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 ...

The Chautauqua County Humane Society recently visited with students enrolled in the Small Animal Science and Criminal Justice programs at the LoGuidice Educational Center. Juniors and seniors in both Career & Technical Education programs heard from Amanda Sublett, clinic coordinator at the ...

Sixty years ago, the popular TV show The Jetsons amused audiences by cartooning a futuristic society. The light-hearted show featured a likable family – George, Judy, Jane, and Elroy – along with a host of tentacled gadgets (including the robot maid Rosy) that served to make life easier for ...

Charlotte Couchman, 16-year-old senior at Cassadaga Valley, secured her second national title in Louisville, Ky., this month at the Eastern National 4-H Horse Roundup. Charlotte took the National title for Public Speaking with her speech, “Do You Have a License For That?” looking at ...

The Silver Creek-Irving Heritage Fund (SCIHF), a Community Donor Advised Fund of the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation, recently awarded grants to two local organizations. The Anderson-Lee Library received a grant for $1,500 for the Forestville Book Locker Project and the village of ...

A popular Thanksgiving hymn begins, “We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing.” This Thanksgiving we might consider asking a blessing or two on behalf of our Native Americans, for without their help during the formative years of our history, we might neither be gathering nor asking ...