The Roger Tory Peterson Institute (RTPI) will present a new juried exhibition exploring the connection between art, nature, and environmental stewardship. Titled Art that Matters to the Planet: Beyond Beauty, the exhibition celebrates the world of wildflowers, while touching on concerns ...
A recent meeting of the 2025-26 Fredonia Shakespeare Club was at the home of Judi Lutz Woods and Leanna McMahon was the hostess. Vice President Sharon Klug welcomed Club members to the meeting. After a brief business meeting concluded, a paper by Rebecca Huber-Ross was presented on the ...
By DAVID PRENATT editorial@observertoday.com RIPLEY — “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go,” writes Dr. Seuss in “I Can Read With My Eyes Shut.” While schools across the nation will focus on Seuss's words ...
State lawmakers are again attempting to create harsher penalties for businesses that take advantage of market instability and keep prices unnecessarily high. Legislation (S.9372) proposed by Sen. Cordelle Cleare, D-New York City, proposes criminal charges as an option for price gouging, ...
A Westfield man is being held on $1 million bail after allegedly trying to murder a woman earlier this month in the village. District Attorney Jason Schmidt has announced that an eight-count indictment issued by a Chautauqua County Grand Jury was unsealed Tuesday charging Jahmaul W. Johnson ...
National Grid has deployed nearly 3,300 line, tree, and public safety specialists to assess damage, clean up debris and restore power to customers caused by a multi-day windstorm affecting Upstate New York. As of 3 p.m. on Tuesday, National Grid has restored service to more than 112,000 of the ...