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July events planned at the Patterson Library

WESTFIELD — Happy 250th Fourth of July! The Patterson Library, located at 40 S. Portage St., will be closed Saturday, July 4. The library offers a wide variety of free events and programs for the month of July. Registration is not required unless stated otherwise. Call or visit the library during open hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; closed Sundays. Call 716-326-2154. The annual book sale will be held July 16 through 18 during regular library hours. There will be a Patterson Society presale ...

Babcock sworn in as district director for state clerks

WESTFIELD — Andrea Babcock, Town Clerk for the Town of Westfield, has been officially sworn in as District 10 Director for the New York State Town Clerks Association during the Association’s April Conference held in Albany. As District 10 Director, Babcock will represent and support town ...

Gies wins Democratic Party primary for Congress

Aaron Gies, Democratic and Working Families candidate for Congress in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, defeated primary opponent, Kevin Stocker, with more than 71% of the vote. The district includes parts of nine counties stretching from southern Niagara down to the Pennsylvania ...

$1M in funds to assist Jamestown with brownfields

Jamestown is slated to receive $1 million, U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced Wednesday, in federal support to help assess, clean up, redevelop, and reuse contaminated and abandoned properties. Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Schumer led to passage in the Senate, the support was allocated through the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Program. Grant funds in Jamestown will be used to conduct up to six Phase I and up to six Phase II environmental site assessments and support cleanup and reuse planning and community ...

Paint CHQ mural project to begin in Dunkirk

The Chautauqua County Partnership for Economic Growth (CCPEG) is pleased to announce the commencement of a new public art mural at 125 Central Ave. in Dunkirk, as part of the Paint CHQ program that launched in 2025. After several delays prevented the originally selected artist from creating ...

Handicaptain highlight of Friday event

Dunkirk Pier’s new “Handicaptain,” which assists mobility-challenged people with boat access, will be highlighted Friday at the Tenth Annual Veterans Fishing Day. The boat access station was installed last July. Adam Begley, founder of HandiCaptain Brands, LLC, built it with a couple assistants. HandiCaptain later installed a second unit at the pier on Barcelona Harbor in Westfield. Begley proudly informed the OBSERVER that Dunkirk’s Handicaptain “will be providing A.D.A. Boat Access for the handicapped, disabled, and elderly veterans for their beloved, annual event, put on ...