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SUNY’s McGowan-Kirsch named Fellow

SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. recently announced new Civil Discourse and Civic Education & Engagement Fellows. Dr. Angela McGowan-Kirsch, an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the State University of New York at Fredonia, is a member of the newest class of ...

Sales include transformed former gas station

A former dilapidated gas station that has been transformed into a remodeled commercial building has been sold. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from July 21-24. The county does not provide ...

Clerk asks state Attorney General to resolve NYC ticket issue

A Chautauqua County official is asking the state Attorney General to address the problem of dozens of traffic citations being issued to a local resident for violations in New York City based on a license plate that he doesn’t have. Last month, County Clerk Gregory Carlson sent a letter to the New York City Department of Finance saying that a disabled Navy veteran that he represents had at that point received 13 traffic citations for a license plate that actually is from a bus operated by the New York City Transit Authority. Carlson said earlier this week that since his initial ...

Brooks-TLC announces updated outpatient services hours

Brooks-TLC Hospital System will implement new hours of operation for outpatient services. Beginning Monday, outpatient services will be available Monday through Friday, from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The updated hours will apply to the following services: outpatient registration and scheduling, laboratory services, imaging services, cardiopulmonary services, including echocardiograms, stress tests, EKGs and pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and pediatric cardiac clinic. Patients who need to access other services before 6:30 a.m. or after 5 p.m. should enter the hospital through the ...

Paving work planned at Dunkirk DMV site

The Chautauqua County Department of Motor Vehicles announces that paving work is scheduled to begin Monday at the Dunkirk DMV office, located at 3998 Vineyard Drive. Crews will work to complete the paving project in one day, though an additional day may be needed to complete pavement striping. The Dunkirk DMV building will remain accessible, and services will continue to be available during the project. However, parking will be limited while the work is underway. In the event of inclement weather, the paving work may be delayed. Customers are encouraged to follow the Chautauqua ...

CREATE Project documentary to air on PBS starting Monday

The CREATE Project is announcing that its feature documentary, “Tradition, Trauma, & Tenderness” will air on Monday at 10 p.m. and on Friday at 4:30 p.m. in Western New York and Southern Ontario on WNED-TV 17.1. The film is a meditation on the universal nature of trauma, and how ...