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Crafting offers mental health boost

On most Fridays from noon to 1 p.m. at the Fifth Street Care Coordination location in Jamestown, you will find a peer group going on. This group started several years ago with a two-year break during COVID-19. My name is Nichole Johnson, and I am a care coordinator that leads the group. The ...

How to support a teen’s mental health

If you could be a teenager today, would you do it? Being a teenager in 2023 might be one of the most challenging generations to be a teen in. Think about it — living in the times of post COVID and virtual learning, social media and what is “trending,” and having such easy access to ...

Today’s lifestyle can be troubling for teens

When one writes articles for this newspaper or any other newspaper, the writer opens himself or herself to the theme of a Clint Eastman movie, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” For the most part, most of the readers have been supportive and gracious. The “bad” goes to prove that, ...

Using art to promote mental health awareness

This #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth encourages the public to participate in our month-long art contest. It promotes the Mental Health America 2023 theme “Look around, look within” to explore and change your specific environment to meet your needs. The Chautauqua County Department of Mental ...

Loyalty matters when it comes to local business

It has come to my attention that we live in a society that is quick to outsource goods and services and that loyalty has been displaced. I understand that in these difficult economic times we live in people are looking at the bottom line, but to what end? In light of the recent loss of a ...

Court’s Korematsu opinion a travesty

During World War II, many people were rounded up based on their ethnicity and sent to camps. In the United States. Yes, in the United States. By the government of the United States. One such person was an American of Japanese descent by the name of Fred Korematsu. The U.S. Supreme ...