Chautauqua County News

By JOAN JOSEPHSON OBSERVER Staff Writer Thursday afternoon's sunny weather was perfect and so were Michelle Harrell's Magical Poodles, riding serenely in a red wagon being pulled by Michelle to lead the 38 ...

ALBANY - The governor interspersed some vetoes among the dozens of new laws he signed in recent days, including ones that would have created a Women's Rights History Trail and permitted senior-citizen housing ...

ALBANY - The governor interspersed some vetoes among the dozens of new laws he signed in recent days, including ones that would have created a Women's Rights History Trail and permitted senior-citizen housing ...

He preyed on senior citizens in Western New York and elsewhere who feared being sent to nursing homes, illegally selling them duplicate home health service policies on which he collected thousands in ...

It was time for a change. That was the story from all sides as the Dunkirk/Sheridan Empire Zone Board of Directors voted unanimously Thursday to have its necessary services performed by the Chautauqua County ...

New York Governor David Paterson interspersed some vetoes among the dozens of new laws he signed in recent days, including ones that would have created a Women's Rights History Trail and permitted ...

The 2008 Chautauqua County Fair has been a maze of excitement as county 4-H members prepare, care for and show their animals.

Timing is everything and one of the Chautauqua County Fair's female swine picked a perfect time to have her litter.

Legislature Chairman Keith Ahlstrom, and Dunkirk Legislators Shawn Heenan and Robert Duff will host the July meeting of the Chautauqua County Legislature at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center on Lake Shore ...

Each participant in the Dance Talent showcase walked away with a prize this year at the Chautauqua County Fair.

The State Police and State Forest Rangers seized 58 marijuana plants Thursday as part of their continuing "marijuana eradication" detail in Chautauqua County.

The Dunkirk Lighthouse will soon be getting some much-needed protection from Mother Nature due to additional grant funding announced Monday at a ground-breaking ceremony at the Dunkirk Lighthouse & Veterans ...

I moved away in 1985 after living 42 years in the area. I'm now retired and thought of looking at a summer home in the area and was encouraged by family to move back permanently.

The way in which Brooks Memorial Hospital moves forward in the future was altered by way of vote Friday morning.

The Inn at Pheasant Run, an intimate bed and breakfast located in Bemus Point on beautiful Chautauqua Lake, has seen the benefits of being a Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce member since joining in May of ...

Recently, the Chautauqua County American Legion completed one of its many programs which voluntarily involves fourth-graders to participate in an essay writing contest.

Staff Sgt. David W. Textor, an Army Special Forces Soldier, died from a non-battle death incident July 15 in Mosul, Iraq.

Two Chautauqua County residents have been charged in connection with the theft of a safe containing $3,500 from the Ni- L-Inn Restaurant on May 20.

America's Grape Country Wine Festival, being held in Dunkirk, New York at the Chautauqua County Fair Grounds in August, will feature more than 23 wineries from across New York state.

A step toward bringing jobs to the county was accomplished Tuesday as the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency passed a resolution taking preliminary action which could lead to the National Bedding ...