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Marking Memories

Louise Scofield Wiggers and Linda Pratt Page will never forget the summer of 1957. Now, thanks to a new historic marker recently installed outside the Yorker Museum in Sherman, everyone else can enjoy their shared memories too. What was so memorable? Picking cherries. “As a 12 ...

Partnerships for progress: $2.4M in Renold Westfield upgrades add jobs

 WESTFIELD — Ongoing support of the Western New York economy by Renold Westfield through strategic investments in modern technology and equipment is creating new job opportunities for skilled workers at the Chautauqua County plant. Installation of three advanced automated machines and ...

Sales include physical therapy building, apartment cluster

 A federally qualified health center has purchased a building that it has been using for the last four years. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from June 1-5. The county does not provide ...

So long, Father Joe, fly high with the angels now

As mentioned many times, the VFTB has spoken about the second family he had as a St. James School student from kindergarten through ninth grade. Our St. James family didn’t just include our classmates, our St. James Family encompassed all school students, faculty, staff, and clergy as well. ...

The road to Rhode Island

I don’t want to start another August column asking, “Where did the summer go?” but where did the summer go? It’s already time for corn, deep summer family vacations, and bowls filled with garden tomatoes. And fruit flies everywhere in the kitchen—the downside of abundance. This is ...

Dunkirk man sues over alleged excessive force by police

A Dunkirk resident has sued four current and former city police officers for allegedly using excessive force on him. Brandon Tate is suing the city along with former Police Chief Christopher Witkowski and Officers Noah Campese, Jeffrey Ortolano and Angel Echevarria. Tate alleges the officers ...