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Loved ones greet troops returning from Afghanistan at the New York Army National Guard station in Jamestown on Sunday. P-J photo by Dennis Phillips
January 5, 2009

As about 35 troops make their way off the bus and into the arms of their families, a feeling of relief sets in among the crowd Sunday at the New York Army National Guard station in Jamestown as soldiers returned home after a year away.

The soldiers spent two months training for their mission in Afghanistan at Fort Bragg in North Carolina and then 10 months training the Afghan National Army and police.

Prior to the troops’ arrival at around 1:30 p.m. with a police and fire truck escort, the crowd of about 70 family members and friends waited anxiously for the arrival

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Blood Drive To Be Held In Boy’s Memory

January 5, 2009

FREWSBURG — Brian Suckow of Frewsburg would have been a senior in high school now had it not been for the cancer that claimed his life.

Brian was only 11 years old when he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer

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Bands Gather To Help Victims Of Dec. 22 House Fire

January 5, 2009

The Christmas spirit of giving was still ongoing Sunday as several bands performed and area residents gathered to help victims of a house fire that occurred just before Christmas.

Just three days before Christmas, an electrical fire destr

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Attacking The Medicaid Backlog

January 4, 2009

MAYVILLE — More people than ever before are qualifying for Medicaid, and patients and health care providers face delays as they wait for the county Department of Social Services to process the paperwork.

To remedy the problem, Steven Wick

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