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Sales include welding location, former hardware store

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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 ...

DAR Member has multiple connections to American Revolution

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It only takes one ancestor for someone to be eligible to join the Daughters of the American Revolution, but DAR member Loretta Smith actually has four or five ancestors that had a prominent connection to the Revolution and would be considered patriots. The main ancestor that Smith chose ...

Mom sues PVCS over alleged abuse of children

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A mother is trying to sue Pine Valley School District over alleged abuse of her two children that she says contained racist and sexual overtones over a period of seven years. The OBSERVER sought comment from the Pine Valley school district on the case, but its phone call was not returned ...

Jamestown SAR member has many Revolution connections

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All it takes to apply to become a member of any local Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution chapter is one connection to a Revolutionary Way patriot. But for some area residents, there are more than one connection to the American Revolution. Gene Smith has multiple different ...

Falconer Forward: Application outlines grant uses

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The village of Falconer is proposing to use $1.75 million of its $4.5 million NY Forward grant on a major development on West Main Street. The first project listed in the village's application to the state is a partnership with Peak Development Partners to build two four-story buildings, ...

Molitor recognizes 200 years of The Post-Journal

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Newsgathering organizations play a vital role in keeping readers informed. New York State Assemblyman Andrew Molitor R-Westfield, recently congratulated Post-Journal Publisher Michael Bird honoring the newspaper’s 200th anniversary. “We know how vital the news is to our democratic ...