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‘Wonderful day’ in city

For more than 100 years, Wells Enterprises has prided itself on being “a family company.” Thursday morning, every key piece of Wells as a company came together as a family to celebrate a day that…

‘Showing up’

Superintendent Brian Swatland saw the vision of the Dunkirk City School District come to life on Tuesday evening at Point…

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Plenty of talent

Plenty of talent

While more than half of the 2025 OBSERVER/Post-Journal Boys Soccer All-Stars graduated leaving big…

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

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Welcome solution for area grape farmers

This week’s announcement that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be spending $20 million to purchase grape juice from area farmers is welcome news for the region. Just last week, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer was trying to make juice out of sour grapes with his proposal to use the Section 32 funds provided by…

Obituaries

William J. Bradley

William J. Bradley, 77, of Dunkirk, NY, passed away on Sunday August 23, 2026 at UPMC Hamot in Erie, PA. A complete obituary will be published in this weekend’s edition of the Observer. Arrangements by David J. Dengler, LARSON-TIMKO Funeral Home.

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