FRIDAY, DEC. 29 Audubon Community Nature Center presents: Christmas with the Critters 1600 Riverside Road, Jamestown, 10 to 11:30 a.m. $8 adults, $6 Nature Center members, $6 children, free for 2 and under. VIsit the reptiles, amphibians and birds. Attend a live animal program, explore ...

Fire board meets Dec. 28 PORTLAND – The Board of Commissioners of the Portland Fire District will hold the year end reconciliation meeting for the purpose of review of the fiscal year 2023 books and any other business on Thursday, Dec. 28 at 7 p.m. in the meeting room of the Portland Fire ...

Christmas Eve crash to be remembered One of the many benefits of utilizing the trail system created and maintained by Chautauqua Rails to Trails is an appreciation of the county’s railroad history. A day that lives in infamy is Christmas Eve in 1872 when a Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh ...

Loose leaf pickup ends in village The village of Fredonia Department of Public works has completed its loose leaf pickup. Crews will continue to pick up bagged leaves until Dec. 31. Brush pickup will resume in the spring. Breakfast Club to meet on Thursday The New York State Department of ...

Hanover Town Offices to be closed HANOVER – The Hanover town offices will be closed on Friday, Dec. 22, and Dec. 29, in celebration of the Christmas and New Years holidays. The town’s reorganizational meeting will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 2, at 3 p.m., at the Hanover Town Hall.

Author to sing ‘Safe Harbor’ For those with cherished friends, it is hard to imagine that some people feel totally alone. And loneliness makes life both sadder and shorter. In May, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared loneliness a national epidemic. He has long warned about the ...