Turkey benefit held November 8 SILVER CREEK — A turkey dinner youth benefit will be held from noon-2 p.m. Nov. 8 at Christ Chapel Wesleyan Church, 60 Buffalo St., Silver Creek. The cost is $12 per meal, and tickets will be on sale through Nov. 1 by calling the church at 934-4725. SUNY ...

MAYVILLE — Chautauqua County Public Health Director Christine Schuyler asks for the public’s help to make sure everyone has a healthy and safe Halloween. “Halloween activities, including trick-or-treating, must be done in a safe way to prevent the spread of COVID-19,” Schuyler said. ...

Imagine Forestville to hold annual meeting FORESTVILLE — The annual meeting of the Imagine Forestville Corporation will be held on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. via Zoom at us04web.zoom.us/j/72703371107?pwd=Y3NrN2RCcjMxMlB2THlSYkJoTWtMUT09 The organization’s president and vice president ...

Submitted Photo The first bag of food donated to the Feeding Fredonia Challenge has been weighed. The food drive, endorsed unanimously by the Fredonia Village Board, started Monday, Oct. 12, and runs through Friday, Oct. 23. Donations are being collected by various organizations and ...

The Chautauqua County Department of Health on Thursday reported 19 new cases of COVID-19. The cases include: six in Jamestown, five in Dunkirk, one in Forestville, two in Fredonia, one in Falconer, one in Frewsburg, two in Lakewood and one in Ripley. The county Health Department said there ...

Upcoming events listed for city Senior Center Dunkirk Senior Center is offering a thanks to all who participated in the flea market last week. Remember if you have a birthday in October, please sign up by Friday, Oct. 23. You may bring a guest. The luncheon is on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at ...

The Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy will be holding a leisurely, guided fall foliage walk at its beautiful David & Margaret Naetzker Preserve in Ashville on Sunday, Oct. 18 starting at 1 p.m. The number of participants is limited, so reservations are required for this walk. Reservations ...

Festivals Fredonia has announced its Harvest Moon Virtual Cemetery Tour. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the group is unable to offer its traditional horse-and-trolley tours. In collaboration with the special collections and archives division of Daniel A. Reed Library at SUNY Fredonia, the ...

Family Court judges could lose the ability to sentence a non-custodial parent to jail time for missing child support payments. Legislation (A.11038) has been introduced in the state Assembly, sponsored by Assemblyman Harvey Epstein, D-New York City, to amend the state Family Court Act to ...

The Chautauqua Rails to Trails board of directors announced that a reopening ceremony of the Nadine and Paul Webb Trail in Mayville will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Webb Trailhead between Lakeside Park and Boxcar Barney’s on Route 394. Financial support includes the Ralph Wilson ...

The Chautauqua Center will host its sixth annual breast cancer awareness event on Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The MammoGrammy’s is an opportunity to connect with others, learn about breast cancer prevention and win prizes. Because of COVID, the free event will be held ...

FREDONIA — The Cathy and Jesse Marion Art Gallery’s second fall exhibition, “The Neo-Quietism Project,” will include 30 archival pigment prints by Colorado artist and educator Teresa Booth Brown. The artist developed the project with the support of the Marion International Fellowship ...

Fall lime applications can help improve soils for the 2021 growing season, according to Cornell Cooperative Extension officials, while addressing soil deficiencies in the fall can prepare a field to be more productive in the spring. Managing fertility is one part of soil management, which ...

ITHACA — Food banks in New York state and nationwide – which help to keep struggling families from going hungry – have faced increased pressure since the spring, when COVID-19 erupted in the United States. While poor economic indicators for the state’s food pantries show no sign of ...

Jamestown North Main Street Community Bank made a National Good Neighbor Day contribution to the Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County in September. September is when National Recovery Month is observed by SAMHSA, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration within ...

Sons of legion meet Tuesday The Sons of American Legion Squad 59 will be holding their monthly meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Post 59, 156 E. Main St., Fredonia. Items to be discussed are; finalizing budget for fiscal 2021, acceptance of new members and plans for fundraising within the COVID ...

The Fredonia Shakespeare Club kicked off its 135th year with the club’s traditional tea, held virtually on Oct. 1. Seventeen members and guests were in attendance. The club’s area of study for the 2020-21 year is “Humor and Humorists.” Mary Croxton, club president, welcomed Amy ...

COLLINS — The Collins 50-Plus Seniors will have a full slate of events starting Sunday. The group will host pickleball at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Collins Town Park, followed by exercises at 10 a.m. Monday in the L.K. Painter Center gym. At 9 a.m. Tuesday, the center will host active senior ...

After The Resource Center and Filling the Gap, Inc., canceled their 11th annual Step Up for Autism walk in Celoron because of the pandemic, Dory Matwijkow — who each September typically travels from her home on Grand Island to participate in the event – decided to organize her own walk. ...

The Resource Center recently observed Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week by honoring employees who have done an exemplary job of helping people with disabilities to lead meaningful lives. TRC held its annual Everyday Heroes Celebration on September 16 at its administrative offices ...