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WACS Board Tables Policy For Second Time

WESTFIELD — Westfield Academy and Central School board of Education members tabled Policy 8210 for a second time at their meeting last month due to continuing questions and need for clarification. Policy 8210, Safety Conditions and Prevention Instruction, is a modification of a BOCES policy, which deals with many safety issues. The topics in the policy range from AIDS instruction in health education, CPR and AED instruction, and conservation of natural resources in New York State, to fire and arson prevention, safety and accident prevention in schools, prevention of child abduction ...

Wendel Details Second North County Efficiency Meeting

It is still early, but discussions regarding a municipal cooperation between four north county entities are continuing. On Wednesday, Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel said he convened a second meeting of local and state leaders last week at the SUNY Fredonia Center for Innovation and Economic Development to continue discussions on the future of municipal cooperation and government efficiency in northern Chautauqua County. The meeting followed an initial gathering on Feb. 13, where leaders first began exploring opportunities to utilize funding from the recently expanded Chautauqua ...

Art That Matters

The Roger Tory Peterson Institute (RTPI) will present a new juried exhibition exploring the connection between art, nature, and environmental stewardship. Titled Art that Matters to the Planet: Beyond Beauty, the exhibition celebrates the world of wildflowers, while touching on concerns ...

Creating Connections

After recently enduring a 70 mile historical journey across Italy, the Youth from St. Luke’s Episcopal Church were able to gain a wealth of knowledge and lessons from the challenges along the trip. With this incredible journey now behind them, the youth were given time after a recent ...

New RTPI CEO Speaks To Falconer Rotary

Stacey Otte-Demangate, the new CEO of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, served as the guest speaker at a recent meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Falconer. The event took place at the War Veterans Recreation Inc. in Fluvanna. During her presentation, Otte-Demangate discussed Roger Tory ...

Housing Committee Talks Oversized Decorations

When it comes to holiday decorations, sometimes people enjoy going big. On Monday, members of the City Council’s Housing Committee discussed those who go a bit too big for some people’s liking. A potential ordinance that would regulate the size of decorations in someone’s yard in the ...