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Gillbrand among Senate sponsors of home care access bill

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, recently joined her Senate colleagues to introduce the Home and Community-Based Services Access Act, legislation to ensure older adults and people with disabilities have a choice between receiving long-term care at home or in institutional settings. The legislation would make home and community-based care a mandatory Medicaid benefit, gradually eliminate waiting lists for services, strengthen the home and community-based care workforce, and provide greater support for family caregivers. Under current Medicaid policy, many older adults and ...

Infinity names new program director

Infinity Visual and Performing Arts has named Jennifer Coe as its new program director. Coe brings more than 20 years of experience in youth development, education, and nonprofit work to the position. A graduate of Frewsburg Central School, Jamestown Community College and the University at ...

Hispanic Heritage Festival is Sept. 19 in city

CHQ Hispanic Development will host the 2026 Hispanic Heritage Festival on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Jackson Taylor Park. The free community festival will celebrate Hispanic culture, highlight local Hispanic entrepreneurs and include food, music, activities, and connection. This year's festival marks an important milestone as leadership of the event transitions from the YWCA of Jamestown to CHQ Hispanic Development, a newly established nonprofit organization founded by Yanira Castellano, Carmen Perez and Solimar Vazquez. For several years, the YWCA helped create the ...

Camp Gross to hold golf tournament fundraiser Sept. 19

Camp Gross will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2029. In 1929, Robert Gross of Dunkirk donated the property to the Lake Shore Council of the Boy Scouts of America, which later became the Allegheny Highlands Council. His vision was for the property to be used as a camp for Boy Scouts. In 1988, the Allegheny Highlands Council was no longer able to maintain the property. A not-for-profit corporation was then established, and the Camp Gross Foundation was incorporated to preserve Camp Gross as a camp for youth. Over the years, Camp Gross has provided young people with opportunities ...

Rotary Club to host football party Oct. 18

The Greater Jamestown AM Rotary will hold its largest fundraiser of the year on Oct. 18. The annual Bill Briggs-Tim Grace Memorial Football Party will be held at EBC in Bemus Point featuring the Buffalo Bills at the Las Vegas Raiders. The event is sponsored by the Ellicottville Brewing ...

SCFCU makes $15K sponsorship contribution to The Resource Center

Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union recently announced it had made a $15,000 corporate sponsorship contribution to The Resource Center and Filling the Gap Inc., a Jamestown-based non-profit organization that works with The Resource Center to support people with disabilities and other ...