A downtown Westfield business building has changed owners. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from Sept. 1-8. During this time period, 65 E. Main St., Westfield was sold to Main Stay of ...

Last month, American Legion Post 59 held an American Flag Retirement Ceremony on Chautauqua Street to honor the national symbol and begin the process of respectfully discontinuing the service of thousands of flags obtained from their owners in the community. A flag is no longer usable if it is ...

In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, seniors in the Cosmetology program at the Hewes Educational Center volunteered their time and skills at The Chautauqua Center in Jamestown. The Oct. 15 event focused on raising awareness, providing mammogram screenings, and offering care and ...

Empathy is the ability to perceive another person’s perspective, to understand, feel, and possibly share and respond to their experience.  This article is about science, simplified, but profound. Once again, the horse makes a difference. Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurological condition ...

SILVER CREEK — Each day in high school feels important at the time. Teachers stress the importance of every assignment and test, coaches emphasize every game on the schedule, and interactions on social media posts are as good as gold. But years later, not many of those little moments that ...

Dunkirk’s police and fire chiefs went line by line in the proposed 2026 budget this week to express concerns about cuts. Police Chief Chris Witkowski and Fire Chief Nick Barter spoke to the Common Council as it resumed its review of Mayor Kate Wdowiasz’s proposed budget. “I wanted to ...