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Tickets Available For CCHS Pet Expo

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By The Post-Journal Staff editorial@post-journal.com Tickets are available now for the Chautauqua County Humane Society’s Pet Expo ’25, presented by Subaru Loves Pets and Jamestown Container Companies. The expo will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Northwest Arena ...

Sales Include Former Ellery Restaurant, $1.3M Condo

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A former restaurant in the town of Ellery has been sold. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from Aug. 1-8. During this time period, Chautauqua Inns, LTD of Mayville sold 5030 Rt. 430, Ellery for ...

Real And Spectacular

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WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. — The pumpkin in Tony Scott’s backyard weighs almost as much as a small car. He’s been tending to it for months, feeding it fertilizer and covering it with a blanket at night to keep it at a stable temperature. A roll of measuring tape wrapped around the ...

Celebrating My Italian Heritage

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As many of you may know, and some of you may not, October is Italian (pronounced It-alian, not Eye-talian) American Heritage Month. Although it is not celebrated with as much recognition as many of the other celebrated months of our calendar year, to me, being of Italian descent, I wish to ...

Here’s To The Pie Makers

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Pie dough resists control. It doesn’t want to be touched. But nobody ever tells you that. Every recipes on earth says, “Add this and that to a bowl…pea size bits of butter…floury surface…rolling pin.” But what they need to add to these recipes is a discussion about the ...

A Brooklyn Weekend Of Gathering Together

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The many years ago that I lived in New York City, I never made it to Brooklyn. I didn’t ever have a compelling reason to go there until last weekend, and I wished that I didn’t have to attend the gathering. It was different than any funeral I’ve ever been to. Last month, my nephew, ...