MAYVILLE — The New York State Department of Health, working collaboratively with the Chautauqua County Health Department, is investigating reports of multiple illnesses potentially associated with the McDonald’s at 2803 N. Main Street Extension in Jamestown. Twenty-two individuals reported ...

“There are not enough words of gratitude to express the appreciation that I feel for last weekend’s Great Lakes Offshore Grand Prix 2018 Power Boat Race and the many residents and visitors who attended,” Dunkirk Mayor Willie Rosas said. The Race World Offshore Grand Prix Racing event ...

OBSERVER Staff Report CONCORD — A vehicle found on the shoulder of Route 219 has led to drug charges for a Collins woman. Erie County sheriff’s deputies report 38-year-old Nicole Jachim was found around 7 p.m. Tuesday. A deputy stopped to check on the status of a vehicle on the ...

Lily Dale is celebrating its history with the Women’s Suffrage Movement this Sunday, with its Women’s Day Event. The events began last year with the 100th anniversary of NYS women getting the right to vote, and will continue through 2020 and the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th ...

JAMESTOWN — The powerboats that raced on Lake Erie along the shoreline of Dunkirk have been hailed a huge success. County Legislator Robert Bankoski, D-Dunkirk, said Wednesday the Great Lakes Offshore Grand Prix held last weekend that featured powerboats from the Race World Offshore racing ...

A bill signed this week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that will create a commission to investigate complaints of misconduct by local prosecutors and their assistants is receiving plenty of scorn from state district attorneys and local lawmakers. Among those against the creation of the State Commission ...

Jamestown Community College’s Liberty Partnerships Program welcomed middle and high school students from Jamestown, Dunkirk and Salamanca to camp experiences earlier this summer. Eighteen high school students participated in the four-day overnight “Making Positive Choices” program in ...

CONCORD — A vehicle found on the shoulder of Route 219 has led to drug charges for a Collins woman. Erie County sheriff's deputies report 38-year-old Nicole Jachim was found around 7 p.m. Tuesday. A deputy stopped to check on the status of a vehicle on the shoulder of the highwa and ...

OBSERVER Staff Report Tracy Mitrano, the Democratic opponent to incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Reed in the 23rd Congressional district, is not certain on how to proceed with the future of the Dunkirk power-generation station. “I know that there have been various efforts,” she said about the ...

JAMESTOWN — The magic of live butterflies makes their exhibits major attractions at botanical gardens and tourist destinations. You can experience an indoor butterfly garden and many more delights at Audubon Community Nature Center’s (ACNC) Monarch Butterfly Festival this ...

Have you heard about the American Foursquare architectural style sometimes called the “Prairie Box” that was popular from the 1890s into the 1930s? Did you know that you could order your house style, it would arrive in a boxcar with a book of directions, pre-cut parts and numbered for ...

Baby Katalina Szukala was dressed to impress as a sailor for her first boat race in Dunkirk Sunday afternoon.

Today Dunkirk Farmers’ Market 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dunkirk Senior Center , 45 Cliffstar Court. Offering fresh fruits, vegetables and preserves, free-range beef, pork, rabbit, chicken, eggs, baked goods, hot and frozen pierogi. Grape Discovery Center “Wine With Us Wednesdays” 4 ...

The Fredonia Farm Festival wants to make a big splash this weekend for its 50th anniversary event. “We tried to go over the top this year because it’s the 50th,” said Mark Mackey, festival chairman, earlier this week. “We might have succeeded, we might not have. We’ll see how the ...

CHERRY CREEK — A Pennsylvania man has been charged with drinking and driving after his vehicle went off a state road. According to the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, on Sunday at around 6:15 p.m. deputies were dispatched to a call of a vehicle off the roadway on Route 83 in the town ...

The HOPE Chautauqua Coalition, a diverse group of community partners has been working together to plan a free community event open to the public. The event will be held today from 3-7:30 p.m. at the Chautauqua County Fairgrounds, Floral Hall “Celebrating Success” of all of the positive ...

JAMESTOWN — Jamestown police have charged Askia J. Faison, 22, of Jamestown with first-degree assault in relation to a stabbing at 2:10 p.m. Aug. 14 at Baker Park, 402 W. Fourth St., Jamestown. Police report Faison and another person had an argument and were fighting when the stabbing ...

HANOVER — A Pennsylvania man is in jail after being stopped this morning for a number of traffic violations. Chautauqua County sheriff's deputies report William E. Sinagra, 20, of Crafton, Pa., was stopped after 1:10 a.m. The vehicle operated by Sinagra had been previously reported stolen. ...

Tracy Mitrano, the Democratic opponent to incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Reed in the 23rd Congressional district, is not certain on how to proceed with the future of the Dunkirk power-generation station. "I know that there have been various efforts," she said about the site along the waterfront. "I ...

Not everyone is as brave as the winter Polar Bears. On Thursday, a group-swim for charity takes place at Cabana Sam’s in Sunset Bay. As a follow-up to the 16th Annual Silver Creek Polar Bear Swim for Charity, the swim is geared toward those too chicken to swim in January. Various factors, ...