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Dog Wellness Day planned for Saturday

School-aged youth and their families are invited to join Chautauqua County 4-H for Dog Wellness Day, a fun and educational event focused on canine health, behavior, nutrition, and training. The free program will take place on Saturday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the JCC Carnahan Center ...

A fiction reading by guest writer Emrys Donaldson is slated for Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Marion Art Gallery at the State University of New York at Fredonia. Donaldson is the author of the short story collection “The Iridescents.” Steeped in a fabulist version of the American South, ...

Water grants announced for pair of entities

Two area municipalities are part of nearly $500 million in grants for critical drinking water and sewer projects statewide. On Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the investments will help local governments modernize aging infrastructure, tackle legacy threats such as lead service lines and emerging contaminants, and lay the foundation for sustainable growth and economic development while creating good-paying jobs. The village of Westfield is to receive $5 million while the town of Randolph is in line for $4.5 million for water system improvements. “Investing in water ...

Having a say

On Saturday, across the United States, citizens concerned about preserving democracy in our country gathered in groups large and small. One of the ways to defend democracy is by exercising the right granted to us by the Constitution via the First Amendment, which protects our freedom to ...

Cassadaga Valley to hold tour of new research forest

SINCLAIRVILLE — Cassadaga Valley Central School district has recently completed a one of a kind Research Forest in partnership with Cornell University, and will be providing a tour with Cornell representatives later this month. This research forest is the only one located at a New York State school. Designed side by side with Cornell, the forest is an outdoor classroom designed to give Cassadaga Valley students the opportunity to become real field researchers, using their own campus to study forest ecology, identify trees and plant life, monitor water quality, collect meaningful data ...

Jamestown Suit-Kote plant to be sold

Dave Sunday David Sunday, Pennsylvania attorney general, is pictured during a news conference in September. The Suit-Kote operation in Jamestown is up for sale as part of a plan to allow Suit-Kote to merge with Colas, a global road construction and maintenance company based in Paris, France ...