The ''Observer'' is a newspaper for the residents of Northern Chautauqua County, NY and northwestern Cattaraugus County, NY, with offices located in Dunkirk, NY. Formerly known as the ''Evening Observer'', and before then, the ''Dunkirk Evening Observer'', it was originally delivered in the afternoon six days a week (Monday through Saturday), although it has since switched to morning delivery seven days a week. The ''Observer'' was first published December 4, 1882 by founder Dr. Julien T. Williams. John D'Agostino, former news and managing editor, is the current Publisher. The newspaper describes itself as a hometown paper, but it is owned by

Ogden Newspapers Inc. Ogden Newspapers Inc. is a Wheeling, West Virginia based publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, telephone directories, and shoppers guides. The company was founded by H.C. Ogden in 1890, and is currently run by the family of his gra ...

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; the paper is operated in a cluster along with ''

The Post-Journal The '' Post-Journal'' is a daily newspaper, serving the area around Jamestown, New York. The current editor of the paper is John Whittaker. It is owned by Ogden Newspapers Inc. and is billed as "southwestern New York's leading newspaper" with a ...

'' of

Jamestown, New York Jamestown is a city in southern Chautauqua County, in the U.S. state of New York. The population was 28,712 at the 2020 census. Situated between Lake Erie to the north and the Allegheny National Forest to the south, Jamestown is the largest po ...

and the ''Times-Observer'' of

Warren, Pennsylvania Warren is a city in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Allegheny River. The population was 9,404 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Warren County. It is home to the headquarters of the Allegheny National Fore ...

. From March 13, 2014 to October 31, 2016, the entirety of the newspaper's Web site was placed behind a

paywall A paywall is a method of restricting access to content, with a purchase or a paid subscription, especially news. Beginning in the mid-2010s, newspapers started implementing paywalls on their websites as a way to increase revenue after years of ...

. The site had been behind a paywall for most of the early 2000s but that paywall was also eventually removed.

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''Observer'' websiteOgden Newspapers, Inc. website
Daily newspapers published in New York (state) Publications established in 1882 {{NewYork-newspaper-stub