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National Spotlight: Comedy Center Named Top Pop Culture Museum

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The National Comedy Center has been named the #1 Best Pop Culture Museum in the country by USA Today as part of the 2026 USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. The National Comedy Center was one of 20 institutions nationwide nominated as the best in the U.S. in the pop culture category by ...

State Closes Cannabis Loophole

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It’s going to get a bit easier to open a cannabis shop in New York state. Both houses of the state Legislature have passed legislation (S.9155/A.10140) to clarify how to measure a proposed cannabis shop’s distance from a church or a school. The Assembly passed the bill by a 91-50 vote ...

Langworthy Announces Federal Funding For Ellicott

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FALCONER – U.S. House Representative Nick Langworthy visited Ellicott on Wednesday to celebrate federal funding for a water district expansion project more than two decades in the making. Though over 22 years into the planning process, the town hopes to be able to break ground on the ...

Area Police Reports

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JAMESTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT - Crystal A. Finstad, 23, of Jamestown, was charged Feb. 17 with third-degree assault, and criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation. According to police, at about 4:18 p.m., JPD officers and Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department Deputies were ...

Fredonia keeps public comments at meetings

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Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson missed criticism of his idea to halt public comments at Fredonia trustees meetings. However, he is apparently dropping the idea for now. Ferguson called the OBSERVER ahead of Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting and stated that he is not planning on pushing ...