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Clymer looking for playground building volunteers

CLYMER — The town of Clymer is set to hold their KABOOM! community playground building days June 25 through 27, but the town is still looking for volunteers for a few areas for those three days. During the town’s June board meeting Deputy Town Supervisor Todd Kolstee said some materials have started arriving and the perimeter has been marked for where the playground will be built. The school has reached out to have staff and students help out in shifts. A side project will also be done for two new picnic tables and benches, along with a new town park sign. Food wise, Kolstee said ...

Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation receives grant

Pictured from left, Dr. Rodney J. Buchanan, AHN Westfield Memorial Hospital administrator, and Patricia Gaughan DiPalma, Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation executive director, accept a $2,030 check from Diane Hannum, Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation executive director, and ...

Molitor introduces eviction procedure bill

Assemblyman Andrew Molitor, R-Westfield, has introduced legislation that would stop requiring landlords to file good cause eviction notices for rental units that aren’t subject to good cause eviction law in the first place. Under current state law, every landlord in New York must fill out a form before pursuing an eviction proceeding, even though the issue of good cause eviction policy only applies in a small number of municipalities that have opted into the law. Therefore, many landlords are filing forms for a law that does not pertain to them. In Chautauqua County, no ...

Fenton History Center to host author

The Fenton History Center will host a meet the author event at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, at the Fenton Mansion with Dr. Edward T. Davis III. Davis is the author of a two-volume set entitled “The Early Years of Boating on Chautauqua Lake” which contains almost 600 pages of text, mostly ...

Sales include welding location, former hardware store

A gas and welding building in the south county is under new ownership. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from April 8-13. The county does not provide transaction information, but real estate ...