Dunkirk Councilwoman Natalie Luczkowiak indicated last week there will be opportunities soon for residents to publicly comment on the city’s plan for a welcome center and stage in Memorial Park. A guest speaker and discussion about the topic will be featured at the next meeting of the ...

The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office has renewed its lease for the Reentry Hub, used by recently released inmates to obtain services.[/caption]MAYVILLE – Chautauqua County and village officials are both satisfied enough with the new jail reentry hub program to officially renew its lease. ...

Fifty-four years after he earned it, Jonathon Myers was finally awarded his high school diploma. The 72-year-old Westfield resident was given his diploma in a special ceremony at the Westfield Academy and Central School Board of Education meeting on Feb. 24. His wife and five children were ...

New York State Department Department of Correctional and Community Supervision reported Saturday evening an agreement has been reached in the wildcat strikes taking place at 32 facilities. In an email, DOCCS said the parties reached a mutual pact that will return staff to work on Monday at ...

Parker Bohn of the Dunkirk City School District has been named WNY P-TECH's Student of the Month for January. Bohn is pictured with Mechanical Technology teacher Nick Anson. Audiyanna Cheverez of the Dunkirk City School District has been named WNY P-TECH's Student of the Month for February. ...

A few years ago, John D’Agostino of the Dunkirk OBSERVER gave me the green light to go out and get stories of local veterans for the In Honor or In Memory sections of the paper. I was given as much newspaper space to tell each veteran’s story, mostly starting from their first day ...