With the help of $1,721 in support from the Carroll and Dolores Anstaett Gift Tree Fund at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation, the Interfaith Caregivers Gift Tree program was again able to give disadvantaged area families a brighter Christmas this year. Each year the Gift Tree ...

Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care and General Physician PC have announced their collaboration to sponsor a support group for parents who have lost a child. HOPE Grief Support Group will meet the third Monday of each month from 6-8 p.m. at the General Physician, PC’s Dunkirk office, ...

GOWANDA — The Gowanda United Methodist Church welcomes Pastor Dave Rood as the new local pastor. He began Jan. 5. Pastor Rood will continue serving as pastor for the Versailles and the Four Corners United Methodist Churches as well. Service times for the three churches are as ...

NORTH HARMONY — A Chautauqua County country church, sitting quietly, now abandoned, has recently been featured in the internationally published magazine, Country Extra. Judy Wroda, a local photographer and author, submitted the story and photos of the church, which is located on Open Meadows ...

LEON — The Leon Historical Society’s 23rd Christmas has come and gone. Last year we looked back at Christmas in the early 1800s Leon. This year we celebrated 1940’s style. It’s 1945 and the war has ended. Rationing may be over but goods are still scarce. Many servicemen are still ...

Church of the Living Spirit This week’s Speaker is Kim Kelleher. Church services are held every Sunday in the Assembly Hall on Cleveland Avenue in Lily Dale. Service time is 10:30 a.m. to noon and consists of a spiritual talk, a hands-on healing, a message demonstration, music, ...