Four years ago, I wrote a column just before Thanksgiving and several people thought to write and tell me that it had moved them. It was about appreciating the people in your life and never taking them for granted. Life is short, I pointed out, so I urged everyone to look around their table ...

The theater season in Jamestown is well underway with Little Theater and the JCC Uncommoners having completed plays these past weekends. A recent donation to the Fenton History Center Special Collections is a scrapbook from the years 1942 through 1951 of many of the plays presented by Little ...

For more than 118 years, YMCA Camp Onyahsa has been providing children and adults from diverse backgrounds a quality camping experience. Regardless of the camper’s background, all are welcome at the Chautauqua Lake site. Camp “O,” much like its parent organization the ...

When she was 23, Morgan broke her big toe and it was placed in a cast. She expected a quick recovery, but nearly a week later she was still experiencing severe pain. Unable to tolerate the restriction of the cast, she had it removed. Two weeks after the injury, her foot was still discolored ...

I’ve not always had a penchant for being the most festive during the the holiday season — or even as grateful as I could be. For a number of years, life seemed to be passing me by one day at a time; drawing me onward in a state of perpetual wandering and wondering of what was in store for ...

The 2017 popular entertainment schedule at Chautauqua Institution is beginning to take shape. It was announced by the institution last week that soul superstar Aretha Franklin and American icons The Beach Boys will provide bookend performances to open and close the Saturday music series at ...