SINCLAIRVILLE — Cassadaga Valley Central School’s Drama Club recently participated in a theatre workshop that focused on challenging their skills and preparing them for their planned attendance at Shea’s performance of “Wicked”. Ricky Needham, Shea’s educator and performer, was ...

The Dunkirk Common Council evidently passed 2026 budget amendments Tuesday, but hedged its bets. Passage of the budget, appropriations for it, and the tax warrant to fund it were among the slew of “walk-on” resolutions slapped on to the end of Tuesday’s meeting. Walk-ons are supposed to ...

GOWANDA — In January, the Gowanda Central School District was heavily criticized by the office of State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli for a “continued practice of overestimating” the district’s needs and consistently overtaxing its residents. Almost a year later, the District and its ...

CASSADAGA – The Citizens for a Better Cassadaga invite everyone to their annual “Light Up Cassadaga” celebration. At 4 p.m. Saturday, Santa Claus will be arriving at Ames Common (the park at the corner of Route 60 and Maple Avenue), via fire truck. There will be hot chocolate and fire ...

OBSERVER Staff Report The village of Westfield and its local planning committee have released a list of projects recommended for funding through New York State's NY Forward program. Projects were proposed by diverse public, private, and nonprofit project sponsors and announced recently in a ...

The village of Fredonia ratified a new Portland Pomfret Dunkirk (PPD) sewer district contract last week, and Sam Drayo thinks Fredonians should be outraged. The former village attorney, who has turned into a constant critic of Village Hall in retirement, blasted the Board of Trustees before ...