Thanks to Cummins Inc., the Bemus Point-Stow Ferry has received a much-needed boost. With the recent installation of a 4B 76 horsepower engine, the ferry now can continue taking passengers across the lake from Bemus Point to Stow. The installation would not have happened without board ...
Students at Bemus Point and Chautauqua Lake elementary schools didn’t let the temporary end of Chautauqua Institution’s Battle of the Books postpone their reading fun. The schools came together recently for their own brainy battle. It was the latest collaboration between the Bemus Point ...
In the 1980s, the dream of strapping on shoes and walking on water was alive or so it seemed. An invention emerged that promised this modern day miracle, but it was less a pair of “shoes” and more a set of “personal styrofoam rafts that required professional-level core strength” to ...
Today is Mother’s Day. As I write this, on May 10, I’ve learned it’s also National Shrimp Day. Wh-a-a-a-t? Today is Mother’s Day. Period. How can it be anything else? Turns out it’s the date that determines these festive days. Every second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day. But every ...
Learning & Leading Students rising as scholars, speakers, and future changemakers. Eligh DeLeon (1st), Mia DelPozzo (2nd), and S’miya Kingsbury (3rd) placed in the VFW Voice of Democracy contest. Peyton Joly earned first place at the NYNE Optimist Zone 2 Oratorical Contest. Ten ...
Q. What is on the May 19 ballot? The community will be voting on four items: the 2026-27 School Budget, a proposition to approve the sale of district property on Harrison Street to the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, a proposition for the James Prendergast Library to increase funding by ...