CELORON - Three north county libraries will share a $40,000 state grant to implement the Capable and Connected Caregivers program. The announcement was made during the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library Association’s annual meeting held recently. More than 100 librarians, library staff ...
FREDONIA - Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson cited state law Monday in defending the anonymity of a police officer facing misconduct charges. “This board, and my office, as well as the police department, has been accused of covering things up and everything over the investigation of a police officer,” Ferguson said Monday at a Fredonia Board of Trustees workshop. “If you know anything about government, if you know anything about law, you understand that many of our employees are civil servants, as are police officers,” Ferguson continued. “Article 75 of the (New York state) ...
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, located at 410 N. Main St., will host a free-to-the-public theatrical performance of “Letter from a Birmingham Jail: If Martin Were Here Today” on Thursday at 7 p.m. Presented by the Buffalo-based Typography of Women, the production reimagines the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic 1963 “Letter from Birmingham Jail” through a conversation with a younger, 21st-century version of King. The performance includes music, spirituals, dramatic readings and commentary. “Dr. King’s letter still asks something of us: to recognize injustice, to ...
SHERMAN - The circus is coming to Sherman Central School on Thursday, Oct. 22. Billy Martin's Cole All-Star Circus will perform in the Sherman Central School gymnasium at 6:30 p.m. The all-new show, Slinko's Big Birthday Bash, will feature Slinko and special guest stars. The event is a ...
The Jamestown and Chautauqua County Democratic Party committees are asking Charles Nazzaro, a former Chautauqua County legislator who retired in 2021, to replace Vince DeJoy as the county legislator representing District 9 residents in Jamestown. DeJoy, who submitted his resignation as the District 9 legislator on Thursday, Oct. 15, is moving to North Carolina where he has a new job. DeJoy’s name will remain on the ballot. Nazzaro will serve if DeJoy wins the election. “We were surprised by Vince DeJoy’s announcement,” said Marcia Westling Johnson, county Democratic Party ...
Julie Jackson-Forsberg of Jamestown is running for the Chautauqua County Legislature seat in District 10. Jackson-Forsberg is endorsed by the Democratic and Working Families parties. District 10 includes Busti and Lakewood and the neighborhoods surrounding Persell School and Bergman Park in Jamestown and Ellicott. Jackson-Forsberg began her career as an English teacher and now develops entrepreneurship, employment readiness and personal development curriculum for people in prison. She has an EMBA from RIT’s Saunders College of Business and graduated from Hamilton College with a ...
