I am often grateful for living where I do, specifically having such easy access to nature and a job that allows me to explore it to a degree few people are regularly able to. This leads me to see lots of neat things. I get to see exciting birds like swans, ducks of all sorts, and my first ever ...

For the 150 students in the Advancing Completion Through Engagement (ACE) program at SUNY Fredonia, it’s all about support, structure, and community. The first students from SUNY Fredonia were admitted to the ACE program last spring, in the initiative supported through the historic $75 ...

The First United Methodist Church of Westfield announced that they received a grant from the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation to update its first aid at the facility. “We will be purchasing an AED, updating our first Aid kits, adding equipment, and providing First Aid and CPR Training ...

School 7 named its Students of the Month for October. In the front row are Diangelys Rodriguez, Michael Wise. In the second row are Cora Korzenieski, Sophia Mendez, Thor Texidor, Ellis Liddick, School 7's Board of Education Rep, Ava Perez and Johndiel Cordova Cruz. Missing from photo: Felicity ...

CASSADAGA – Citizens for a Better Cassadaga is excited to announce that “Light Up Cassadaga” will be here soon. On Saturday, Dec. 7 at 3:30 p.m., Santa will arrive at Ames Common on a firetruck. There will be free hot chocolate and fire pits to help keep you warm. Across the street ...

Recently, as a guest performer at the Sportsmen’s Tavern in Buffalo, I was introduced to the audience as a songwriter and a middle school English teacher. The welcoming response was mostly about the teaching part, as one patron shouted “Oh no!” and another, “God Bless you!” Middle ...