By BRADEN CARMEN bcarmen@observertoday.com GOWANDA — Five employees earned tenure appointments at a recent Gowanda Board of Education meeting. Among them was Ashley Wakelee, the district’s Director of Learning and Continual Improvement. Wakelee is professionally certified as a School ...

A Jamestown man has been killed in a motorcycle accident Sunday afternoon. Benny L. Salva, 35, of Jamestown was riding his motorcycle on Barrett Avenue near McKinley Avenue at the time of the accident. Jamestown police say the motorcycle was the only vehicle involved in the accident, which ...

The village of Westfield and the Westfield Development Corp. is pleased to announce the installation of 25 self-watering planters along Main Street, completed in May. This beautification project was made possible through a $7,500 grant from the Chautauqua County Partnership for Economic ...

Community support led to a record year of sales and fundraising last week as part of the special edition Post-Journal and OBSERVERs that were sold at Tim Hortons and in communities on Wednesday. Led by volunteers in the north and south county, $4,621.43 was raised in the sale of newspapers. ...

SILVER CREEK – The Silver Creek Seniors met on Tuesday, July 8 with 20 members present. Prior to the meeting, several members of the Silver Creek Hanover Garden Club presented a dedication of the red oak tree, planted at the center last year in memory of past president Ed Newman. President ...

FREWSBURG - One week after the Frewsburg Central School board suspended its superintendent and its buildings and grounds supervisor, Board President Larry Lodestro has resigned. During a reorganizational meeting on Thursday, the board officially accepted Lodestro’s resignation Lodestro ...