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Food drive letter perfect

Local/Region

The Mayville Post Office participated in the 2026 National Association of Letter Carriers “Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive” on May 9. Started in 1993, the food drive is held in May because most food banks face a depletion in donations from the holiday season. Thanks to the Mayville Post ...

Lions Club holds Beach Sweep

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The Dunkirk Fredonia Lions Club recently hosted a “beach sweep” at Point Gratiot Beach. Thirty-three hardy, community minded volunteers braved the rain showers and 40-degree temperatures to clean the beach as part of the Alliance for the Great Lakes initiative to clean the lakes and ...

Hospice service and Butterfly Release set for June 6

Local/Region

LAKEWOOD — Chautauqua Hospice and Palliative Care (CHPC) will host its annual Service of Remembrance and Memorial Butterfly Release on Saturday, June 6, giving community members a meaningful way to honor and remember loved ones through a memorial program and live butterfly release. “In ...

Area student excels in SUNY biology

Local/Region

Sydney Hawkins, a first-generation university student originally from Ripley, was named the Honors Student of the Month for March at the State University of New York at Fredonia. A senior Biology major with a Chemistry minor, she was nominated for the honor by a cadre of STEM faculty and ...

Sales include land purchase by Gerry Town Hall

Business

The town of Gerry has purchased some property that borders the town hall. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from March 16-20. The county does not provide transaction information, but real estate ...