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SATURDAY, SEPT. 26 New York State free fishing day North East PA Wine Fest Downtown area. Sunset Bay annual boat burning Cabana Sam’s, 1028 S. Shore Drive, Irving. Small Town Cruisin’ North East, PA Fredonia Farmers’ Market Church Street, Fredonia, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Features variety of food vendors, crafts, artisans, prepared foods for sale. Market welcomes cash, credit cards, SNAP benefits. Westfield Farmers’, Artisans’ Market Moore Park, corner of Routes 20, 394, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Local fruits, vegetables, baked goods, eggs, wine, spirits, honey, locally ...

Fruitful blessing

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Silver Creek held its annual “blessing of the grapes” Mass Sept. 19. Father Dan Fiebelkorn said a prayer of gratitude for the growing season, and prayed for the workers’ safety during harvest. He then read the names of those in the grape growing ...

Westfield trash collection plans up for discussion

WESTFIELD — Change is coming to Westfield village trash pickup. Rising costs, expired contracts and safety issues converge, requiring a new Trash Collection Plan for the village. Soon the old way of using special blue bags can go on no longer unless the price increases considerably. The only questions remaining are what a new system will look like, how much will it cost, and how will it be funded? There are two options being considered. One is to keep the trash bags using a new company to collect them. The costs per bag are estimated to rise to approximately $3.50 from the current ...

County sales include Westfield downtown building

A downtown Westfield building that houses multiple businesses has changed ownership. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from July 14-20. The county does not provide transaction information, but ...

Buchanan joins Newburg Spine & Sports

Christopher Buchanan, DC, has joined Newburg Spine & Sports, bringing his experience and passion for chiropractic care to the local community. Dr. Buchanan earned his Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from SUNY Fredonia before completing his Doctor of Chiropractic degree at ...

Clymer, Sherman Panama reach merger petition goal

CLYMER — The petition period for getting signatures to continue forward with the Clymer, Sherman, Panama merger process continues until October 1, but during Thursday night’s final town hall of that petition period, held in Clymer, it was announced that with a week left to go all three districts have hit the required amount of signatures needed. Clymer’s town hall was held Thursday night at Clymer Central School, and similar to the last two, community members were welcome to come and have their questions addressed. One such question asked where the three districts currently sit ...