By Chelsea Jandreau Education Director The cycles found throughout nature are full of endings, fresh starts, and plenty of resets, whether we are talking about massive weather patterns or a single Monarch caterpillar. The change in an organism’s behaviors through the day, week, or year are ...

Santa Claus had come to the White Inn. He greeted the Bud ‘n Bloom Garden Club ladies in the beautifully decorated lobby alongside the magnificent gold and red saturated Christmas tree in December. Garland had been draped over the railings on the front veranda. Prancing, flickering ...

Recently students at Dunkirk Primary School 4 were chosen as Students of the Month for December. They were presented with certificates for their accomplishments. James Erdle was chosen as Overall Student of the Month for December and was to be honored at the next Board of Education meeting this ...

Chautauqua County women Carolyn Loguen (1817-1867) and Mary Ann Brown (1814-1842) were active in New York state’s anti-slavery movement and in the Underground Railroad. Working mostly in the shadows of their widely known husbands, the women themselves were locally famous for their own ...

I’ve always been a bit philosophical, looking for patterns, clues, or insights that might suggest there’s a reason for certain chapters of my life. Occasionally, something glimmers — a thought, a possibility — that offers a small sense of hope and excitement. A new missing piece to the ...

When I was in grad school at St. Bonaventure studying to become a school district leader, one of my professors told the class that math teachers make the best school administrators because of their problem solving abilities and their analytical skills. Of course this professor, who was also ...