David O’Rourke, BOCES superintendent, knows declining enrollment is a major issue for many of the school districts in the region. Now, he finds himself part of the lengthy process for Clymer, Sherman ...

A downtown Jamestown building 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 May 27-30.

The first day of the new two-day Con Club walleye fishing derby was a thrilling start, despite the tough conditions. A cold ...

Michelle Henry, research historian for the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, is being honored by ...

Investors occasionally scoop up shares of companies whose financial prospects appear dim. The consensus around such companies is that the shares should, if anything, fall further. But they suddenly ...

As a child, Heidi Barley watched her family pay for groceries with food stamps. As a college student, she dropped out because she couldn’t afford tuition. In her twenties, already scraping by, she was ...

Joshua Walsh smashed a 225-255-243-723 for the Walsh’s and Michael Melice rolled a 226-245-227-698 for Gutter Done in the Thursday Thunder Have a Ball League at Jamestown Bowling Company. In the ...

The condition of the southern basin of Chautauqua Lake has noticeably deteriorated over this past summer, and one homeowner ...

Grant-funded construction work at the James Prendergast Library will take place from Sept. 2 through Oct. 5. The library was ...

The Mayville Senior Citizens met recently at the VFW in Mayville with 34 members and six guests attending. Dianne Goodrich said the invocation prior to the hot dog lunch provided by Jim Thomas and ...

Flyers Gymnastics competitive team members recently concluded their seasons at their respective state meets. Every Flyers ...

State DEC officials say changes to the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act isn’t a major change to the way state environmental ...