The 2020 4-H Meat Animal Sale will be an online-only auction beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 16, and ending at 6 p.m. Friday, July 17. Cornell Cooperative Extension Chautauqua has contracted with Peterson Auction to host the auction. Cornell Cooperative Extension Chautauqua staff and ...
The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood donations to prevent another blood shortage as hospitals resume surgical procedures and patient treatments that were temporarily paused earlier this spring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Several blood drives will be held in the ...
SILVER CREEK – The Parent Teacher Student Association of Silver Creek Central School District is facilitating the “Adopt a Class of 2020 Black Knight” project to show the senior class some love as they graduate amid a pandemic. Community members are invited to make a gift basket for ...
Aaron Richner has announced he is running for the school board position at Cassadaga Valley Central School. He graduated from SUNY Fredonia with a degree in elementary education and received his Masters Degree in special education from Mercyhurst University. He has lived in the district for ...
Today — Partly sunny with a chance of showers in the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Warm with highs ranging from the upper 70s on the hilltops to the lower 80s in the valleys. Light winds, becoming southwest around 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. Tonight — Partly cloudy. ...
GOWANDA — The United State Environmental Protection Agency announced $3 million in Brownfields Grants for communities across New York, with one local community included, Gowanda. The purpose of the grant is to assess and clean up contaminated properties under the agency’s Brownfields ...
Mayor Wilfred Rosas has announced the city of Dunkirk’s “Back to Business Small Grant Program.” This program is intended to help businesses in the City of Dunkirk keep their employees on payroll and stay afloat during these times of economic hardship due to the impacts of COVID-19. ...
The Chautauqua County Crisis Response Fund recently received $25,000 from the Western New York COVID-19 Community Response Fund to support community-based and grassroots organizations working to provide hands on assistance to community members. During its weekly meeting, the Crisis Response ...
Editor’s note: Organizations that are still meeting are invited to contact the OBSERVER for publication. Below are canceled events. Tuesday, May 26 Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR) meeting at the Union Hall on Fourth Street, Dunkirk has been canceled. Tuesday, June ...
I fell in love with the trumpet the first time I heard “Taps” played. I was 7 or 8, standing in Western Park, Little Falls, attending the annual Memorial Day festivities. More on “Taps” later. Bowing to the “everyone had to take an instrument” pressure of the times, my ever ...
Submitted Photo Legionaries and Sons of the American Legion Squadron from Post 59, 156 E. Main Street, Fredonia placed flags in honor of our Veterans for Memorial Day at St. Joseph’s and St. Anthony’s cemeteries in Fredonia on Tuesday. Forest Hill was also done later in the week. With the ...
Memorial Day 2020 may be celebrated differently than in years past. We should celebrate our freedoms, celebrate the men and women who have died for these freedoms and celebrate those who continue to serve to protect and honor our freedoms. This year we all have the time to genuinely think ...
A 91-year-old woman is the third person in Cattaraugus County to die from COVID-19-related causes. The Cattaraugus County Health Department said in a news release on its website that the woman was a 91-year-old woman who developed sudden respiratory failure and was unable to overcome her ...
By CAREY SKELTON MS MPH RDN CDN/Consulting Registered Dietitian The novel coronavirus has caused a ripple effect in the way we look at and think about food. We are relying more on non-perishable foods since foods such as fruits, vegetables, and dairy have shorter shelf life as we limit the ...
Editor’s note: Organizations that are still meeting are invited to contact the OBSERVER for publication. Below are canceled events. Saturday, May 23 Cassadaga Library annual walk-a-thon cancelled Monday, May 25 J. Carter Knapp Forestville American Legion Memorial Day parade and ...
The Village of Fredonia will continue picking up limbs and yard waste through Thursday, May 21. Collection will begin at 7 a.m. and continue until every village street within the scheduled section has been completed. Bags and brush are collected separately by different crews. All items for ...
Chautauqua County Soil & Water Conservation District distributed over 400 tree and shrub orders in April and May of 2020 undeterred by the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike any year before, tree and shrub customers remained in their vehicles while district employees hand delivered tree and shrub ...
Chautauqua Institution President Michael Hill’s 2020 Chautauqua Program announcement will air at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. “Chautauqua Sunrise,” hosted by Doc Hamels, will have guest Greg Carlson, Director of the Chautauqua County Veteran Services. The program is aired and streamed on Facebook ...
MERIT ROLL Students earning an average of 85.00-89.499% are awarded recognition by having their names placed on the Merit Roll. The following middle school students make up the Merit Roll for the third marking period of the school year 2019-2020. Sixth Grade: Wesley Barger, Nathan Betts, ...
Editor’s note: Organizations that are still meeting are invited to contact the OBSERVER for publication. Below are cancelled events. Sunday, May 17 Northern Chautauqua County Club Associates meeting scheduled at the Silver Creek Overseas Veterans Post is cancelled. Forest Lodge #166 ...