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Community Notebook July 22, 2026

OBSERVER website resubmissions requested The OBSERVER has recently upgraded its website. As part of the transition, submissions made through www.observertoday.com through Monday have been lost. Those who had submitted news releases within the past week through our website are asked to send them again either through clicking "Submit News” at observertoday.com or by sending an email to editorial@observertoday.com. Legislature meeting at Jackson Center The Legislature’s meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 22, at 6:30 p.m. at the Robert H. Jackson Center Theater, located at ...

Two Towns to perform at Music at the Point

Entertainment July 22, 2026

This Wednesday’s live Music at the Point will feature Two Towns from 6 to 8 p.m. at Point Gratiot. The event is sponsored by Southern Tier Environments for Living, Inc. (STEL) and Lawley Insurance. Two Towns (STEL V.I.P. Night) is scheduled this Wednesday with upcoming performances to ...

Exciting ‘tradition’

TOP STORIES July 22, 2026

The traditional bang from a cannon was replaced by thunder on Tuesday morning, but the result was still the same. The 145th annual Chautauqua County Fair is officially underway. “This is going to be a great fair,” said Linda Lanphere, President of the Chautauqua County Fair Board. ...

City rate for NCWD water sales on hold

TOP STORIES July 22, 2026

The city of Dunkirk evidently didn’t like what it got out of a formula for its North County Water District water sale rate. Meanwhile, the new rate for 2026, which was supposed to be finalized in February, remains on hold. City Department of Public Works Director Randy Woodbury reported on the situation at a Common Council Finance Committee meeting last week. The city uses a formula put together by SUNY Fredonia professor Peter Reinelt to determine the cost per thousand gallons of water sold to the NCWD. “The formula usually tracks the inflation rate pretty close. We expected ...

Mulholland takes oath for Fredonia Village Board

TOP STORIES July 22, 2026

Fredonia's newest trustee, Timothy Mulholland, was sworn in Monday. Mulholland began his first Board of Trustees meeting with an oath of office administered by Mayor Michael Ferguson and Treasurer Erlyssa LeBeau. He said little throughout the meeting – until his allotted trustee report ...

Brisky, Carmello retire from Fredonia schools

TOP STORIES July 22, 2026

Two more fixtures of the Fredonia Central School District will not be returning next year. Margaret “Peg” Brisky, a School Secretary with 45 years of service to the district, and Melissa Carmello, an Elementary School Teacher with 38 years of service to the district, both recently ...