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SATURDAY, JULY 11 Annual Golf Scramble Maplehurst Country Club, 1508 Big Tree Road, Lakewood, golfer registration 7:30 a.m., shotgun start 8:30 a.m. Golfers, community members: basket raffles, big ticket items, 50/50. Proceeds benefit Brandon “BZ” Zebrowski Memorial Fund, raising awareness, stopping stigma of addiction in our community. Erie Philharmonic Free Patriotic Pops Concert in Diamond Park Meadville, PA., details TBA. Dunkirk Flea Market Route 5 (Lake Shore Drive E.), Central Avenue parking lot, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendors accepted each week for $20 per spot. Contact ...

CASA planning for August golf tournament

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Chautauqua County announces its fifth annual A Voice Fore A Child Beer & Wine Tasting Charity Golf Tournament to be on Saturday, Aug. 15 at Chautauqua Golf Club. Registration starts at 11 a.m. with a shotgun start at noon. The 18-hole, scramble ...

County sales include $1.2M Bemus Point restaurant

A popular restaurant in Bemus Point has been sold and is now an Italian restaurant. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from April 27-30. The county does not provide transaction information, but real ...

Chautauqua Belle celebrates 50th birthday on Chautauqua Lake

“Oldtime River Boat To Ply Lake” was the headline of a story recounting a Mayville Village Board meeting on Oct. 9, 1973. Little did Post-Journal readers know when they picked up their paper that the then-unnamed replica steamboat’s whistle would become one of the most familiar sounds to anyone who would spend much time on Chautauqua Lake for the next five decades. Saturday, July 11, the Chautauqua Belle will celebrate its 50th birthday with specially priced cruises and a trip past Midway State Park, which will be launching fireworks as part of its own anniversary ...

Community Notebook

Library plans reading remembrance SINCLAIRVILLE — The Sinclairville Free Library plans a poetry reading in memory of poet and teacher John Brantingham, who taught and published widely in the world, but locally at Chautauqua and JCC and also gave classes at our library. This will be a time to share our own original poetry and/or readings from Brantingham’s work. Join the library on Monday, July 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. for a time to honor Brantingham and the inspiration that he gave us. The library hopes that it will be a meaningful time spent together in his memory. Please contact the ...

Forestville 50th class reunion held

Forestville Central Schools Class of 1976 held its 50th reunion at the home of classmember Lon Robinson. Plans were made for a 55th reunion in 2031. Front, left to right: Dale Davis, Barbara Edwards, Linda Hudson, Cathy Harp Kaicher, Beth Benchley, Becky Brooks Frederickson, Mike Frederickson, ...