Breaking News

Chautauqua County’s district attorney has been receiving some criticism regarding some License Plate Readers, commonly referred to as Flock cameras, that were recently installed in the village of Fredonia. Those criticisms continued at Wednesday’s Chautauqua…

Letter perfect

The State University of New York at Fredonia is poised to welcome approximately 3,150 students for the start of the…

Setting the table

Editor's note: This is the second of two parts. In Part One, the story followed the region from its vineyards…

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Local/Region

July was busy month for EMS in Silver Creek

SILVER CREEK — The Silver Creek Emergency Squad has been busy this summer. There were 52 responses to incidents in the month of July alone. As a result, the Village Board transferred $5,000 of funds to the EMS staffing account to bring the account balance to $10,000. As part of the staffing contract agreed…

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Local Sports

JAMESTOWN — The Jamestown Community College men's soccer team stayed perfect Saturday afternoon with a 4-1…

JCC men improve to 2-0

Latest news

This week’s poll question: Do you think a $35 million surplus of funds is too much in Chautauqua County?

The OBSERVER’s View

In new era, always someone watching

Flock Safety is at least acknowledging the privacy concerns that have been raised by members of the public and by civil liberties groups over the past several months by announcing changes to its platform. We aren't sure those changes go far enough, though they do appear to be a step in the right direction.…

Obituaries

Dennis P. Swingle

Dennis P. Swingle, 75, of Dunkirk, passed away Monday, August 24, 2026 at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital in Amherst, NY. Born in Dunkirk on July 16, 1951, he was the son of the late Donald R. Swingle Sr. and Angeline (Paternosh) Swingle. A lifelong resident of Dunkirk, Dennis attended Dunkirk High School. He had…

Commentary

Having a game plan for life

About three or four years ago, I wrote two articles for some of my ex-players who now coach basketball on the junior varsity, varsity and collegiate level. I described the similarities and differences between coaching basketball and coaching clients with alcohol and other drug problems. The behaviors are similar, but more important than that…

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