Volunteers are needed for the upcoming Audubon Community Nature Center’s 2026 Audubon Lights. The annual event celebrates the first three weekends of spring with a half-mile trail of lights that brighten the landscape after sunset. Dates this year are Fridays and Saturdays from March 20 ...

Taz, this week’s Northern Chautauqua Canine Rescue Dog of the Week, is a compact, dynamic, and energetic dog who weighs about 40 pounds and sports a sleek tri-color coat. Taz is sharp as a tack and quick to learn, loves to run and has the energy to keep up mile after mile. Believed to be ...

Prudence, this week’s Chautauqua County Humane Society Pet of the Week, is a 3-year-old torbie who is looking for a calm, patient home where she can take life at her own pace. She’s a sweet girl who needs to choose her human, and with time and gentle guidance, she can learn that humans can ...

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church’s Winged Ox Players will host auditions Monday and Wednesday for its production of The Crucible. Jessica Frederick, St. Luke’s curate for children, youth and families, said the performance will be aimed at sparking a community discussion by drawing a ...

New York’s fiscally stressed cities have been thrown a life preserver by state Gov. Kathy Hochul. On Thursday Hochul announced an additional $150 million in financial assistance for municipalities outside New York City to assist in relieving immediate fiscal stress. This additional funding ...

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand alongside Senator Peter Welch, D-Vt., this week reintroduced the Rural Innovation for a Stronger Economy (RISE) Reauthorization Act, legislation that would reauthorize and improve the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s RISE Program. U.S. Representatives Shomari ...