MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County leaders and community partners gathered recently outside the Chautauqua County Courthouse to recognize World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, an annual observance dedicated to raising awareness about elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation. During the ...
The village of Falconer is proposing to use $1.75 million of its $4.5 million NY Forward grant on a major development on West Main Street. The first project listed in the village's application to the state is a partnership with Peak Development Partners to build two four-story buildings, ...
Upon pulling into the parking lot at Conewango Valley Country Club in North Warren, Pennsylvania for the 36th annual Riggs Memorial Champions last Sunday morning, I was greeted by, arguably, the area’s most passionate golf historian. To suggest that Scott M. Johnson LOVES the ...
Amy Bellardo, Ellicott town clerk, has been officially sworn in as treasurer of the New York State Town Clerks Association. Bellardo has served as a district director for the association for the past four years, representing Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie and Niagara counties. In that ...
The Chautauqua County Youth Bureau has funding available to support programs that promote positive youth development for young people under the age of 21. The funding is provided by the state Office for Children and Family Services and administered through the county Department of Mental Hygiene and Social Services. Youth development programs that could receive funding include, but are not limited to, the following: - Citizenship and civic engagement activities including youth leadership, cultural competency and race equity; - Community activities that include youth activism, ...
It only takes one ancestor for someone to be eligible to join the Daughters of the American Revolution, but DAR member Loretta Smith actually has four or five ancestors that had a prominent connection to the Revolution and would be considered patriots. The main ancestor that Smith chose for her DAR membership was Reverend William Wait. Born in Rhode Island, Wait came to Cambridge, N.Y., in 1774 and established a Baptist Church there in a small town called White Creek. “We’ve actually been there, it’s in Washington County which is in East New York, along the border with ...
