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New pastor joins Panama Methodist Church

PANAMA - Pastor Jeremy Phipps and his wife, Laurel, have officially joined the Panama Methodist Church family. Phipps comes to the church from York, Pa., where he has been serving as the pastor of two Global Methodist congregations for the past couple of years. Before that, he served in the ...

Sales include old house by Dunkirk vets club

A veterans club in the northern end of the county has purchased a dilapidated house that sat next to it so it could tear it down and improve the property. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from ...

Gillbrand among Senate sponsors of home care access bill

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, recently joined her Senate colleagues to introduce the Home and Community-Based Services Access Act, legislation to ensure older adults and people with disabilities have a choice between receiving long-term care at home or in institutional settings. The legislation would make home and community-based care a mandatory Medicaid benefit, gradually eliminate waiting lists for services, strengthen the home and community-based care workforce, and provide greater support for family caregivers. Under current Medicaid policy, many older adults and ...