Dunkirk Common Council is “surprised” and “disappointed” at Mayor Kate Wdowiasz’s recent decision to skip its meetings. Councilman-at-large Nick Weiser issued a statement Friday on behalf of “the united city council.” He also addressed Wdowiasz’s declaration that she might hold ...

A third lawsuit has been filed in state Supreme Court over Sunset View, a condominium development proposed in Dewittville at the former Chautauqua Point Golf Course. Chautauqua Protect filed an Article 78 challenge in state Supreme Court late Wednesday seeking annulment of three zoning code ...

Is it any wonder we continue to fail in looking to the future by maintaining our overabundance of government and schools in Western New York? Last week, one of the smallest municipalities in Chautauqua County actually had a gripe with a proposal to change the status of a highway superintendent ...

MAYVILLE – Chautauqua County is currently housing homeless residents in both Erie and Cattaraugus counties, due to a shortage of spots locally. In April, the Ellicott Code Office had to shut down the portion of the Clarion Pointe Hotel, formerly known as the Comfort Inn on Route 60 just ...

Fredonia Trustee Jon Espersen has resigned. “The real question is, why did it take me that long,” he cracked when the OBSERVER asked him Thursday why he did it. “It’s not just one thing, it’s a culmination of many things. The constant negativity— I dreaded going to meetings. I ...

A major Dunkirk project has received high honors for the New York State Economic Development Council Wells Enterprises expansion project has been named the council's 2026 Project of the Year. The announcement was made this week during the 2026 Annual Meeting in Cooperstown. The Project of ...