Residents of Fredonia’s Forest Place are furious that the village is considering a parking ban on the street, and making it a stretch of it one-way. Complaining letters from the residents, along with other rhetoric…
Silver Creek approves new trustee
SILVER CREEK — The Village of Silver Creek filled two boards in one meeting. The seven-member Village Planning Board was…
Cybulski, Jenkins are newest Fredonia teachers
Two more new teachers will be joining the Fredonia Central School District this fall. Ajay Cybulski and Cayla Jenkins will…
Legion honors four Fredonia students in ceremony
In July, the Fredonia American Legion Post 59 Women’s Auxiliary recognized 3 applicants for the Legion’s Department of Education Scholarships.…
Healing with Horses: Seeing, believing in a better lifestyle
What if years of scientific research eventually revealed that many seemingly different diseases have more in common than we ever…
Youth effort makes difference in Westfield
WESTFIELD — The Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation, in partnership with the YWCA Westfield's Girls Leadership Initiative, recently celebrated the impact…
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Brocton to bill Lakeview Shock for sewer service
BROCTON — With the expiration of a sewer service contract between the Village of Brocton and the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) pertaining to the Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility, things could have gotten very messy. Instead, the Village and DOCCS have found a solution, at least for the time being. Village…
Bans on robot teachers introduced
Jamestown business given opportunity to engrave trophy at final World Cup match
JAMESTOWN — Aaron Gies, Democratic candidate for Congress in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, kicked off…
Candidate Gies speaks to crowd in Jamestown
Local Sports
Bills hold first practice in new stadium
ORCHARD PARK — Buffalo Bills first-year coach Joe Brady used the team's first practice…
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Jamestown pair charged after youth, dogs found in 'hazardous' conditions
Deplorable living conditions for a youth and dogs led to charges against two Jamestown residents. At 3 p.m. Friday, officers of the Jamestown Police Department responded to a residence on the west side of the city to assist the Department of Development. During the investigation, officers discovered a 3-year-old child living in deplorable and…
St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church in Fredonia will close Aug. 31. Members of the church's finance…
St. Anthony's Church closing Aug. 31
Drug investigation leads to charges for Buffalo man
A Jamestown man faces drug charges after a search warrant was executed on North Main Street…
Jamestown man found with crack cocaine, charged
The OBSERVER’s View
The OBSERVER’s View: Important addition to county business
It was roughly six years ago that Chautauqua County made a pitch for an Amazon regional distribution center that, when completed, would have been one of the largest in the world. County Executive PJ Wendel, Mark Geise, county IDA director and former U.S. Rep. Tom Reed all advocated for Amazon to consider Chautauqua County,…
Merger progress stays quiet, even after funding
Busy weekend a draw for county
Parking often a real predicament
Obituaries
Tommy Roque
Manuel Pauda Jr.
Lee Richardson
George M. Borrello
Commentary
Understanding our U.S. Constitution
For 250 years this country has remained as free as one can be. Each citizen enjoys such liberty as freedom to speak their mind. To pursue the happiness that is granted by their creator. As Americans we can freely roam the globe, and especially within the confines of our own borders we can come…
Large egos ultimately decide fate of world
The more things change, the more they stay the same
U.S. seems paralyzed by ‘devastating chaos’
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