By now, we had seen quite a bit of Cuenca, Ecuador and had traveled outside of the city a bit. We found the people to be very polite and friendly. It appeared that security was important to Ecuadorians as exhibited by the tall walls around most properties. Even though Cuenca has one of the ...

Danny Triplett moved to Jamestown when he was just four years old, but moved away eight years later. Eight years is a short amount of time to an adult, but to a child, it is a lifetime. The 45-year old Florida man recently made a post to the “You Know You Are From Jamestown, New York ...

When Jeremy and Liz Gruber purchased Peterson’s Candies in Busti, they were taking a leap of faith, especially with Jeremy leaving his job as an accountant to jump into candy-making. The couple purchased the business that started in the 1930s as Peterson’s Corn Crib Candies at Third ...

The fourth floor apartment that my husband’s cousin and his wife owned in Cuenca, Ecuador had huge windows in every room. Nearly every time I looked out over the third largest city in the South American country, I saw something I hadn’t noticed before, but I found myself looking for three ...

ASHVILLE — Any one of Chef Russell Furdell’s students can recite his motto “You don’t make food. You make chefs.” His foodservice class at Hewes BOCES Center functions like a well-oiled machine, with each student having responsibilities and knowing when and how to carry them out. ...

We have arrived! We’ve made it to Cuenca, Ecuador by way of van, ship, bus, plane and taxi. By now we have been on the move for four weeks to reach our goal of visiting my husband’s cousin, Noel, and his wife, Christine. The first thing the Magees did after they welcomed us, was to ...