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BZ Memorial Foundation Holding Easter Celebration

FREWSBURG – Officials from the Brandon “BZ” Memorial Fund group have organized a first-time event that will continue to bring together community members for the Easter holiday season. Free for anyone interested in attending, coordinators hope that this will not only give youth a fun ...

Eye Care Buildings Sell For $1.8M

The buildings which house two eye care centers in Chautauqua County have changed ownership. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in the county and recently looked at the transactions from Dec. 26-31. During that time period, 1136 Central Ave., Dunkirk and ...

Panama Releases Honor, Merit Rolls

PANAMA - Panama Central School officials recently released the school’s honor and merit rolls for the second quarter of the 2025-26 school year. They are: HONOR ROLL 12th Grade: Abigail Bullaro, Lincoln Gibbs, Sarah Golden, Elliott Gonzalez, Andrew Hammond, Michael Horton, Ava Lawson, ...

Capital Handouts Keep Cities In Crisis

Somewhere in Albany, there has to be a money tree. How else can a state, with a proposed budget of more than $254 billion for the next year, keep doling out funds to fiscally strapped entities with absolutely no repercussions? That is exactly what happened less than a month ago when the ...

State Energy Prices Keep Rising Upward

New data indicates what residents here already know: electricity prices continue to rise quickly in the region and state. On Wednesday, the Empire Center noted New York state has some of the highest household energy prices in the nation, according to Empire Center and U.S. Energy Information ...