The state Transportation Department isn’t going to be studying animal crossing sites anytime soon. Gov. Kathy Hochul has vetoed legislation (A.4243B/S.4198B) that would have required the state Transportation Department and state Thruway Authority to identify sites along all highways, ...

Route 60 was closed near Sinclairville and the village’s water system was affected by an accident involving a tractor trailer and automobile. Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies were called to the area of Route 60 near Bloomer Street in the town of Gerry around 10:15 a.m. Saturday. It ...

The following students were chosen as December's Students of the Month representing grades kindergarten to five. These students demonstrated the character trait of kindness on a consistent basis. Front row: Memphis Sam, Matilda Merle, Edrielys Nergron Burgos. Middle row: Alison Seavy, Serenity ...

Anyone who reads a biography of the late, great Charles Dickens will learn what motivated him to write that all-time classic, “A Christmas Carol.” He grew up in a lower middle-class family, and after his father was arrested for not paying off a debt, he soon experienced pangs of hunger ...

It was December 1957, I was 12 years old when I was invited to a Holiday Dance (to be held after Christmas but before New Years). My friend, Paul … a short fella with blonde hair and blue eyes (I, too was short but with brown hair and eyes) … asked me to be his date. I was so excited. It ...

Two downtown storefront buildings in Chautauqua County have recently changed ownership. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from Oct. 1-4. During that time period, Jonathan and Teresa Casler ...