BLASDELL — It takes something truly inspiring to convince someone to jump into Lake Erie on a December morning. Special Olympics certainly checks that box. Students and supporters from across western New York converged at Woodlawn Beach State Park last week for the Special Olympics Polar ...

The North County Water District board sped through its December meeting but still managed to fit in some information about the village of Fredonia’s plans to share water with district member Pomfret. Water board chairman Daniel Pacos, who is also the Pomfret town supervisor, reiterated ...

The Pomfret Town Board has added EvaDawn Bashaw as a new member. Bashaw rose from the audience to take an oath of office at the December Pomfret Town Board meeting. She was appointed to fill out the term of Ann Eckman, who resigned in September. “We asked for letters of interest and we ...

PORTLAND — After fliers in the town of Portland began to circulate alluding to interest of a battery energy storage system in the town, the Portland Town Board moved quickly to make sure it had the time it needed to properly regulate such systems. A one-year moratorium on battery energy ...

A Dunkirk motel is under new ownership. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from Oct. 7-10. During this time period 363 and 365 Lake Shore Drive West, Dunkirk was sold to Point WNY, LLC for ...

Recently students at Dunkirk Primary School 5 were chosen as Students of the Month for November. They were presented with certificates for their accomplishments. Giancarlos Pena Sanchez, Grade 1, was chosen as Overall Student of the Month for November and was honored at a recent Board of ...