Continuing their quest for more revenue, Fredonia officials brought in a Rochester lawyer Wednesday who said he could get the village a cut of a settlement over harmful chemicals in water. Jeremiah King of the King Law Firm spoke at a Fredonia Board of Trustees workshop. King explained he ...

MAYVILLE – One leader of a lake group is criticizing county lawmakers over weeds in Chautauqua Lake. Jim Wehrfritz, president of the Chautauqua Lake Property Owners Association, attended the recent county legislature meeting to voice his frustration over weeds in the southern basin. ...

Five decades ago, St. Mary’s Elementary School in Dunkirk graduated its final class. To honor the history of St. Mary’s Elementary School and their own special place in that history, the Class of 1975 — the final graduating class for St. Mary’s — is holding a 50-year class reunion ...

Some local big-box stores are challenging their property assessments. Four prominent chains all filed mid-July challenges in state Supreme Court in an apparent attempt to lower their property taxes. Walmart, a big part of the Route 60 business strip, wants its town of Pomfret assessment set ...

The remains of the first Chautauqua County casualty in the Pacific Theater of World War II have been accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. The agency said U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. John H. Mann, 22, of Stow, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Dec. 19, ...

Fredonia Trustee Jon Espersen defended the village this week over a woman’s $4,000 water bill. Ashley DiFrancesco called the OBSERVER to complain about the bill for a three-month period. She alleged that previous bills over the same period of time were for between $400 and $600. Espersen ...