Local 4‑H youth showcase talent in annual Fashion Revue
Lions Club holds Beach Sweep
The Dunkirk Fredonia Lions Club recently hosted a “beach sweep” at Point Gratiot Beach. Thirty-three hardy, community minded volunteers ...
Fredonia unified basketball finishes second in Red Bracket
Tarp Skunks win season opener
OBSERVER photo by Scott Kindberg The Jamestown Tarp Skunks opened their 2026 Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League season against Olean on ...
Video shows brutality of February Lakeview assaults
County part of state crop disaster declaration
Chautauqua County is one of 15 counties being included in a disaster declaration due to an April frost. On Friday, state Gov. Kathy Hochul ...
Council’s response bolsters mayor’s points
Nick Weiser, councilman at-large, is the sharpest on Dunkirk’s legislative board. After coming aboard in 2024 — right as the fiscal crisis was beginning — he ...
The OBSERVER’s View: Region has a dislike for data centers
The OBSERVER’s View: City’s piddly action in midst of firestorm
Small world facing danger with disease
Ebola in Africa. Hantavirus on a cruise ship. A measles outbreak kills 560 children in Bangladesh, sickens 60,000. Major diseases are making the news. We ask ...
