Flyers Gymnastics recently hosted the Comedy Classic, its annual home competition. Flyers Level 4 team earned a second-place team banner; Xcel Gold, Platinum & Diamond combined for a first-place team banner; and Erinn Sluga was honored for being part of the Flyers’ competitive team ...

In Tavio Hoose’s freshman season with the Southwestern wrestling team, he made his name as one of the top wrestlers in the state by capturing the 172-pound New York State Public High School Athletic Association Championship. The following season, Hoose returned as the favorite to repeat ...

Opening Day of inland trout season is an annual tradition cherished by anglers across Western New York — a long-awaited moment marking the true “official” arrival of spring. But this year, Mother Nature had other plans. What a rainstorm. What should have been a celebratory start ...

Last month someone gave me an old bottle of Hoppe’s No. 9. Every gun enthusiast older than dirt knows and loves its unique and familiar smell. Scientists tell us that smells trigger memories. Hoppe’s is proof they are right. That wonderful odor wafting through the narrow neck of the brown ...

When I was growing up, it wasn’t unusual for me to see my neighbors, Judy Young and Jan Rogers, enjoying a Sunday afternoon walk on Jamestown’s west side. Their route would take them from Hallock Street to the corner of Washington and Third streets where they would stop for coffee and, ...