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NCCF promotes Leave a Legacy month

During times of uncertainty, the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation (NCCF) encourages our community to focus on what we can build together at home. Planning for the future is one of the most meaningful gifts we can give to the people and places we care about. When you make plans to leave a gift to the NCCF in your will and trust, you are making an investment in the future of our region that will help improve the quality of life for generations to come. At the NCCF, bequests have helped shape our community for decades. These legacy gifts, large and small, strengthen local ...

New finance director named at United Way

United Way of Chautauqua County is pleased to announce the addition of Michael Krepps as the agency’s new Director of Finance & Administration, bringing more than 15 years of nonprofit and higher education experience to the organization. With a background in administration, fundraising, ...

Lighthouse’s David Briska honored by Visitors Bureau

The Chautauqua County Visitor’s Bureau has recognized David Briska of the Dunkirk Lighthouse & Veterans Park Museum with its inaugural Chautauqua County Tourism Industry Representative of the Year award. Andrew Nixon, CCVB president and CEO, presented Briska with the award. Nixon said the ...

Sales include $1M worth of Villenova farmland

A little more than 200 acres of farmland in Chautauqua County has been sold for more than $1 million. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from Feb. 24-27. The county does not provide transaction ...

SKF, Cummins Navigate Regulations, Global Unrest

National and global politics are helping shape the coming months for two of the area’s larger employers. Officials from Cummins and SKF talked recently with investor analysts about the effects things like tariffs, new environmental regulations and global uncertainty, particularly in the ...

Johnson Estate Winery celebrates 65th year with awards

WESTFIELD — While the winter was impressively cold and the spring weather worrisome for growing grapes due to early bud break and potential freezes, Johnson Estate’s commencement of its 65th anniversary year has been good. Last month, the winery learned it had been awarded 10 Gold Medal awards including four with Best of Class designations at the Los Angeles International Wine Competition. And then this week, we learned that the winery’s second vintage of Sparkling Rosé Ice Wine was rated Exceptional, 94 Points by the Beverage Testing Institute/Tastings.com. These awards ...