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CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT — Jaxon V. McCloskey, 18, of the town of Portland, was charged Dec. 7 with failure to keep right, driving while intoxicated, and DWI per se. According to officials, at about 4:16 a.m. deputies responded to Pullman Road in the Village of Brocton for a ...

4-H Holds Club Officer Training

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Cornell Cooperative Extension Chautauqua County’s 4-H Program recently held its annual Club Officer Training, providing 36 youth with the opportunity to strengthen leadership skills and gain a deeper understanding of their roles within their 4-H clubs. The training was facilitated by 4-H ...

Winter Solstice – The Return Of The Sun

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The winter solstice is upon us and is happening on December 21st. It’s the moment when the Earth’s tilt makes our hemispheres lean farthest away from the Sun, creating the shortest day and longest night of the entire year. In our Northern Hemisphere, this happens yearly around December 21st ...

Golden Agers Make Knitting Donations

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The Lakewood-Busti Golden Agers made 1,518 hats, scarves and mittens for area youth this year. Diane Boland; Claudia Shaw; Richard Hagberg, who made 846 hats; Sharon McCreary, president; Barbra Irons; Carol Samuelson and Rose Prieur, pictured, represented the 18 members who contributed to the ...

Randolph Announces Honor, Merit Rolls

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RANDOLPH - Randolph Junior-Senior High School officials recently released the school’s honor and merit rolls for the first quarter of the 2025-26 school year. They include: HONOR ROLL 12th Grade: Jenna Anderson, Nicholas Ashdown, Grace Benson, Christine Booth, Gianna Bowles, Broden ...

Santa Claus Visits During Recent Cassadaga Light Up Festival

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CASSADAGA — Saturday was the Cassadaga Light Up Festival. Santa took time out of his busy schedule to fly his reindeer and sleigh to Cassadaga. He stopped at the Cassadaga Firehall, and the generous Cassadaga Volunteer Firemen wanted to give his reindeer a rest from the long journey, so ...