Several Lakewood property owners aren't the only ones unhappy with their new property tax assessments. Walmart is asking state Supreme Court Justice Grace Hanlon to reduce the store's 2025-26 tax assessment from the $15 million that is part of the town of Busti's property reassessment to ...

ASHVILLE — The boards of education of Clymer, Sherman and Panama central schools have agreed to move forward with a joint feasibility study to look into a potential merger or reorganization of schools. Wednesday’s joint board meeting was held at the Hewes Educational Center in Ashville ...

OBSERVER Staff Report has been announced as the Fredonia Pomfret Republican Party’s sole candidate for the Fredonia Board of Trustees this fall. Melanie Mann, the Fredonia Pomfret Republicans’ chair, told the OBSERVER Bird was nominated in a July 19 caucus. Bird served as a Fredonia ...

The annual chicken barbecue held by the Mayville/Chautauqua Lions Club was a great success. The club thanks everyone who participated at this delicious fundraising event. The Weidner barbecue folks arrived at American Legion Post 493 at noon and began cooking chicken out front. Then the aroma ...

SINCLAIRVILLE — Special Community Art Nights at the Sinclairville Free Library are planned in the coming weeks. They include: — Flower Pounding with Brenda Nickerson on Monday at 5 p.m. Participants will learn which flowers and/or leaves work well and how hard to pound to get the ...

Growing up, Bemus Point native Gavin Svenson has always had an interest in science, specifically biology and entomology, choosing to be an entomologist at 10 years old. These days, his path has taken him through many different scientific careers, and has now landed him as the next Director of ...