Always leave the stable while still a bit hungry

June 14, 2026

Alex Karras was a former NFL football player who played with the Detroit Lions from 1958 to 1970. He was inducted as a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2020. He also had careers as a Professional Wrestler, a Sportscaster, and after sports, he became an actor, having been featured in the movies Blazing Saddles, and Victor/Victoria, and also various television sitcoms, before landing the co-lead with his real life wife, Susan Clark and child actor Emmanuel Lewis in the ABC sitcom , Webster. One of the ...

Remembering Rich: Bayview Financial Group Funds New K-9 Officer Named After Late Undersheriff Rich Telford

May 24, 2026

The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office has welcomed K-9 Rich into service this month, honoring the legacy of late Undersheriff Richard Telford. The new K-9 officer was made possible through a donation from Judd Bohall, Bayview Financial Group managing partner Judd Bohall, that covered the ...

Sales include former Jamestown liquor store

May 24, 2026

By Gregory Bacon gbacon@observertoday.com The building of a former liquor store in Jamestown has been sold. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from March 9-15. The county does not provide ...

Seriously, You’ve Got to Bag it Too?

May 24, 2026

On a few occasions in this forum, the VFTB has aired loudly, sarcastically, and angrily, his discontent with self-checkouts in the many businesses who offer the opportunity of having their employees supervise customers doing the work they should be doing, while they stand, often times with their cell phones in hand. One of the businesses on the list of doing less and less, while they pay their employees for catching up with their e mails, their texting, or playing whatever phone games with which they are using to occupy all the free time they have in their daily job(?), is a Big ...

PVCS Budget, Reserves Face Scrutiny

May 9, 2026

SOUTH DAYTON — The 2026-27 Pine Valley school budget proposal shows no tax increase to district residents. Never has a zero increase drawn more criticism. The reason for the objection is less about this year, but more about how things got to this point. Joe Kortz, a member of the South ...

The Oaks, $2.9M Home Among Transacations

May 3, 2026

A historic hotel in the south county 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 Feb. 18-23. The county does not provide transaction information, but real estate documents are available ...