Families interested in becoming a short or long-term foster home are encouraged to attend G.A. Family Services’ Foster Parent Classes beginning at the end of this month. The 10-class series aims to educate community members on what it takes to become a foster parent or foster family and to ...
Imagine how delightful it would be in an indoor garden filled with free-flying Monarch Butterflies. You can experience even more delights at the Monarch Butterfly Festival at Audubon Community Nature Center on Saturday. Beginning at 10 a.m., you can hand-feed the butterflies or wander over ...
ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University will welcome Chinese photographer and writer Zola Cao to campus as the Lenna Visiting Scholar. Cao will visit St. Bonaventure and Jamestown Community College for lectures and classroom discussions and an exhibition of his photography, “We, The ...
The Monarch Butterfly Festival is for all ages, but the night before is for adults only. Three years ago Audubon Community Nature Center staff decided it would be fun to add a new twist to the all-day Saturday event with its activities for all ages. Since then Friday evening has been Monarchs ...
WESTFIELD — The Lake Shore Center for the Arts will host the premiere of the multimedia play, “Harvest Moon,” at 8 p.m. Sept. 2 and Sept. 6 in the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church of Westfield. The church is also home of Lake Shore Center for the Arts, which is located on the ...
As summer comes to an end, Chautauqua Institution is proud to announce the program lineup for Week Nine of its 2017 season. The week, which begins today and concludes Sunday, features presentations by renowned guests such as Chef Jacques Pepin, Professor Marion Nestle, Chef Bryant Terry, ...
The Kokomo Time Band is returning to Cassadaga at 5 p.m. Sunday. Kokomo Time was the first band to perform on Cassadaga’s Floating Stage on Park Avenue almost a year ago. Bring a chair, a blanket or come by boat and listen to one of the area’s favorite oldies bands. The Cassadaga Kiwanis ...
New York state has awarded more than $7.3 million to pay for educational programming and reentry services at 17 New York state prisons over the next five years. The College-in-Prison Reentry Program is being funded through the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Justice ...
Visitors to the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts now have access to state of the art hearing assistance equipment. Recently purchased with a grant from the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation’s Fund for the Region, this new equipment provides hearing enhancement to patrons with hearing ...
The Jamestown Elks Lodge No. 263 awarded $2,000 to St. Susan Center to purchase 750 meals for the summer season when meal counts increase dramatically. “We are again pleased to be able to support our community soup kitchen with these grant awards,” said Treasurer, John Geraci. “These ...
The Mozart Club held its annual meeting at the First Presbyterian Church on Aug. 3. The new officers are Ruth Schreck, co-president and second vice president; Nancy Wilson, co-president; Sonya Burkett, treasurer; Paula Daneshkhah, assistant treasurer; Linda Carlson, recording secretary; ...
The Scandia Evangelical Covenant Church at Scandia Corners will celebrate its 145th anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 10. A service will be held in the sanctuary at 10:30 a.m., followed by a chicken barbecue at the pavilion. This occasion will be reminiscent of Elk Township Homecomings which were ...
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has signed legislation to regulate pet dealers and crack down on unscrupulous practices in this industry. The bill (S.5599/A.7195) requires incorporated animal shelters, rescue organizations and other non-profit entities that transport or offer animals up for adoption in ...
Two local organizations will collaborate at the Chautauqua Gran Fondo on Saturday, Aug. 26, to help bring in school supplies to fill backpacks for students for the upcoming school year. Creche, a local women’s charity organization, has benefitted needy children in the Jamestown area since ...
Two local organizations will collaborate at the Chautauqua Gran Fondo on Saturday, Aug. 26, to help bring in school supplies to fill backpacks for students for the upcoming school year. Creche, a local women’s charity organization, has benefitted needy children in the Jamestown area since ...
Magician and ventriloquist Mike Randall will perform for families and children of all ages at Prendergast Library on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 1 p.m. for the library’s Summer Reading Program finale. The performance is free and open to the public. After the show, library staff will announce the ...
Two groups recently made significant donations to Viking youth work. Each year for the past several years members of local Ingjald Viking Lodge and their friends living the winter months in Florida hold a chicken barbecue picnic at Sarasota County’s Lemon Park in North Port, Fla. The ...
BUFFALO — The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, on behalf of the Oliver G. & Sarah Sloan Bauman Fund for the Arts today, has awarded the Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet a grant. The Bauman Fund for the Arts was established in 1996 by Sarah Bauman Baxter as a unique way to ...
The Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education recently appointed Thomas Blidy as the district’s new transportation supervisor. As transportation supervisor Blidy is responsible for the supervision of the operation and maintenance of the school district transportation system including ...
The Fenton History Center is leading a walking tour of Jamestown’s Southside, Saturday, Aug. 26 at 10 a.m., starting at the Fenton History Center, 67 Washington St. The Southside of Jamestown in the mid-1800s to early 1900s was a mix of neighborhoods and thriving businesses. Explore the ...