The Chautauqua County Municipal Clerk’s Association recently held its November luncheon at Pine Junction. Attendees brought in items they collected in their offices for the Blue Star Mothers of Western New York. The association also voted to donate $500 for postage to ship the care packages ...

My four-wheel Vespa was not one of their world-renowned motor scooters. It was a car. A really small car. I don’t think my mother ever forgave me. “That’s probably the dumbest purchase you have ever made.” I bought the little red car during my junior year of college. No longer living ...

The Jamestown Kiwanis Club, aided by its Jamestown High School Key Club, put on its annual “Breakfast with Santa” at the Salvation Army. For more than 20 years the Kiwanis Club has partnered with the Salvation Army to provide a pancake breakfast to 50 children, selected by the Salvation ...

A closed Jamestown restaurant 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 Oct. 7-10. During this time period, J. Pillittieri Inc. of Jamestown sold 1265 E. Second St. to Route ...

A city man has been charged in a Saturday afternoon stabbing. James Morris, 43, was charged with first-degree assault, tampering with physical evidence, two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree menacing. At approximately 12:34 p.m., officers from the ...

Many years ago, when I was attending a December sorority meeting, our group was told to be ready to tell about the Christmas traditions of our childhood. I became uncomfortable while I dreaded my turn because my family had very few traditions, aside from a tree, gifts, a stocking with an orange ...