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County leaders unite to advance suicide prevention efforts

Chautauqua County recently brought together leaders, community partners, and individuals with lived experience for the Chautauqua County Suicide Prevention Key Leader Summit, a countywide, half-day working session focused on turning strategy into action. Held at Wicked Warren’s in Jamestown, the summit created a collaborative environment where participants worked across sectors to examine current efforts, identify gaps, and help shape the future of suicide prevention in Chautauqua County. Attendees included representatives from law enforcement, education, behavioral health, public ...

City lists services, parade lineup for Monday

The City of Dunkirk Festivals and Special Events department are proud to announce the Annual Memorial Day Parade in downtown Dunkirk on Monday. The parade is sponsored by APG, Van Buren Drive-In, Refresco, Dunkirk-Fredonia Rotary Club and Dunkirk Veterans Club of World War II. The day will begin with a memorial service at 8:30 a.m. at the Dunkirk Lighthouse presented by the Knights of Columbus and a 10 a.m. memorial service at Memorial Park directed by the Dunkirk Joint Veterans Council. The Memorial Day services will be conducted by the participating organizations of the Dunkirk ...

Sales include former Jamestown liquor store

The building of a former liquor store in Jamestown has been sold. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from March 9-15. The county does not provide transaction information, but real estate documents ...

Fairmount Avenue Rite Aid sold to O’Reilly Auto

ELLICOTT - A closed Rite-Aid building in the south county has been sold and may be turned into an auto parts store. According to documents at the Chautauqua County Clerk’s Office, in March 9275 Group, LLC of Buffalo sold 963 Fairmount Ave., Ellicott to O’Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC of ...

Three county veterans, families, attend latest Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight

Three local veterans in the Jamestown and Falconer area were given the opportunity to fly on the latest Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight to Washington D.C. to visit the monuments there, a trip made even more special by the fact that all three were able to bring their children with them. Locally, ...

Mark Wilson discusses wife’s 1988 kidnapping and murder

For 38 years Mark Wilson’s heart has been broken. Broken because the love of his life – his wife and the mother of their three children – was kidnapped and later murdered. The Jamestown resident has gone through a lot of emotions through the years, including seeing arrests only to ...