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County team accepts award on Elder Abuse Awareness Day

MAYVILLE — Chautauqua County leaders and community partners gathered Monday outside the Chautauqua County Courthouse to recognize World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), an annual observance dedicated to raising awareness about elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation. During the ...

Institution archivist to speak at Historical Society talk

MAYVILLE – Jon Schmitz, a local historian and former Chautauqua Institution archivist, will speak during the Chautauqua Town Historical Society’s June talk, “Some Stories About Chautauqua.” The society’s programs are on the third Thursday of the month. The talks are in the Veteran’s Memorial Meeting Room of the Chautauqua Town Hall, 2 Academy St., Mayville. As Archivist Emeritus of the Chautauqua Archives, Schmitz is perhaps the foremost authority on “official” Chautauqua lore. Schmitz will recount some of his favorite Chautauqua stories during his discussion at 7 ...

Opera House to screen ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’

In response to many patron requests, the Cinema Series continues at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center with screenings of “The Devil Wears Prada 2” on Saturday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The Tuesday night screening will be shown with captions visible on the screen. Almost 20 years after making their iconic turns as Miranda, Andy, Emily and Nigel – Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci return to the fashionable streets of New York City and the sleek offices of Runway Magazine in the eagerly awaited sequel to the 2006 phenomenon that defined ...

Community Notebook

TEA Party meeting features sheriff, legislator JAMESTOWN — Sheriff Jim Quattrone and County Legislator Bob Bankoski will be featured speakers on Tuesday at the next meeting of the Southern Tier TEA Party Patriots at 1309 Norby Road. Quattrone will discuss consolidation of law enforcement in the county and municipalities. Bankoski will discuss county-related issues including taxation, "green energy" and Medicaid. Audience participation is encouraged. There will also be an update on the July 4 Mayville parade and the TEA Party float. Summer reading event planned for July STOCKTON ...

Thule Lodge holds memorial service

FALCONER — The Thule Lodge is the Swedish organization formed 119 years ago in the Jamestown area. The lodge was formed to help the Swedish immigrants with their housing, employment and schooling. Many of the Swedish people found employment in the many furniture factories which were in the ...

Audubon sets free admission day

Enjoy free admission to the Audubon Community Nature Center building 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., on Juneteenth, Friday, June 19, the commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Explore three floors of interactive indoor exhibits, see live animals (birds, turtles, salamanders, and ...