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County Clerk to retire
May 14, 2013 MAYVILLE — Longtime Chautauqua County Clerk Sandy Sopak has announced her retirement, culminating two decades worth of civil servic. more »»
Hanover Town Board receives project updates
May 14, 2013 HANOVER — Slow progress is being made on the town of Hanover’s summer projects. more »»
Brocton native sets world mark by riding Ferris wheel 31 hours
May 14, 2013 ERIE, Pa. — David Belmondo, a Brocton native who set the Guinness World Record for the most continuous hours spinning records in a disc jockey booth, has set another world mark. more »»
National Job Corps official has resigned
May 13, 2013 A top Labor Department official who took the responsibility for budgeting mistakes and cost overruns at the federal Job Corps program is stepping down. more »»
Sheridan to opt out of selling licenses
May 13, 2013 SHERIDAN — Sheridan residents will no longer be able to go to the town for hunting or fishing licenses. more »»
United Way Volunteers of the Year honored
May 13, 2013 (Editor’s Note: This is the third in a three-part series recognizing recently honored “Volunteers of the Year” through the partner agencies of the United Way of Northern Chautauqua County. more »»
Chautauqua County unemployment rate decreases
May 13, 2013 The unemployment rate in Chau-tauqua County fell by .8 percent in March, and is now lower than it was last year. The unemployment rate was 8.8 percent in the county last month. That is . more »»
Sources of strength
May 13, 2013 MAYVILLE — What started as a pilot program at Chautauqua Lake Central School now has students looking out for each other’s physical and mental health. more »»
Once bodyguard now priest to hear chief justice speech
May 12, 2013 By LIZ SKOCZYLAS OBSERVER Mayville Bureau From bodyguard to Catholic priest — and now, on May 17, to the Robert H. Jackson Center. Father Moritz Fuchs served in the U.S. more »»
Dunkirk library holds Mother’s Day craft
May 12, 2013 By SAMANTHA MCDONNELL OBSERVER Staff Writer Handmade gifts for Mother’s Day are well appreciated, often being called a treasure. more »»
Robert H. Jackson’s law clerk to attend Roberts visit
May 12, 2013 By LIZ SKOCZYLAS OBSERVER Mayville Bureau If there is anything E. Barrett Prettyman wants the world to know about Robert H. Jackson, it is that Jackson was extremely practical. more »»
Alternative fuel? Natural gas filling station now in Sheridan
May 12, 2013 By NICOLE GUGINO OBSERVER Assistant News Editor SHERIDAN — Cotton Drilling Co. Inc. has been around for almost 35 years. more »»
Justice Roberts visit to county nears
May 12, 2013 By RYAN ATKINS Special to the OBSERVER JAMESTOWN — With Chief Justice John Roberts’ historic visit less than a week away, the Robert H. more »»
Conservative Party in another fight for control
May 11, 2013 MAYVILLE — Chautauqua County Conservative Party leaders are fighting for control, again. more »»
Brocton native tries for second Guinness records appearance
May 11, 2013 ERIE, Pa. — A former area resident who previously worked at the OBSERVER is going to attempt to be in the Guinness World Records this weekend. more »»
Former city man sentenced
May 11, 2013 LOCKPORT — A Western New York man who fled the state before being convicted of sex abuse has been sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison. more »»
Bearing down
May 11, 2013 GOWANDA — Students at Gowanda Elementary got an inside sneak peek into the new polar bear exhibit to be built at the Buffalo Zoo. more »»
Third graders helping with cause
May 11, 2013 FORESTVILLE — Barbara Faxlanger’s third grade class at Forestville Elementary School organized and is now conducting a fundraising event to help keep the polar bears at the Buffalo Zo. more »»
Drug busts in city lead to eight arrests
May 10, 2013 Two drug raids in the city of Dunkirk Thursday have led to the arrest of eight individuals. more »» |
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