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. ...

Westfield begins the magical holiday season with its annual “Christmas in the Village” event. This decades-long tradition takes place on the weekend before Thanksgiving. Beginning on Friday through Sunday, Nov. 23, Christmas in the Village brings the historic downtown alive with family ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...