In July, Chautauqua County will host the 40th reunion of the Great Peace March (GPM), a historic cross-country protest calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. Former marchers, supporters, and others will join at the Great Blue Heron Farm and Event Center to reflect, reconnect and ...

Once our fall foliage is past peak, there is a sense of inevitability. Winter will soon be here. The rainbow of leaves that blanketed the canopy now lay on the forest floor. But there is still one more show among nearly bare branches of the deciduous woods in late fall. For that is when Witch ...

The Student Council of Gowanda High School named eight outstanding Panthers as Students of the Month for October. Honorees are selected based on the following attributes – collaboration, communication, critical thinking and creativity – otherwise known as The Four C’s. These skills and ...

The State University of New York at Fredonia’s soil judging team has punched their ticket to compete in the 2026 National Collegiate Soil Judging Contest. A strong overall sixth place finish — out of 20 teams representing 13 schools — at the recent Northeast Regional National Soil ...

SUNY Oswego recently recognized several Chautauqua County residents as high academic achievers on its President’s List and Deans’ List for the spring 2025 semester. President’s List students are those attaining semester grade-point averages of 3.8 or higher while carrying required ...

Horses are remarkably intelligent animals. Like people, every horse is shaped by its life experiences. Many horses can live well into their thirties (and donkeys and mules even longer), which means that when a new horse arrives at our barn, we rarely know what they’ve been through before. ...