JAMESTOWN – Following the retirement of longtime Artistic Director and School Director Monika Alch after more than three decades of dedicated leadership, the Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet (CRYB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Samantha Barczak as its new School Director. A ...
August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month, an annual observance dedicated to supporting nursing families, promoting the benefits of human milk feeding, and increasing awareness of resources available to parents and infants. In recognition of the month, the Chautauqua Child Care Council's Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is encouraging registered and licensed child care providers throughout the region to become Breastfeeding Friendly designated programs. The designation is awarded by the New York State Department of Health to child care providers who complete ...
In July, the Fredonia American Legion Post 59 Women’s Auxiliary recognized 3 applicants for the Legion’s Department of Education Scholarships. The Auxiliary also recognized its 2026 Girls State participant. A reception was hosted by the auxiliary and included members, the students and ...
What if years of scientific research eventually revealed that many seemingly different diseases have more in common than we ever imagined? While every diagnosis has its own causes and treatments, researchers across many disciplines are increasingly discovering common threads: the body's ...
WESTFIELD — The Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation, in partnership with the YWCA Westfield's Girls Leadership Initiative, recently celebrated the impact of youth-led philanthropy benefiting the Westfield Recreation Department. The initiative was made possible through support from the ...
In August of 1945, President Harry S Truman made the momentous decision to go ahead with a plan to use nuclear bombs against Japan. It was a lose-lose situation, justified in the end simply by calculating the number of potential fatalities — how many people would die if we used it versus if we conducted a full invasion of Japan. Truman’s decision has been criticized and defended ever since, and recently re-examined in the film “Oppenheimer.” Truman grew up in a middle class, Presbyterian family in an agricultural environment in Missouri. His early adult life involved five years ...
