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Local Woman Gifts Treats To Friends, Family, Community

“I never liked to cook. In fact, I actually hated cooking until I was in my late 20s,” said Carol Proestler of West Ellicott. She may not have liked to cook meals, but she enjoyed making divinity candy and cream puffs with her sister, the late Mary Calanni, and recalled doing this when ...

Fresh, Family Friendly

“We pride ourselves as a family-friendly, neighborhood establishment. There has been a family-owned business on this corner for over 50 years. It was a Red and White Grocery Store, then Ang’s Grocery and The College Inn,” said Chris Sorenson, co-owner of Jamestown’s Coach’s Corner ...

Many Interests

Bob Lingle does not make New Year’s resolutions, instead, until this year, he set personal goals. His personal goals for 2019 were to finish the rough draft of a book he had started quite some time ago and to run a full marathon. He achieved the second goal, but not the first. For 2020, he ...

A Year Of Learning

It has been a year of learning. That is how United Way of Southern Chautauqua County director, Amy Rohler, described her first year with the agency. Rohler originally served as the executive director of Community Helping Hands of Jamestown from 2009 until late 2018, when she joined the ...

A Place To Be Snowed In

“It’s probably the second oldest cross-country ski facility in the nation,” said Ryan Janes about The Wilderness Lodge in Wattsburg, Pa. Janes’ grandparents, Jim and Nansi Janes, built the lodge, which was completed in 1969. It was originally launched as a snowmobile lodge, but ...

Sharing Traditions

Kim Smith began caring for ailing family members when she was a young child causing her to grow up rather abruptly. Her grandmother had been bedfast since before the girl was born. “My mom wasn’t well, was in a wheelchair and was in and out of the nursing home. My grandfather always ...