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Move Over Bemus! Lakewood has “The Ave” and live summer concerts

Bemus, you know we love you, but here’s a vote to start calling Chautauqua Avenue in Lakewood “The Ave.” It’s a natural shortening that catches on when one avenue becomes the cultural heart of a community. I’ve been truly enamored with the transformation of storefronts, new businesses, and the diversity of services. If you haven’t walked The Ave lately, I highly recommend you do—on a Saturday, say, around lunchtime. And if you haven’t sat on our hill at one of the Rock the Lake concerts in Hartley Park, well, you can’t really call it summer anymore. Take a walk with ...

Grape program to hold sprayer technology demonstration

PORTLAND - On Aug. 12, the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program is hosting a Sprayer Technology Demo Day at the Cornell Lake Erie Research & Extension Laboratory (CLEREL), 6592 W Main St., Portland. The event will feature in-person demonstrations of spraying technology currently available and in development for future use. Demonstrations will include drones, autonomous sprayers and traditional vineyard equipment. Speakers include Dr. Michael Reinke of Michigan State University, Gwen Hoheise of Washington State University and Dr. Lynn Sosnoskie of Cornell University, with topics ...

First Lutheran to host former pastor Sunday

The Rev. Charles (Rusty) D. May and his daughter, the Rev. Jennifer May Kopacz, will be pulpit guests and celebrant, at First Lutheran Church on Sunday, Aug. 9, at both the 9 a.m. contemporary service and the 10:30 a.m. traditional worship services. Holy Communion will be observed at both ...

ASHF donates reference books to JCC library

To commemorate America250, the local American Scandinavian Historical Foundation is donating the two-volume reference work, Swedish Contributions to American Freedom, 1776–1783, to the Hultquist Library at Jamestown Community College. The work was written by Amandus Johnson, with the ...