Johnson Estate Winery celebrates 65th year with awards
WESTFIELD — While the winter was impressively cold and the spring weather worrisome for growing grapes due to early bud break and potential freezes, Johnson ...
Fourth Grape and Wine Fest planning begin
Planning is underway for the fourth annual Westfield Grape and Wine Festival, scheduled to take place on Sept. 18 and 19 in Moore Park and at the ...
Chautauqua Lake suffers walk-off defeat
Next level success
CORTLAND — Several local student-athletes competed for Fredonia State University in the SUNYAC Championships last weekend. Stephen Hallberg ...
Chautauqua Lake suffers walk-off defeat
Hochul hails development projects for Westfield
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced awards for a total of 21 transformational projects for Western New York --- including nine in Westfield --- ...
Building tab disturbing in Pomfret
We must admit our lack of surprise regarding rising government costs. In this case, the top story in last weekend’s OBSERVER focused on the growing expense for ...
Music Fest helps in hunger fight
Our view: Closure hits county hard
Linda S. Fox
Linda Sue Fox, 65, of Silver Creek, NY passed away unexpectedly on Monday, May 4, 2026 at ECMC in Buffalo, NY with her family at her side. As per her wishes, there ...
Kevin R. Moon
Torry R. Kenny
Weekend voices: High future cost of doing nothing
When a threat appears, we must consider the long-term consequences of our response – or lack of response. But we often kick the can down the road for our children ...



