When Joe Triscari was just eight years old, he started his first job as a shoeshine boy. Although he changed vocations, he continued to work until he was 83, never turning down an opportunity to serve the public. Triscari was born in WCA Hospital on Dec. 20, 1926. He has fond memories of ...

Kim and Mark Burkhard live in a cozy home on a three-acre plot in New Albion. She grew up in Albion, and her husband lived in Cheektowaga until his family moved to Ellicottville in his senior year of high school. They met at HoliMont Ski Resort where Mark has worked since he was 18. ...

“I’m at a great age.” Helen Gilbert of Jamestown says enthusiastically, “I’m in my nineties and I’m fortunate that I’m still doing creative things.” Although she was born in Rochester, she spent most of her childhood in Buffalo and Randolph. Her father, Lance Zavitz, ...

Gabriel Hrysenko saw biotechnology in her future while she was studying math and science at Jamestown Community College and SUNY Fredonia. She ended up doing what she loves, but not exactly what she had planned. Not even close. The Westfield woman grew up in New Jersey with her mother ...

Shortly after beginning a visit to the Little Valley home of Chuck Huntington, I knew I had met a good man. It was clear he was a good father and grandfather, respected his fellow man, took care of the creatures in nature and was a hard worker. “I was born in my mother’s bedroom on ...

The sun is out, clover runs wild, and bees of all sizes buzz about as I gaze around my lawn. A sight that may be a disagreeable for some is a pleasant one for me. In part from anthropogenic causes and in part from climate change, native and managed bee populations have been in steep ...