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Sunday Lifestyles

Shakespeare Club learns about cathedral

Leanna McMahon presented her paper to the Shakespeare Club on “The Cathedral of Learning and Heinz Memorial Chapel on the University of Pittsburgh Campus.” In 1787 the Pittsburgh Academy obtained a charter and began classes in a one room log cabin in what is now downtown Pittsburgh. In ...

Academic awards are announced at JCC

The following Jamestown Community College students received academic awards from the Jamestown Campus in May: Dunkirk: Kia Buchanan (Valerie Rives Scholarship for Diversity in OTA), Zachary Cash (Vera Varmee Pre-Professional Health Scholarship), Genesis Cosme (Elizabeth J. Trippi Nursing ...

Leon Fire Co. installs officers

Installation of officers for the 2023-24 membership took place recently at the Ellington Rod & Gun Club. Leon town justice, Holly Abers, officiated. Officers for the coming term are President Brian Spiller; Vice President Christina Lyndsley; Treasurer Jackie Ellis; Secretary Donna Snyder; ...

FULL OF GLORY: Flags fly in Cassadaga

Photo by John Sipos Memorial Day was established to honor and remember those who fought so that we could have the freedom we enjoy. After the Civil War had ended, people were encouraged to decorate graves with flowers as a time of remembrance. The day was first known as Decoration Day, but was ...

Historical Society plans pair of milestones

WESTFIELD — Two special milestones will be celebrated during the Chautauqua County Historical Society’s annual gala on June 10. The gala features dinner and refreshments from 6 to 8 p.m. at McClurg Museum, located in Westfield’s Moore Park. Tickets to the event are $50 and are available ...

Memories come from time in nature

Memories from my childhood tend to come in flashes and moments rather than complete stories. However, I do recall some of the seemingly insignificant moments of walking with my grandfather in the woods behind the house I grew up in. It seemed like he knew every tree in that forest. I was too ...