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Sales include $4.5M student apartment complex

An apartment complex in the northern end of the county marketed to college students has been sold for millions of dollars. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from April 21-24. The county does not ...

County’s Safety Net needs millions more

Chautauqua County’s Safety Net program is once again running in the red and needs millions of dollars to cover its shortfall. One way or another the county will have to come up with the funds for the program, but at least one county official doesn’t want its reserves used to make up the difference. During the June Chautauqua County Legislature meeting, lawmakers delayed a vote on a resolution that would have spent $2.8 million of its unobligated reserve funds to cover the deficit. According to the county’s website, Safety Net Assistance is for individuals who are not ...

Building a dream

A vacant lot on Hoyt Street in Dunkirk is the site of the next Chautauqua Area Habitat for Humanity home. The organization purchases lots and builds homes in collaboration with the Chautauqua County Land Bank. “We look for a good location for families to raise kids in,” said Dave ...

American Revolutionary War marker dedication held in Stockton

STOCKTON — At the Greenwood Cemetery in Stockton, a dedication ceremony was held for the installation of a Revolutionary War Patriot Marker. The American Revolutionary War was from April 19, 1775 until September 3, 1783. During this time, there were 165 principal engagements as the soldiers ...

Community Notebook

Can drive planned July 11 The Blessed Mary Angela Holy Name Society will host a bottle and can drive on Saturday July 11 at the former St Hyacinth School, 296 Lake Shore Drive East starting at 9 a.m. All proceeds will go to support Parish needs. Bills Boosters set annual meeting The Southern Tier Bills Booster Club will hold its annual meeting and election of officers on Tuesday at the First Ward Falcon Club, starting at 7 p.m. Ripley school board meets Wednesday RIPLEY — The reorganizational meeting of the Board of Education of the Ripley Central School District will be on ...

Trip of a lifetime

The Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight took off to Washington D.C. again earlier in the month of June, carrying veterans from Jamestown, Dunkirk and Youngsville among the ranks of veterans being honored this time around. The most recent Honor Flight took place from June 12 to 14 and included Jamestown veteran Jack Anderson, Dunkirk veterans Jonathan Carroll and David Roach, and two veterans from Youngsville, Elwood Beck and Richard Gruber. The flight brought them to Washington D.C. to visit the memorials and to honor each veterans’ time in the service. Roach served in the Navy during ...