The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation recently presented the 2026 John D. Hamilton Community Service Award to Pierre Chagnon. Presented annually since 1994, the John D. Hamilton Community Service Award recognizes an individual whose dedication, leadership and service have strengthened ...
A downtown Westfield building that houses multiple businesses has changed ownership. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from July 14-20. The county does not provide transaction information, but ...
Over time, we’ve tried very hard to make things as easy for our children as possible, short of doing everything for them. Sometimes, we had to say, “no” to things. Sometimes, we had to make them do for themselves, but where we could, and still can, we try to help them as much as ...
There was a time when a ringing telephone meant something. Someone wanted you. The phone rang in the kitchen and everybody heard it. If you were a teenager, you might sprint 100 miles an hour from another room to get there before your mother did. There was no caller ID. No advance warning. You ...
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, and as a part of that, the Salvation Army Anew Center is handing out purple lights to local people and businesses to “paint the town purple” next month. Lights began being handed out Wednesday. Linda Cecchetti, Anew Center Prevention Education team lead, said this year is an expansion on what the center did last year. “We started this last year,” Cecchetti said. “October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and that is what the Anew Center is all about, helping people that are in a domestic violence situation. Purple is the ...
The Jamestown High School Marching Band will host its 47th annual Fall Festival of Bands starting at noon Saturday, Sept. 26, at Strider Field. The JHS Marching Band will perform its 2026 show “Paint It Black.” “This year's show is a dramatic, western-inspired show that tells the ...
