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Art Trail offers Labor Day weekend ‘journey’

The Chautauqua–Lake Erie Art Trail returns Labor Day weekend, Saturday, Sept. 5, and Sunday, Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, offering visitors a unique opportunity to explore Chautauqua County while meeting artists in their studios, galleries and special hub locations. Marcia ...

Setting the table

Editor's note: This is the second of two parts. In Part One, the story followed the region from its vineyards and farm fields through Welch's, local preserving and canning, Bedford Products and Red Wing. Those enterprises were not isolated successes. Together, they helped create a regional ...

Difficult starts can end with promising results

Don’t give up. Parents of children on the Autistic Spectrum need an extra dose of perseverance. Truly, how many places are there where your child can just be themselves without judgment, where they can learn to regulate their behavior in a public setting? We have many riders with autism. ...

County sales include former bank, beauty bar

A former south county bank that was planned to be a distillery has been sold. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from June 15-18. The county does not provide transaction information, but real estate ...

Unsettling ‘transition’

To at least a handful of local families and educators, the future of Northern Chautauqua Catholic School (NCCS) in Dunkirk has been a contentious topic of discussion for several months. Even with the reassurance of the Diocese of Buffalo that the school “will remain open”, the school’s ...

East Dunkirk Fire voices concerns with passing zone

The East Town of Dunkirk Fire Department is responsible for the safety of a large portion of the town’s residents. It doesn’t seem right that the road immediately in front of the department’s fire house is one of the most dangerous stretches in the town. The department sent a letter to ...