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Cornell Cooperative Extension updating Chautauqua Grown directory

Chautauqua Grown, a program of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County, is asking local farmers, food producers, farm markets, and farm stands to provide updated information about their businesses for inclusion in Chautauqua Grown's online directory and promotional efforts. Producers are encouraged to submit the following information: - Farm, market, or business name - Physical address and farm stand location(s) - Days and hours of operation - Products available for sale - Contact information (phone number/Email) Chautauqua County residents and visitors ...

Brad Van Riper’s legacy honored through WCA Foundation endowment

The WCA Foundation is honoring the life and legacy of Brad Van Riper through the Brad and Becky Van Riper Digestive System Cancer Endowment Fund, which supports patients facing digestive system cancer. Van Riper died from a rare form of bile duct cancer, a disease that is often difficult to ...

Bemus Point/Maple Grove Alumni Association holds open house

FLUVANNA - The Bemus Point/Maple Grove Alumni Association recently held its annual open house at the Fluvanna fire hall. In attendance were individuals from the classes of 1950 through 2026. Mary Turney, alumnus and town historian assistant, spoke about the efforts being made to record all ...

The Resource Center to present movie Sept. 23 at The Reg

The challenges and triumphs of operating a movie theater that provides jobs for people with disabilities will be showcased when The Resource Center presents its annual film event Wednesday, Sept. 23. The movie, 25 Prospect Street, will be screened at The Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, 116 E. ...

Bemus Point, Dunkirk get DEC grants

Bemus Point and the city of Dunkirk are among the local governments receiving a share of $4 million in grants from the state DEC. The village of Bemus Point will receive $132,027 from New York state to install a new fast electric vehicle charger. The city of Dunkirk will receive $117,725, also to install one fast charger. The grants are part of two programs that either pay for the purchase or lease of zero-emission vehicles for municipal fleets or for the purchase and installation of public electric vehicle charging stations in communities as part of DEC’s Zero-Emission Vehicle ...

Mozart Club hosts Mecham brothers program

The Mozart Club and the Marvin House recently held a combined program and tea featuring the Mecham brothers titled “The Art of the Duo.” The twin brothers grew up in Jamestown and started their musical education at age 5 with the late pianist, Helga Hulse. In 2025, the twins graduated from the State University at Fredonia summa cum laude. Currently, they are students at Oberlin College specializing in Baroque violin, harpsichord and organ. On their two baroque violins, the twins performed the Partita # 6 by Czech - Austrian baroque composer, Heinrich Ignaz Frantz von Biber. A ...