United Way of Chautauqua County has kicked off its annual Community Baby Shower and for the first time ever, the collection drive is being held countywide. Each spring, United Way collects new baby items for local at-risk mothers and their newborns. The items are then distributed to those in ...

The last of the Lake Shore indoor flea markets took place the weekend of April 4 and 5. A huge thank you to our supporters of the market, VFW fish fries, the 50-50 drawings and especially the OBSERVER. Money raised will help veterans in need. The indoor Lake Shore Flea Market will return ...

The Cinema Series continues at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center with screenings of “The Friend,” starring Bill Murray and Naomi Watts, on Saturday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Writer and teacher Iris (Watts) finds her comfortable, solitary New York life thrown into ...

Taste of the South dinner May 9 The Juneteenth 2025 Celebration Committee will be sponsoring the Annual Taste of the South on Friday, May 9 from 3 to 6 p.m. at Open Door No. 3 Church of God in Christ, 59 Lake Shore Drive West, Dunkirk, New York. Dinners will be take-out only. The Annual ...

The League of Women Voters of Chautauqua County recently held a panel discussion on “The Immigrant Journey” at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Temple Street in Fredonia. The panelists were John C. Starkey, principal of Lafayette International High School in Buffalo; Sheila Starkey ...

On May 1-3, the Community Theatre Project at Main Street Studios in Fredonia will be performing the play Little Women. This fresh adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, written by Kate Hamill, and portrayed by the talented cast, will keep the audiences laughing, and crying, ...