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Swim Lessons At JCC Begin April 11

Jamestown Community College Total Fitness will conduct swim lessons, beginning April 11. The five-week sessions — from 5:30-6:30 p.m. or 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday ending May 11 — are $55 per person or $45 for Faculty-Student Asssociation members. A $10 returning-swimmer discount is available for FSA members. Make checks payable to “JCC FSA.”

Good Luck Taking My Gas Stove

I am writing my great grandchildren a book about my life that begins, “I lived in the time of gas stoves.” I will explain the steps I took to make a white chocolate coconut pound cake and how I slid it into a perfectly heated 325 degree gas oven, thought by cooks and bakers everywhere to be a superior form of heat, but that because of farting cows and children’s asthma, natural gas was banned in all the lands far and wide, replaced by electricity, of which at this point, no one has adequately explained how such a form of energy will be produced without polluting the earth, since so ...

JPS Told To Do Away With ‘Raiders’ Name

Jamestown Public Schools will do away with its “Red Raiders” name at the high school within the next two years.  The move is at the behest of the state Education Department that said it will indeed withhold state aid to districts that continue to use Native American imagery and names.  Paul Abbott, school board president, said a virtual meeting was held about two weeks ago that included a handful of superintendents, including Jamestown’s Dr. Kevin Whitaker. State education officials made it clear that districts may no longer use the term “Raiders” in any ...

Pay-Per-Chew: More Restaurants Trying Subscription Programs

Consumers are willing to pay monthly subscription fees for streaming services, pet food and even toilet paper. And now some restaurants are betting they’ll do the same for their favorite meals. Large chains like Panera and P.F. Chang’s as well as neighborhood hangouts are increasingly ...

‘Grateful’ Support: Funds Donated To Unsolved Crimes Unit

A senior investigator said money collected at a recent fundraiser will help the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office in its review of unsolved homicides and missing person cases. Funds from the Feb. 3 event at Northwest Arena in Jamestown were turned over to Sheriff James Quattrone on Tuesday. To mark the successful endeavor, Merry Williams-Diers posed with Quattrone and Tom Tarpley, a senior investigator with the Unsolved Crimes Unit, with a giant check for $1,350. Williams-Diers has been prolific in helping to raise awareness in missing person cases and unsolved crimes in Western ...

Sophomore Star

WESTFIELD — No matter what happened, it was going to be a big night at Westfield Academy and Central School. At halftime of Monday’s Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 2 West boys basketball game between the Wolverines and Maple Grove three banners were unveiled. ...