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Bashaw fills seat on Pomfret board

The Pomfret Town Board has added EvaDawn Bashaw as a new member. Bashaw rose from the audience to take an oath of office at the December Pomfret Town Board meeting. She was appointed to fill out the term of Ann Eckman, who resigned in September. “We asked for letters of interest and we ...

Water district talks plans, notes Fredonia suit date

The North County Water District board sped through its December meeting but still managed to fit in some information about the village of Fredonia’s plans to share water with district member Pomfret. Water board chairman Daniel Pacos, who is also the Pomfret town supervisor, reiterated ...

Portland puts hold on battery storage

PORTLAND — After fliers in the town of Portland began to circulate alluding to interest of a battery energy storage system in the town, the Portland Town Board moved quickly to make sure it had the time it needed to properly regulate such systems. A one-year moratorium on battery energy ...

Sales include Dunkirk motel, former Jamestown restaurant

A Dunkirk motel is under new ownership. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from Oct. 7-10. During this time period 363 and 365 Lake Shore Drive West, Dunkirk was sold to Point WNY, LLC for ...

School 5 names top students

Recently students at Dunkirk Primary School 5 were chosen as Students of the Month for November. They were presented with certificates for their accomplishments. Giancarlos Pena Sanchez, Grade 1, was chosen as Overall Student of the Month for November and was honored at a recent Board of ...

Rocco finally starting to feel at home

It’s been one year since Antonia and I adopted Rocco from the Lakeshore Humane Society. During that time, the small-ish Rottweiler mix has made big strides in overcoming the effects of whatever bad experiences he had as a puppy. People experienced in dog adoption have told me it’ll be a ...