Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County is pleased to announce the upcoming Dairy Princess Pageant to be held on Friday, May 3, at 6:30 p.m. at the Bemus Point United Methodist Church, in conjunction with the Dairy of Distinction Awards Program. Candidates for dairy princess must be ...
SILVER CREEK — Anderson-Lee Library will hold a special story time to celebrate the Month of the Young Child on Saturday, April 27 at 11 a.m. Families of young children are invited to attend and hear stories from guest readers Jeff Hornburg, village of Silver Creek mayor, and Virginia Miller, ...
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County’s Agriculture Program is dedicated to providing opportunities for the public to interact with our local agriculture industry. In celebration of National Agriculture Week (March 18-22), area elementary students were able to participate in the ...
On Saturday, April 6 more than 50 Girl Scouts ages 5-14 from the Tri-County Service Unit (which consists of Silver Creek, Forestville, Sheridan, Irving, Gowanda, and North Collins) joined together for a spring clean-up for the community. With rakes, gloves, and garbage bags, donated from Home ...
It will be a big year ahead for two VFW members from the area. In June, New York VFW Senior Vice Commander Tom Todaro (Jamestown) and National VFW Senior Vice Commander William “Doc” Schmitz (Dunkirk) will move up. Tom Todaro to Commander of the Department of New York VFW and Doc Schmitz to ...
ELLERY — “We’re not going to change our mind.” With those words, Ellery Town Supervisor Arden Johnson cemented the fact that his municipality will be the only group not to sign onto the countywide Memorandum of Agreement for the Chautauqua Lake Weed Management Consensus Strategy, ...
On April 20, 1999, school safety changed forever. Inside Columbine High School, 15 people were dead and 20 others were wounded after two armed students carried out a shooting spree that ended with the duo taking their own lives. The events would change families, students and the country ...
PORTLAND — Organizers of the 2019 Darren Manzella-Lapiera Memorial Run are pleased to announce 21 Brix Winery as Darren’s Inspiration Sponsor for the event. On Saturday, May 25, at 21 Brix Winery, Route 20, a wine tasting will be held to honor Manzella-Lapiera and support area veterans ...
City of Dunkirk Mayor Wilfred Rosas is proud to announce that Dunkirk is partnering with Josh LaTola of El-Rigby Theatre to bring an Easter egg hunt and movie to Washington Park on Saturday from 3-5 p.m. Following the Easter Egg Hunt, the movie Peter Rabbit will be shown at The Adams on ...
JAMESTOWN — A teacher with the Jamestown Public Schools District is seeking repayment for attorney and court fees of at least $2,000 after he was charged in November 2018 for an incident at the school involving a student. Larry Bentzoni filed a petition on April 11 with the state Supreme ...
President Audrey Miga called the meeting of Dunkirk Memorial Unit 62 to order on Tuesday , April 9. In the absence of the chaplain, Dawn Ransom read the opening prayer. Those in attendance recited the Pledge of Allegiance and Preamble to the Auxiliary Constitution. Miga thanked the members ...
Jamestown – All are invited to celebrate Earth Day two days early by giving back. Join Audubon Community Nature Center staff and volunteers on Saturday morning, April 20, as they work on projects to maintain and improve the Nature Center building and grounds. On arrival, choose a crew to ...
BUFFALO — U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Douglas P. Beardsley, 33, and Camille Lopez, 18, both of Jamestown, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking ...
The Patterson Library will present “Isaiah Rashad II, Staying Focused” author, and sculptor on April 25 at 6 p.m. In Rashad’s Christian non-fiction book, he discusses the “basics of staying focused in a world of confusion, misconceptions, and doubts following the principles taught ...
Chautauqua County Executive George Borrello released a video Wednesday officially announcing his campaign for State Senate. Borrello, running as the endorsed Republican, Conservative and Independent, is seeking to represent the 57th District in the wake of Senator Cathy Young’s ...
Dr. Shaun C. Nelms, superintendent of East High School, once a persistently failing school that has been reborn through an innovative partnership between the Rochester City School District and the University of Rochester, will deliver the 2019 Commencement address at the State University of New ...
SINCLAIRVILLE — The Valley Historical Society of Sinclairville met for the opening gathering of the year in the South Stockton Wayside Chapel with the annual maple sugar party. The historical group was formed in 1977 when the late John and Ruth Smith, and Rev. John Rough saw a need to ...
Jane Babinsky, museum director and James Hurtgen, president of the Dunkirk Historical Society, are this week’s guests on “City Speaks.” The Dunkirk History Museum houses many of the city of Dunkirk’s most cherished relics, and the knowledge Jane and Jim have to offer about the city is ...
The Dunkirk High school is extremely proud to release their 2018/2019 Honor and Merit Rolls for the second quarter. Congratulations to the following 9th-12th graders on a job well done! 9th Grade Honor: Jocelyn Bowers, Joneya Brooks, Samantha Burgos, Ann Campbell, Charles Carlson, Genesis ...
Masonic Lodge, Main Street, Forestville, was the location where on April 2, Forestville Chapter No. 247 and Silver Chapter No. 288 Order of the Eastern Star hosted the Official Visit of RW Linda Lewis, District Deputy Grand Matron, and RW J. Frederick Velott, Jr., District Grand Lecturer, ...