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Appetite for mystery assists Meals on Wheels

You can support a local cause while solving a murder mystery at a special fundraising event on July 24 and 25 at Northwest Arena in Jamestown. Lake and Lantern Events will be hosting “The Good, The Bad, and the Guilty,” an interactive Wild West murder mystery experience where participants ...

Martz-Kohl Observatory to host lecture July 15

Dr. Alexandra Yep will return to the Martz-Kohl Observatory at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, to present “The Study of Stars: Tools of Discovery and How We Use Them.” Yep will share insights into the lifecycle of stars and demystify the instruments astronomers employ to decode the stars. Yep brings a unique perspective to the field as a poet turned astronomer. After earning her BFA in creative writing from Emerson College in Boston, Mass., she transitioned into the sciences, earning her masters degree in physics from California State University, Northridge, in 2016 and her Ph.D. ...

WACS gets update on project timeline

Westfield Academy and Central School Board of Education members learned about the progress and timeline for the work on the Capital Improvement Project at their meeting in June. WACS Superintendent Ryan Sikorski told board members the foundation for the new concession stand has been poured and the new scoreboard has been delivered. Also, he reported that the internal wall tiling has been laid, and is awaiting final approval before the work begins full time. Beginning this week, abatement signs were to be posted, Sikorski said. However, no work will begin until summer vacation. ...

State Farm Bureau backs Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act

U.S. Representative GT Thompson (R-PA) this week introduced the Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act (SAWA), legislation that would provide critical changes to the H-2A guest worker program. Original cosponsors of the bill include U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy. “New York Farm Bureau (NYFB) commends Rep. Thompson and the bill’s cosponsors for their leadership in addressing one of the largest concerns facing New York farmers — the shortage and rising cost of farm labor,” said NYFB President David Fisher. “These changes to the H-2A program will make a huge difference in our ...

Judge allows more time in Warren County murder appeal

A Warren County judge has granted an additional 30 days for an appellate brief to be filed in the post-conviction case of Juston K. Moore after his attorney missed a filing deadline. Moore, who is serving a mandatory life sentence without parole for the 2022 killing of his grandmother, appeared by video Tuesday for a hearing before Judge Todd A. Woodin to determine whether he had abandoned his appeal under Pennsylvania's Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA). The hearing stemmed from the failure of Moore's appointed attorney, Alan Conn, Esq., to file an appellate brief with the ...

Tops promotes Rob Brodziak to Frewsburg store manager

Tops Friendly Markets has promoted Rob Brodziak to store manager of its Frewsburg location. . Brodziak, who was most recently the assistant store manager in Hamburg, started his career in 1993 as a general merchandise clerk. He has held various positions over the years, including grocery/bulk ...