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Healing with horses: Using love, care, equines up to task

Horses are as different as people. Some have endured trauma, hardship, multiple homes, poor health, and some have had wonderful lives. But leaving any of those situations to move to another place can be very stressful. Horses do have great memories but they live in the present and ...

Four injured after boats collide on Chautauqua Lake

MAYVILLE --- Four individuals were taken to regional hospitals after a boat collision on Saturday night in Chautauqua Lake. The Sheriff's Office was dispatched to Prendergast Boulevard around 11:10 p.m. for the incident. There was three people on one boat and five on the other. Three victims were injured from the accident and transported to UPMC Chautauqua in Jamestown for their injuries, and one was then flown to UPMC Hamot in Erie for non-life-threatening injuries. The investigation is ongoing by the Sheriff's office Navigation Division. They were assisted at the scene by the ...

Club presents pair of scholarships

The Michael Rosing Scholarship Committee of the Northern Chautauqua Conservation Club presented $1,000 checks each to Gwendolyn Souter of Silver Creek High School and to Nathan Cross of Silver Creek High School. Souter plans on attending SUNY at Syracuse for Environmental and Forestry for ...

Have a blast, but think of the pets

The Fourth of July is the holiday I dread most. It’s not because I am unpatriotic. It’s just that I have no taste for explosions and screeching missiles, which go on here in Dunkirk from early evening to late at night, and from mid June until the end of July. It’s also because Rocco, our ...

Rough waters claim life of Forestville boy, 15, in Evans

ANGOLA --- The Evans Police Department is investigating a drowning in the rough waters that took place at Lake Erie Beach Park on Friday, claiming the life of a 15-year-old Forestville boy. Police, in a release issued Saturday, said they responded at 3:31 p.m. to the report of the boy who had reportedly gone underwater and did not resurface. The teen was located after being spotted by park lifeguards who then removed him from the lake and began life-saving measures until additional emergency personnel arrived. The boy was then transported by AMR Ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Buffalo ...