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Belle-View East’s Owner Achieved His Goal And More

Although he may not have realized it at the time, Gary Visosky was an entrepreneur at an early age. After his parents divorced and his mother took an evening job waiting tables, the teenager took over the roll of cooking and caring for his three younger siblings. At the same time, he found ...

Community Partners Help Grow Prendergast Program

This summer, the James Prendergast Library will offer additional storytimes, free lunch for children and expanded children’s programming Prendergast Library is a space for all and our Summer Reading Challenge is no exception. This year’s summer programming focuses on encouraging ...

House Histories: Making Those Walls ‘Talk’

Some people are interested in family history, but have you ever considered looking for the history of your home? Just like family history, house history requires digging into records, talking to people (either in the present neighborhood or others who had lived there) and looking for photographs. If you own the home, the first thing to do is locate your title search. This document traces the property back to the first purchase or for 50 years as they do now. Its purpose is to check that the seller has a clear title to the property. As the searcher traces the title back, any legal ...

RTPI To Host July 10 Book Signing With Local Author, Hank Danielson

In his new book entitled “Island People: Finding Our Way,” local author Hank Danielson chronicles growing up in Lakewood, teaching with his wife Julie in all black Alabama schools, and serving in the Peace Corps in central Africa. As Danielson describes, “The post was remote, a day by ...

Chautauqua: Week Two

Chautauqua Institution is proud to announce the program lineup for Week Two of its 2018 season. The week, which concludes July 6, features presentations by renowned guests such as New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb, New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks, author Amy Chua and an improv ...

ER Nurse Opens Betsy’s 5-Corners Cafe

The latest buzz in Busti and the surrounding area is about the new cafe, Betsy’s 5-Corners Kitchen, which opened a few months ago. Word has spread quickly about the delicious scratch-cooking served everyday but Sunday. One local man has never missed stopping for a meal that has occurred ...