When Quinten Wilhelm banked in a 3-pointer from half-court at the buzzer to end the first half of Wednesday afternoon’s nonleague basketball game at McElrath Gymnasium, Sweet Home walked to its locker room tied with Jamestown, 24-all. Momentum Panthers, right? Dominic Gonzalez put a stop to ...
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 ...
In 2023, Holy Apostles Parish’s St John’s church took a hiatus from a community-loved Lenten tradition of its annual fish fry. This year, the church is bringing it back in support of St Susan Center. The fish fry dinner began Wednesday for Ash Wednesday and continues on Friday, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...