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Readers helping preserve area farm, industrial history

Since the OBSERVER published the first two parts of this story, something remarkable has happened. Readers, former employees and local families have begun filling in pieces of northern Chautauqua County's agricultural and industrial history that might otherwise have been lost. What began as ...

Class of 1966 celebrates 60th reunion

Pictured are members of the Dunkirk High School Class of 1966 celebrating their 60th reunion in August. The weekend event was filled with laughter, memories, music and dancing as friendships were reconnected. The committee received positive feedback from the attendees and thank those who ...

SCFCU donates $15,000 to The Resource Center

Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union (SCFCU) recently announced it had made a $15,000 corporate sponsorship contribution to The Resource Center and Filling the Gap, Inc., a Jamestown-based non-profit organization that works with The Resource Center to support people with disabilities and ...

Lions sponsor ‘Tame Your Mane’ event

The Dunkirk Fredonia Lions Club participated in the Dunkirk City Back to School Bash on Aug. 25 by sponsoring a “Tame Your Mane” event which offered free back-to-school haircuts for children. Local barber and stylists Joshua Cave, Kat Buchanan and Maya Lapp volunteered their services, ...

Westfield Hospital Foundation welcomes new board member

The Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation recently welcomed Nancy Scriven to its Board of Directors. A lifelong resident of Westfield, Scriven brings extensive professional, community, and fundraising experience to the hospital Foundation. She spent 28 years as a secretary at Welch Foods ...