Earth Day began more than 50 years ago with a goal of protecting the planet and raising environmental awareness. Dr. Tracy Marafiote, an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the State University of New York at Fredonia, thinks this initiative has only grown more important ...

“Not my child, not my problem,” I overheard someone say this week. On Friday, our first day of our new E.A.S.E.Growth Program (Equine Assisted Social Emotional Growth) in collaboration with the Mental Health Association of Chautauqua County, a mother of a 10-year-old boy with Autism ...

BROCTON — Students of the month have been announced for April by the Brocton Central School district. Brocton Middle School is proud to recognize Aria Donato, a seventh-grade student from Pomfret. Aria's parents, Stephanie Pati and Michael Donato, share in this well-deserved honor. Aria ...

A local independent insurance agency specializing in Medicare insurance no longer has its south county location. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from Feb. 1-10. The county does not provide ...

The new $223 million Brooks-TLC Hospital now under construction in Fredonia will have a smaller driveway off Route 60 than planners had hoped. The Fredonia Planning Board approved an amended site plan for the project Wednesday that allows for a one-way exit onto Route 60 from the new ...

SHERIDAN — One of the most sizable pieces of land in the town of Sheridan, the vacant Eagle Bay site, was up for discussion at a recent Planning/Zoning Board meeting. The Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) was recently awarded $675,000 of Empire State Development funding ...