MAYVILLE – Prosecutors continue to build their case against a northern Chautauqua County man who sexually molested multiple young girls. On Monday, jurors began their day listening to a video of Dustin Post confessing to police about the abuse that he committed. Post said in the video he ...

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18 TOPS NY No. 890 meeting First United Presbyterian Church, 35 Park Place, Silver Creek. Weigh-ins begin at 8:45 a.m., meeting starts at 9:35 a.m. All are welcome. Use the Main Street entrance. For details, call 716 680-0313. Sinclairville Free Library presents: Child’s ...

If moving is more difficult now than in your younger years, it may be a result of deceased flexibility. Flexibility refers to your body’s ability to move through its full range of motion without pain or difficulty. If you do not move your body regularly, the lack of physical movement will ...

Mary M. Astry (Monico), 99, of Fredonia, N.Y., died Wednesday December 28, 2022 at Brooks Memorial Hospital. Visitation hours will be Thursday, January 5, 2023 from 5-8 pm at the LARSON-TIMKO Funeral Home, 20 Central Avenue, Fredonia. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday ...

As anyone watching what happened recently in the United Kingdom knows, Brexit has not been an enormous success. There are many lessons to be learned from Brexit and the disastrous 44-day reign of Liz Truss, the shortest-serving prime minister in British history. As she put it, she “… set ...

By M.J. STAFFORD mstafford@observertoday.com Violence and drugs. We sometimes think of them as things that are bigger problems in urban areas than in northern Chautauqua County. However, this area had some notable violent and drug-related crimes in 2022. There were stabbings and shootings. ...