While 17-year-olds are more likely to be found at an amusement park, James Maltbie has been spending hours at a playground. Designing and helping to build it, actually. "I was inspired to create this because I have always loved swing sets and playgrounds, and I believed that if there were ...
I have a confession to make. At an age when most people are thinking about giving up coffee, I’ve just started drinking it. Six months ago, in fact. I’ve somehow managed to get through college, motherhood, various careers and a zillion early mornings without becoming a coffee drinker. I’ve always been one of those suspicious people clutching tea or hot chocolate while everyone else wandered around with paper cups the size of flower pots. It wasn’t for lack of trying. Somewhere around college I discovered that coffee and I did not have a healthy relationship. I’d drink one ...
A second home in the town of Ellery has been sold this year for more than $1 million. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from May 1-8. The county does not provide transaction information, but real estate documents are available for review at the clerk’s office. During this time period, 3445 Rt. 430, Ellery was sold for $1,150,000. It is described on line as a 3,414 square foot three bedroom, three bath single family residence on about a three-quarter acre lot. Earlier this year a ...
These are troubled times we’re living in these days. Our country is at war, not only with another country, but we’re fighting a war within our own nation’s boundaries, a Cold War between Red and Blue. We’re fighting wars on drugs, wars on a variety of trafficking, wars on senseless killings and violence, and many other disagreements, skirmishes, and spats which have created tension among people of this country. Two weeks ago, the Voice from the Bullpen asked the question, “Do you believe in miracles?” making the point that it might take a miracle for our country to reunite ...
Everyone has a hurdle in their life to overcome, no matter what that hurdle might be. But people are not defined by what their hurdle is. They are defined by who they are in spite of that. Laurel Hotelling was born with Down Syndrome, but that is not what defined her. Laurel was a ...
MAYVILLE – A request for millions of more dollars for Chautauqua County’s Safety Net program is being put on hold. During the legislature’s Human Services Committee meeting, it was announced that a resolution requesting $2.8 million be transferred from the county’s reserves to Mental Hygiene and Social Services has been withdrawn. Deputy Director of Finance Dianna Songer said they were pulling the resolution. “The case numbers have decreased so we’re finally seeing the numbers go down,” she said. Songer said for now, they want to monitor the program further ...
