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Cassadaga Valley Hosts Educational Professional Development Summit

SINCLAIRVILLE — Cassadaga Valley teachers recently took part in an Educational Professional Development Summit for those who work with and teach the area’s youngest students. Described as “the brain child” of the school’s Pre-Kindergarten teaching team by Ann Morrison, district ...

Resolution For Second Street Parcels Transfer To JURA Up For Council Approval

The Department of Development is looking to transfer ownership from the city to the Jamestown Urban Renewal Agency for three specific parcels on East Second Street. A resolution approving this transfer is up for approval by the City Council at tonight’s voting session. The resolution notes that the three parcels, 8, 10 and 12 East Second Street, make up a three-story commercial structure and adjacent vacant lot. The structure sits next to the Fenton Building on East Second Street, home to the Chop House on Main. According to the agenda for tonight’s voting session, intervention is ...

Grange history focus of Thursday program in Westfield

WESTFIELD — The history of the National Grange, with a focus on the organization’s first working grange in Fredonia, will be outlined during the Fireside Lecture Series on Thursday at Patterson Library, 40 Portage St. The program, presented by Pamela Brown, begins at 6 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The Fireside Lecture Series, a collaboration between the Chautauqua County Historical Society and the Patterson Library, provides programs on local and general history. The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, founded in 1867 after the American Civil War, ...

Former Mayville Rite Aid Sold

A former drug store building in Mayville has a new owner. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from Jan. 2-13. The county does not provide this information but is available by reviewing real estate ...

Maple Grove Junior Eyes Future In Heavy Equipment

When Ava Millett enrolled in the Conservation/Natural Resource Management program at the Hewes Educational Center, she knew she wanted to work outdoors and do something hands-on. What she didn’t realize was just how many opportunities the program would open for her. A junior from Maple ...