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Additional listings can be found at www.observertoday.com SATURDAY, JUNE 27 Free fishing day For New York State residents, non-residents. Walleye Duel Bart’s Cove, Dunkirk. $500 entry, 3-fish bag/2 days. Call Mark Mohr 716 998-9871. CLA Lew Mead Memorial Youth Fishing ...

At the Audubon

Several years ago, I interned at an outdoor school in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Like much of California, it tended to be dry for most of the year, with a somewhat wetter late winter and early spring. While there, I spent most of my time as an educator leading ...

Locals at Library planned at Institution

In conjunction with Smith Memorial Library, The Friends of Chautauqua Writers’ Center (FCWC) is proud to announce a new weekly summer program – Locals at the Library. Every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m., local authors will be on the library’s front porch with their books to sell and ...

Unit 1280 Auxiliary announces officers

CASSADAGA — The Cassadaga Legion Auxiliary Unit 1280 held its monthly meeting at the Legion Post, June 9 with 11 senior members attending. Chaplain Paula Pattison reported we held one funeral luncheon for the family and friends of Post 1280 World War II veteran Robert Kennelly; and she ...

Dunkirk Elks name officers

The new officers of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks for 2026-27. From left to right, in front: Karen Payne - Esteemed Leading Knight, Robert E Dando Jr. - Exalted Ruler. Middle row: Myra Thomas - Past Exalted Ruler; Scott Bonafede - Chaplain; Barnard Payne - Esquire. Back row: Ralph ...

NCCF gives to hospital foundation

Pictured from left to right AHN Westfield Memorial Hospital Administrator Dr. Rodney J. Buchanan and Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation Executive Director Patricia Gaughan DiPalma accept a $2,030 check from Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation (NCCF) Executive Director Diane Hannum and ...