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Setting the table

Editor's note: This is the second of two parts. In Part One, the story followed the region from its vineyards and farm fields through Welch's, local preserving and canning, Bedford Products and Red Wing. Those enterprises were not isolated successes. Together, they helped create a regional ...

Difficult starts can end with promising results

Don’t give up. Parents of children on the Autistic Spectrum need an extra dose of perseverance. Truly, how many places are there where your child can just be themselves without judgment, where they can learn to regulate their behavior in a public setting? We have many riders with autism. ...

Art Trail offers Labor Day weekend 'journey'

The Chautauqua–Lake Erie Art Trail returns Labor Day weekend, Saturday, Sept. 5, and Sunday, Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, offering visitors a unique opportunity to explore Chautauqua County while meeting artists in their studios, galleries and special hub locations. Marcia ...

County sales include former bank, beauty bar

A former south county bank that was planned to be a distillery has been sold. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from June 15-18. The county does not provide transaction information, but real estate ...

City planners table BESS proposal

City of Dunkirk Planning Board members appear to have little appetite for approving a proposed Battery Energy Storage System. The board tabled consideration of a 5-megawatt BESS near Brigham Road at its latest meeting — and agreed to send a letter to the Common Council inquiring about a ...

After deportation, man hopes for U.S. return

One of the hundreds who were homeless in the summer of 2024 in Jamestown that led to a state of emergency being issued by city Mayor Kim Ecklund was starting to find a better life for himself. Carlos Contreras, who resides in Colombia, looks back fondly on that period of time. After arriving in the United States of America for a fifth time, he met a woman and married. It was a short-lived relationship that ended with divorce. It ultimately led to a period on the downtown streets near the Chadakoin River that he recalled The Post-Journal covering during his time there. Contreras ...