Entering high school can be an intimidating time for freshmen, but Jamestown High School helped take some of the worry out of students’ minds by offering four, three-day orientations so that students could become acclimated to their new school. “We offer a freshmen orientation every year, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Before starting advocacy group the Student Borrower Protection Center, Seth Frotman was the Student Loan Ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. That's effectively the federal government's point person for student loan issues. Frotman held that position until ...
The best part of traveling an uncharted course is you never make a wrong turn and you are never lost. This is the way my husband and I traveled across New York and through much of New England. This is the last installment of our three week trip. After an uneventful crossing of the state of ...
Chautauqua County has officially crossed the 10,000 COVID-19 mark. The health department announced 119 new confirmed cases of the virus over the weekend. With the new cases, there have been 10,007 to date within the county. There have also been 9,587 recoveries and 163 virus-related deaths. A new fatality was reported Monday. Since Aug. 1, the county has recorded 663 new cases. Of those, 63% have involved those not vaccinated against the virus; 16% considered fully vaccinated; 5% partially vaccinated; and 17% whose vaccination status was not known. There are currently 257 active ...
ALBANY (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's promise to get more COVID-19 rental assistance money into the hands of struggling tenants "with no more excuses and delays" will take on new urgency after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration's temporary federal ban on evictions. The court ruling Thursday means that New Yorkers behind on their rent because of pandemic financial hardship will have fewer protections when the state's own eviction ban expires on Aug. 31. A key to staying in their homes will be New York's rental relief program, which got off to a slow ...
The Chautauqua County Health Department on Friday reported 90 new COVID cases. And for the third straight day, active cases, those with the virus in the hospital and people in quarantine all rose. Of the new cases reported, from information collected Thursday, 32 came from the Jamestown zip code; 12 from Fredonia; 11 from Dunkirk; six from Falconer; four each from Forestville, Silver Creek and Bemus Point; and three each from Westfield, Lakewood and Kennedy. Other municipalities also reported one or two new cases. There are currently 251 active cases, 13 people hospitalized and 376 ...
