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Legion spearheads new flagpole at Boy Scouts council headquarters

FALCONER - In October 2025, Chautauqua County American Legion Cmdr. Jeffrey Levandoski began a project at the Allegheny Highlands Council Scouts of America, 50 Hough Hill Road. Levandoski set out to retire the American Flag, and repair the 20-year-old flagpole. His vision was to have a new ...

At the Audubon

Several years ago, I interned at an outdoor school in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Like much of California, it tended to be dry for most of the year, with a somewhat wetter late winter and early spring. While there, I spent most of my time as an educator leading ...

School Boards association holds meeting, honors night

CELORON - The Chautauqua County School Boards Association held its annual meeting and Honors Night recently at the Chautauqua Harbor Hotel. Todd Crandall, executive director, welcomed the honored students, their families and friends, administrators, staff and school board members from ...

Westfield Fund campaign gets underway

The Westfield Fund is pleased to announce the kickoff of the third annual 100-100-100 campaign and acknowledge this year's grant recipients. The Westfield Fund is a Community Donor Advised Fund at the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation (NCCF), raising funds and awarding grants for projects and activities that enhance the quality of life in the Westfield community. All funds raised and awarded are administered by NCCF on behalf of The Westfield Fund for the sole purpose and benefit of the Westfield community. A committee of volunteers from the Westfield community considers grant ...

DOT to use Fifth Street as detour from I-86 bridge

Work continues on the I-86 bridge over Chautauqua Lake, and as the New York State Department of Transportation moves into the next phase, they have alerted the Jamestown city council to a planned detour that will involve Fifth Street. A resolution regarding this planned detour was discussed ...

Sales include former Ellicott manufacturing building

The building of a former manufacturing company in the southern end of the county that made heating and cooling equipment has been sold. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from April 14-17. The county does not provide transaction information, but real estate documents are available for review at the clerk’s office. During this time period, Ekega LLC sold 1984 Allen St. Ext., Ellicott to ALW Properties of Falconer NY, LLC for $250,000. That was the location of EMC FinTech, a ...