Happy New Year! The Observer and the REVIEW&EXPRESS each published a combined holiday edition with the dates of Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024 and Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. There was not a new paper for Dec. 25. The next new edition is Wednesday, Jan. 1.
The office will reopen Thursday, Jan 2.
howard dennis

Penn Yan school superintendent to retire

Jan 31, 2024 at 12:55 pm by Observer-Review

PENN YAN--Penn Yan Central School District Superintendent Howard Dennis announced last week that he is planning to retire in early January of 2025. He began with Penn Yan scho.... Read More
Ariana Marmora

Schuyler names new assistant district attorney

Jan 31, 2024 at 12:55 pm by Observer-Review

SCHUYLER COUNTY--Schuyler County District Attorney, Joseph G. Fazzary, announced the appointment of Ariana Marmora to the position of Assistant District Attorney as of Jan. 8,.... Read More
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NY to change school bus driver license requirements

Jan 31, 2024 at 12:54 pm by Observer-Review

NEW YORK STATE--Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a plan to remove barriers for prospective school bus drivers applying for a commercial driver’s license. At the governor&rsqu.... Read More
Odessa-Montour girls basketball

SPORTS RECAP: Week of 1-17-24

Jan 21, 2024 at 10:55 pm by Observer-Review

FINGER LAKES--Click the image above to see the Jan. 17 newspaper sports reports for Dundee, Penn Yan, Hammondsport, Watkins Glen and Odessa-Montour.
Schuyler County Historian Gary Emerson

Historian explores canal’s impact

Jan 21, 2024 at 10:38 pm by Observer-Review

Two hundred years ago, New Yorkers were awaiting the official completion of the Erie Canal. On Oct. 26, 1825, Gov. DeWitt Clinton, who had made a quick—for then—10.... Read More