The birth of 98-year-old Doris Frink Stone took place in her parents’ home on property that is now part of Allegany State Park, almost exactly one year before the park was dedicated. Her family’s home was located where the Park’s bridge and dam are now positioned at Red House Lake. The ...
I have interviewed a lot of people over the last 21 years, but I have never met someone with more passion for what they do than Nathaniel Weaver. I also have never met a 19-year-old business owner. While listening to him speak, I had to remind myself that I was talking to someone who was ...
Ninety-two-year old Alice Stoddard came up knowing what it was to do a day’s work. She was born on an Ohio farm in the late 1920s. She remembers driving the Ford tractor for various jobs, one being to cultivate corn. She also fed the chickens, packed eggs into crates to go to market and ...
You’ve probably read somewhere or seen in the movies that “her heart skipped a beat” or “heart pounding, he crept into the room.” Did it sound romantic? Exciting? For people suffering from heart rhythm disorders, these sensations are anything but romantic or exciting. ...
In 2009, while Reuben Hernandez was still a high school student, he noticed the building at 212 North Main St.in Jamestown had been put up for sale. At the time Hernandez was studying criminal justice at BOCES, with law enforcement being his career goal. The location had been home to various ...
SALAMANCA — When I think of nonagenarians, persons who are between 90 and 99 years of age, Bill Steckman of Salamanca comes to mind. Bill is one of the happiest, silliest people I know. He is also one of the most industrious, inventive people I know. He once told me he lays awake at night ...
