xBEMUS POINT – Randy Apperson, Bemus Point Volunteer Fire Department chief, is among those who gave official federal testimony regarding proposed changes to Fire Brigade Standards set forth by OSHA. The OHSA hearings started on Nov. 12 and are scheduled to end Dec. 5 at 4:30 p.m. As ...

A once-owned Dunkirk School building is now a mental health clinic. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from Sept. 9-11. During that time period, the Dunkirk City School District sold 88-92 E. ...

The Silver Creek-Irving Heritage Fund (SCIHF), a Community Donor Advised Fund of the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation, recently awarded grants to two local organizations. The Anderson-Lee Library received a grant for $1,500 for the Forestville Book Locker Project and the village of ...

Charlotte Couchman, 16-year-old senior at Cassadaga Valley, secured her second national title in Louisville, Ky., this month at the Eastern National 4-H Horse Roundup. Charlotte took the National title for Public Speaking with her speech, “Do You Have a License For That?” looking at ...

A popular Thanksgiving hymn begins, “We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing.” This Thanksgiving we might consider asking a blessing or two on behalf of our Native Americans, for without their help during the formative years of our history, we might neither be gathering nor asking ...

Dunkirk Intermediate School has announced its Students of the Month for October. The overall student of the month was Emerie Moreland. The other students include: Grace Dobek, Jexionn Melendez, Naomi Watts, Braylon Hilleshiem, Filisity Morris, Owen Kramer, Alanna Schulenberg, Katia Sasse, Dodge ...