imagine, it is uncommon to meet someone that truly inspires you to become a better person. If I had to guess, I would say the...

CORTLANDT (TNS) — The company that owns the defunct Indian Point nuclear facility in Westchester County is suing New York in federal court over its ba...

Monday, with all classes being held remote, the environs of Columbia University were anything but quiet. On the South Lawn in front of Butler Library ...

To prepare for shutdowns, communities where correctional facilities are economic lifelines need time — and help from the state. New York’s prison popu...

CUBA — Join us Saturday, May 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cuba Library and learn about leather tooling with Clifford Redeye. Learn to make a leather bi...

Elite universities can work toward greater free speech, but things won’t improve until legacy campus publications are challenged. “We have conservativ...

A job well done can be measured by whether one is leaving a place better than one found it. After two years at the helm of Upper Allegheny Health Syst...

ALFRED — The Alfred State Performing Arts organizations will present their annual spring concert on May 4 at 11 a.m. in the Cappadonia Auditorium. Roc...

“Death to America!” We are used to that chant. Maybe too used to it. If you are old enough, you heard it in 1979 during the Iranian hostage crisis whe...

ALBANY (TNS) — Three weeks late, the state Legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul completed months of negotiations to hammer out a $237 billion budget deal...

When Assemblyman Joseph Giglio walked out of the Capitol in Albany on Saturday, a thought struck him. “That’s the last state budget I’ll ever vote on,...

The Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau announces this week’s featured Youth Citizenship Award recipient is Matthew Schnaufer. He is the son of Timothy an...

ALBANY — New York lawmakers passed a $237 billion state budget Saturday that includes plans to spur housing construction and combat unlicensed marijua...

OLEAN — Total Senior Care is seeking volunteers to assist with Day of Caring duties at two of their three locations. Day of Caring, organized by Unite...

A group of eight Democratic progressive U.S. House members known as “The Squad” have filed $224 million of earmarks in the federal budget since 2023 t...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Nostalgia seems harmless enough, and then someone starts earnestly — absurdly — glamorizing the Stone Age. “Damn can you imagine b...

SALAMANCA — Although Earth Day is officially observed April 22 each year, at least two local groups will be participating in a city-wide cleanup this ...

ALFRED — Alfred State College has appointed Dr. Kathleen Casey dean for the School of Arts & Sciences, a role she has filled on an interim basis for m...