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2023: A Year Of Goodbyes And Gratefulness

I brought home a few pieces of coral from our recent vacation along with the flu. Well, the truth is, I brought home a few pieces of coral and a husband with the flu who passed it to me as we packed to come home. So, the last day in paradise, we sat in a rundown island airport for seven hours ...

Bruce G. Nordwall

Bruce G. Nordwall, 84, of 156 McDaniel Ave., died Friday December 22, 2023, in UPMC Hamot Medical Center, Erie. He was born Oct. 28, 1939, in Minneapolis, MN, a son of the late George and Gladys Johnston Nordwall. He was a high school graduate of Minnehaha Academy and attended North Park ...

Christmas Kindness Has No Expiration Date

It’s been 18 years since we sent trail mix to Iraq. My son, Bart, was a Marine pilot. He flew the Cobra gunship, an attack helicopter that protected the Marines on the ground. A nasty machine. Having been gone for months, his squadron was deployed to Al Asad, Iraq during Christmas, 2005. ...

Best Bets For The Holiday Season: Music, Shopping And Santa

There’s nothing like a little snow in November to announce the arrival of the holiday season. And let’s face it: snow during the holidays is the most tolerated of any snowfall of the year. It’s February snow that gets to you, not to mention April, the most unwelcome snowfall ever. It’s ...

Neckers-Led Pirates Top Hornets; Randolph Falls To St. Mary’s

FORESTVILLE — Alexys Neckers scored 7 of her game-high 20 points during a 17-0 first quarter as Clymer opened its season with a 40-22 nonleague victory over Forestville. Ava Nyweide and Elli Bodamer each added 4 points during the first-quarter shutout for the Pirates (1-0). Bodamer finished ...

Real Estate Sales Include Closed Golf Course, $1.85M Ellery Residence

A closed golf course in the town of Chautauqua has been resold for more than double its last sale price a year ago. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from July 21-31. During this time period, ...