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 ...

What if your parents weren't really your parents? What if someone you loved kept a deep, dark secret from you for your entire life? What if your real family was right next door all along? In 2022, Jill Krzyzanowicz — who writes under the pen name Margo Reilly — published her first ...

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 ...

When we talk about life traps and their origins, we focus primarily on features of the addicted person’s environment. We already know a lot about dysfunctional family environments — neglect, abuse, alcoholism and other drug abuse that fosters life traps. As you may remember in an ...