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ALFRED — Alfred State College will receive nearly $2 million through the Appalachian Regional Commission to expand truck and diesel and heavy equipmen...

WELLSVILLE — The village board has planned a public hearing concerning residents keeping chickens. The chicken hearing is set for 5:30 p.m. Nov. 12 af...

This is a very crucial election, with two candidates as opposites. Kamala Harris has demonstrated a long-standing career of integrity, honesty and com...

LAS VEGAS (TNS) — PresidentJoe Bidenmay have endorsedKamala Harris, but it’s increasingly obvious he wants her to lose. On Monday, Vice President Harr...

CUBA — The League of Women Voters of Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties invites all to a screening of “On the Basis of Sex,” rated PG-13, at 5:30 p.m. ...

LEWIS RUN, Pa. — In his long and distinguished career on the bench, retired McKean County Judge John M. Cleland, in his words, “absolutely avoided pol...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York is once again wading into controversy over new educational topics. The state Board of Regents has gotten a look at the new way...

OLEAN — Come springtime, dozens of Olean High School’s eighth-graders will make a six-hour bus trip to tour the nation’s capital for three days. The O...

A law moving many town and county elections in New York to even-numbered years to align them with state and federal races was struck down by a state j...

The Biden-Harris administration is set to eclipse the $1 trillion mark in improper payments, a new record for wasted money in a four-year term, accord...

The Democratic National Convention featured two themes of interest to working seniors: choice is an essential function of freedom, and every person sh...

BERKELEY, Calif. (TNS) — What role, if any, will the Supreme Court play in the November presidential election? That is the crucial, unknowable questio...

I am a lifelong registered Democrat. I don’t recall choosing that party: my parents most likely “gave” it to me. Actually, because I was born white, C...

DEAR RUSTY: I claimed Social Security at 70. My wife claimed her own SS at 62, and her earnings were significantly lower than mine. I understand my wi...

FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — During every election cycle, cross-party endorsements snag a few headlines. There is something oddly satisfying about the on...

OLEAN — One million dollars in aid for the city’s water treatment plant passed one chamber of Congress this summer, while $2 million more is already o...

Next month, the votes of New Yorkers may possibly decide which party controls the House of Representatives for the 119th U.S. Congress. The margin bet...

On Tuesday, the American people got to see and hear the vice presidential picks of the two major parties outline their visions for the country. The de...