MOUNT GRETNA, Pa. (AP) — It takes a 54-page pamphlet to list all the classes, concerts, outdoor recreation and other self-improvement and entertainment going on at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua in Mount Gretna this summer. The area springs to life every June, July and August, when a ...

We are a people who love celebrating certain people, events, holidays, annual days of happy remembrances, and even sad remembrances, and days of memorial, and honor. It seems like every month has one or more special days that we set aside to celebrate. We have birthdays, wedding days, ...

This weekend, I’m likely to have my last grilled Sahlen’s hotdog for the season—a treat reserved solely for summertime lest it stop becoming a treat. I don’t care what anyone from Syracuse or Utica or Coney Island says, for me, Sahlen’s hotdogs are the indisputable king. And they ...

Beginning in 2001, I took three writing classes each summer at Chautauqua – for five years. I gradually learned my way around campus absorbing the babbling fountains, magnificent gardens, and snatches of symphony rehearsals. I dreamed of spending a week there. My dearest friend, Ginger, ...

Lakewood and Bemus Point officials are asking the state Supreme Court to take their views of the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Regulations into consideration when deciding four lawsuits, including two filed by local groups. The Bemus Point Business Association and the village of Lakewood ...

The Chautauqua Lake Property Owners Association will host its 12th public meeting on the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Regulation changes on Monday, Sept. 1. It’s the 14th meeting the organization has held this year, as association officials try to bring further attention toward ongoing ...