Resource Center presents employee awards
Festivals Fredonia gearing for Italian Heritage event
Fredonia’s Annual Festival Italia or otherwise known as the Fredonia Italian Heritage Festival will again be held at the Fredonia Beaver Club, ...
Fredonia rolls into semifinals
FREDONIA — No. 4 Fredonia pounded out 14 hits with all nine starters having at least one en route to a 13-1 five-inning win over No. 5 Royalton-Hartland in a ...
Baseball playoffs begin today
Gowanda and Maple Grove have earned No. 1 seeds in their respective classes in the Section VI baseball playoffs, which begin today in some ...
Espersen resigns from Fredonia board
Wells project earns high honors from state
A major Dunkirk project has received high honors for the New York State Economic Development Council Wells Enterprises expansion project has ...
The OBSERVER’s View: Art Trail helps boost county
It is easy to get caught up in the downtrodden happenings in northern Chautauqua County in recent years. Fredonia has bad water. Dunkirk is out of money. Yes, ...
The OBSERVER’s View: Put end to raises for legislators
The OBSERVER’s View: Strong support seen for control board
John Pienta
John Pienta died May 20, 2026 at his home in Dunkirk, NY, after a short illness. Born and raised in Dunkirk, he was 77 years of age. Arrangements are incomplete at ...
Michael E. Nickerson
Douglas S. Tingue 1940-2026
Wetlands law challenge takes surprising turn
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE—The court challenge to New York’s wetlands law has taken a surprising, fascinating turn. To understand this, let’s pick up where we left off ...




