By GREGORY BACON gbacon@observertoday.com MAYVILLE – Village residents are looking at a hike in their property taxes as well as electric rates. During this week’s Mayville Village Board meeting, the board unanimously approved the budget for the 2026-27 year. The overall budget is ...
JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT — Pedro J Cruz, 43, was charged with two counts of first-degree criminal contempt, endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree harassment. At approximately 10:33 a.m. Friday, officers responded to a south side address for a reported domestic dispute. ...
Photos by Dan Kohler A resident was injured in a fire Friday evening in the town of Westfield. After extinguishing the fire at 8741 Barber Road, the Chautauqua County Fire Investigation team was requested to the scene to conduct an origin and cause fire investigation. The investigation found ...
FREWSBURG - To help provide a balanced budget, the Frewsburg Central School District Board of Education is proposing to eliminate about 8.5 positions. The 2026-27 proposed budget now stands at $24,291,748, a 2.9% increase over the current 2025-26 budget, interim Superintendent Lynda Quick ...
Rural Minds, a local nonprofit organization focused on mental health in rural America, has recently launched a new program focused on connecting farmers to mental health resources. The new program, known as the Farmer Mental Health Resilience Program, has been developed to provide farmers and ...
The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation and the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation have added Rural Philanthropy Fellows to their teams through a partnership with the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation. The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation welcomed Solimar “Soly” Vazquez as ...