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For Adults Only Monarch Festival To Be Held

The Monarch Butterfly Festival is for all ages, but the night before is just for grown-ups. Monarchs and Margaritas, a special adults-only preview of the festival is 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 24. The Nature Center is transformed into a butterfly house full of lovely flowers and Monarchs in all stages of development: tiny eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises and butterflies. A mini program on the Monarch Butterfly gives you insight into these remarkable long-distance fliers and their plight. A silent auction features Monarch migration-themed items. Past items included a butterfly ...

Clymer Woman Has Over 400 Varieties Of Daylilies

There have been many changes in the life of Loujean White since I last told her story 19 years ago on June 5, 1999. In 2004, when she left the winter job she held for 16 years in the ski shop at Peek’n Peak Resort, she undoubtedly had no idea she would make up those hours during a milder ...

Local Author Releases Third Children’s Book

Local author and illustrator James Vincent says he is inspired by his own grandchildren to write and draw children’s books. “I’m Gonna Miss My Brother,” the third book in the Beginning Cycles of Life series exploring the emotions of sister Rita and brother “Bubby,” is all about ...

Chautauqua: Week Six

CHAUTAUQUA — Chautauqua Institution is proud to announce the program lineup for Week Six of its 2018 season. The week, which begins July 28 and concludes Aug. 3, features a performance of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets† in Concert with Live Orchestra and presentations by renowned ...

Son-in-Law of Local Family Does Barbecue Right

Although Charles Dodson III of Mesquite, Texas has never lived in Chautauqua County or even on this side of the country, he has visited the area many times, having married Rhonda Simmons Dodson, a native of Ashville. “My mom is actually a really good cook. My grandmother was ...