FREWSBURG – A measure updating laws on nuisance dogs, and related fines, has been approved by the Carroll Town Board. The update was needed after town officials noticed many of the town’s animal control laws were severely outdated, according to Andrew Theis, town animal control officer. ...

BUSTI - The Busti Apple Festival will once again fill the Busti Historical Society’s 1850 campus on the last weekend in September. New this year is a schedule of events to make sure visitors don’t miss a demonstration or the restored mill grinding grain. The Hazeltine Library staff are ...

The state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has released recommendations from the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement (HALT) Committee last week, proposing amendments to the HALT Act to improve safety for facility staff and the incarcerated population. ...

PANAMA – Panama Rocks will be holding its annual Foliage Festival on Saturday, Oct. 4, and Sunday, Oct. 5. Festivities will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days and will be free for all of those who attend. The festival will contain an arts and crafts show along with a farmers ...

The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation has presented the 2025 John D. Hamilton Community Service Award to Vince Horrigan at a special event held at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute. The annual award, presented since 1993, recognizes an individual’s dedication, leadership, and support ...

There is a new entrepreneurial program at Jamestown Community College. The Board of Trustees approved a resolution Tuesday which updates a policy for the naming of facilities, spaces, and programs, and reflects the naming of the James E. and Carol A. Stitt Center for Entrepreneurship. The ...