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Westfield Hospital Outlines Transition At Forum

A plan by AHN Westfield Memorial to pursue a designation change to “rural emergency hospital” is intended to strengthen the facility for the future. That was the message during a community forum held last month at Westfield High School. In announcing the planned move at the start of the year, Westfield Memorial Hospital said it expects the transition will bring long-term financial and operational stability going forward while protecting care access for its patients in the town, village and the surrounding Chautauqua County region. Designated rural emergency hospitals, a news ...

Finding The Right Fit

To some people, the word “ yoga “ evokes ritualistic chanting, long breaths and slow movement. To others, it means contorting your body into ever more complicated positions until sweat drips onto the mat. In reality, it can be both — with a lot of variation in between. It depends on ...

Chautauqua Lake Boys Hold Off Clymer In Division 2

MAYVILLE — Brendan Klossner scored 13 points as Chautauqua Lake held off Clymer 43-34 in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 2 boys basketball action on Thursday. Nick Jacobson set up the Chautauqua Lake (9-7, 7-3) offense with seven assists, while Yazan Abuhmedian collected eight rebounds and both Nate Henry and Carson Fairbank had six boards. Clymer (7-7, 4-5) was led by Carson White with 12 points, seven rebounds and a block, Kameron Einink added another five boards with three steals and four assists, Roman Wassink made seven rebounds and Blake Beckerink had ...

Oldham Grateful For Time In Ripley

RIPLEY — As he leaves Ripley Central School, after serving as school principal for 6 1/2 years, Micah Oldham said he believes he is taking a “deeper understanding of educating the whole child” with him to his new position. Oldham is leaving Ripley to assume the position of principal in ...

Sempolinski Sworn In To State Assembly

ALBANY – Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski was sworn in as the representative of the 148th Assembly District last week during a ceremony in the state Capitol’s Legislative Office Building. His wife, Angie and daughters, Jojo, 6, and Maddie, 5, attended the ceremony along with other friends and ...

Running Around The World

Four local runners completed the New York City Marathon last November as part of their collective goal to run the Abbott World Marathon Majors, which include New York City, Boston Chicago, Tokyo, Berlin, London and Sydney, Australia. From the left are Holly Griffith, Judy Porpiglia, Nichelle ...