A marijuana retail store is being proposed in the northern end of Chautauqua County, which, if approved, would be the first one in the Dunkirk/Fredonia area. The Chautauqua County Planning Board was notified that Empire…
Field of dreams
SILVER CREEK — There is plenty of change going on at Silver Creek schools, none more so than to the…
Ex-city worker slams workplace ‘culture’
Former city of Dunkirk employee Samantha Tofil offered scathing criticism of City Hall on her way out. Tofil, who worked…
Man charged with rape, forcible touching in Portland
PORTLAND -- A Lakewood man is facing rape charges, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department reported on Tuesday. On July 18,…
Fredonia has water district pact proposal
Fredonia’s trustees have a contract proposal from the North County Water District, Mayor Michael Ferguson said Monday. One trustee called…
Bumpy response
SILVER CREEK — Driving in the village of Silver Creek has not been easy in recent weeks. A New York…
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Local/Region
Improvements eyed for Falconer’s Millrace Park
FALCONER – During its monthly August meeting, members of the Chautauqua County Planning Board sat on the grounds in Abe Mattison Millrace Park. That’s because there’s not even a park bench for the public to sit at. In the summertime the county Planning Board will often hold one of its meetings at a county-owned…
JAMESTOWN — The streets of downtown Jamestown will once again come alive with the sights and…
Annual Jamestown Cruise-In returns Friday
Historian to speak on poor farm
The Freeze plays Music at the Point
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September is sneaking up on us
There’s a certain twinge of color beginning to show on a few maple leaves…
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Man charged with rape, forcible touching in Portland
PORTLAND -- A Lakewood man is facing rape charges, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department…
The OBSERVER’s View
Is now the time for police merger?
Across Dunkirk and Fredonia – the north county’s two largest municipalities — there are a total of five law-enforcement agencies that can oversee the city and village. Besides their own departments, University Police, New York State Police and the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department are always nearby. This for a total of 22,000 residents, that…
The OBSERVER’s View: Bottom line closes another church
The OBSERVER’s View: Important addition to county business
Merger progress stays quiet, even after funding
Obituaries
Harold E. Flory
James Allen Maybee
Lee Richardson
Arlene M. Zanghi
Commentary
U.S. needs to take threats seriously
Imploring a young audience to “discard the stuck-on-stupid card,” retired Lieutenant Colonel Alan West then quoted poet Maya Angelou, “When people show you who they are the first time, believe them.” Spoken not just once, “Death to America” has been bellowed a gazillion times by Islamic Shias in Iran and elsewhere including Dearborn, Mich.…
A challenging year in grape country
Understanding our U.S. Constitution
Large egos ultimately decide fate of world
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