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Area libraries list coming events

Weekly events are planned at local libraries. Check each library’s website for details — Monday: Velociraptors going into PreK to going into second grade at Barker Library, 7 Day St., Fredonia, 10:30 a.m. OR Tuesday at 2 p.m. — Tuesday: Velociraptors going into PreK to going into second grade at Barker Library, 7 Day St., Fredonia, OR Monday at 10:30 a.m.; Storytime, craft at Dunkirk Library, 536 Central Ave., 11 a.m.; Mahjong Club at Anderson-Lee Library, 43 Main St., Silver Creek at 1 p.m. — Wednesday: Paleontologists going into third grade going into eighth grade at ...

‘8 Great Wednesdays’ off to a rousing start

Two Wednesdays in, Festivals Fredonia's summer concert series is doing exactly what it set out to do: bringing the village center back to life. The "8 Great Wednesdays in the Park" opened July 1 with Country Night, drawing lawn chairs and blankets across Barker Common well before showtime. Line-dancing instructor Connie Glasier led a 5:30pm warm-up, Michael Key opened with the Star-Spangled Banner, and then Everette Lee & the Underground Stampede took the stage at 6:30. The momentum carried into week two, when Americana Night brought Unknown Legends to the bandshell on July 8 — one ...

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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 ...