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Lake Shore Savings supports Hospice residence

Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care is pleased to announce a generous gift toward the Our House campaign to build the first hospice residence in Chautauqua County. Lake Shore Savings has made a three year pledge totaling $75,000 toward the project. The hospice residence will be named The ...

Tree and shrub sale breaks records

The Chautauqua County Soil and Water Conservation District broke its personal record for the number of tree and shrub orders that were processed despite shortages experienced by nurseries across the state due to a widespread increase in demand. A record-breaking, 479 orders were distributed ...

Cattaraugus County Fair tickets now on sale

Presale gate admission tickets for the 178th Cattaraugus County Fair, set for Aug. 1 to 7, are on sale now at various outlets in Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Erie counties. Gate admission is pay-one-price, $12 (ages 2 and over). Admission includes unlimited Powers & Thomas Amusements midway rides and the grandstand shows on Sunday and Tuesday evening. Purchase prior to the start of Fair and save $4 on each ticket. Advanced sale gate tickets are $8 and are available through the end of the day on Saturday, July 31. Tickets can be purchased at the Fair office at 501 Erie St, Little ...

DiNapoli says NY financial plan outlook has improved

New York’s financial picture is much prettieir than it was a few months ago, according to a new report from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. Cumulative four-year budget gaps estimated at $38.7 billion in February have been reduced to $3.4 billion, according to the report. The reduction was fueled by the receipt of substantial new resources, including $15.2 billion in federal assistance and $17.3 billion from tax and other policy actions. “The state’s economic and fiscal outlook have improved,” DiNapoli said. “Local sales tax collections are up significantly, and our May ...

Small businesses urged to apply for COVID relief

ALBANY – Small businesses can now apply for grants to offset COVID pandemic income losses — and state Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, and Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, R-Jamestown, are encouraging local business owners to apply. The $800 million COVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program reimburses New York small businesses with grants of up to $50,000 for COVID-related expenses incurred between March 1, 2020 and April 1, 2021. “Small businesses are the economic engines of our downtowns. They were hit hard by the pandemic lockdown. Many closed and those that ...

Get your Laurel Run special edition July 7

The Post-Journal and OBSERVER will publish a Laurel Memorial Run/Walk edition Wednesday, July 7. Volunteers will sell the papers from 6:00 to 10:00 that morning at various locations, including all of the Tim Hortons cafes in Chautauqua County. Pictured getting ready for the paper sale outside ...