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Planning Commission Reviews Water Street Brewing Project

The city Planning Commission has approved the site plan for the Water Street Brewing Company. Owner Chase Churchill and EcoStrategies Engineering Civil Engineer Andy Johnson briefly discussed some Planning Commission members coming down to visit the site since the last meeting before ...

$3M in state development funding coming to county

More than $3 million, including a major project for the village of Fredonia, has been awarded to Chautauqua County through the State’s Regional Economic Development Council initiative that are designed to help catalyze economic growth, jump-start housing growth, and advance regionally ...

Proposal Would End In-Play Sports Bets In N.Y.

Yet another piece of legislation has been introduced seeking further limits on sports betting in New York state. Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, D-New York City, recently introduced legislation (A.9343) that would no longer allow casinos and mobile sports betting platforms to accept in-play ...

Christmas Traditions: City First-Graders Write Letters To Santa Claus

Writing letters to Santa Claus may not be the oldest Christmas tradition observed around the world - but it’s one that most children around the world take part in each and every year. It’s also been a time-honored tradition at The Post-Journal to publish letters written by area ...

Wetlands Act Challenges To Be Heard Jan. 23

Oral arguments in local efforts to overturn the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act changes will be heard Friday, Jan. 23, in the state Supreme Court in Albany. Justice Richard Platkin announced the case scheduling in an order issued Dec. 19. If any of the parties want to postpone oral ...

How Christmas Evolved Into A Global Holiday

Christmas is a Christian holiday that observes the birth of Jesus. But did you know that the earliest followers of Jesus did not annually commemorate his birth? Or that Santa Claus is inspired by the acts of kindness of a fourth-century Christian saint? And have you heard about the modern-day ...