This is the second of a three-part series. Images are courtesy of Jack Woodbury and the early Fredonia Baptist records, SUNY ...

According to our recent weather forecasts, the return of Red-winged Blackbirds, and sights of robins, spring is here. However ...

I don’t know about you, but I have a collection of assorted mugs that, in their own quiet way, mark the moments of my life.

My father Edward was quite the paradox. A self proclaimed pacifist, he could be quite scrappy when it came to issues of ...

Life matters … for everyone, every day. At Centaur Stride, programs are created around inclusion and integration. Friendship ...

Dr. Jessica Kubiak, vice president of Academic Affairs, and Ron Shidemantle, vice president for Student Experience, announced that 108 students earned degrees or certificates from the Jamestown and ...

Recently students at Dunkirk Primary School 4 were chosen as Students of the Month for January. They were presented with certificates for their accomplishments. Leo Townsend was chosen as Overall ...

Ben Drake’s coaching success in Western New York basketball circles is well known and now the rest of the Empire State is ...

Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel proposed a merger of the city and town of Dunkirk with the village of Fredonia and the ...

New York state legislators are some of the luckiest in the nation already, earning the highest salary in comparison to any ...

The Clymer boys basketball program had won 11 Section VI championships prior to Friday’s Class D Far West Regional against ...

I read the OBSERVER article about police coverage for the town of Dunkirk. It seems everyone in our local municipalities are experiencing substantial increases to cover costs in a somewhat dwindling ...