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County to host trail study meeting July 21

The county Department of Planning and Development will host a public information meeting to gather community input on the proposed Chautauqua to Erie – Lakes Connector Trail Study and recommended trail alignment from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Eason Hall, 23 Elm St., Westfield. The public meeting will provide an opportunity to learn about the proposed Chautauqua to Erie - Lakes Connector Trail, review the recommended trail alignment, and share feedback that will help guide the next phase of the project. The proposed trail would create a 20-mile multi-use corridor connecting Barcelona Harbor ...

Pet projects

WESTFIELD - A youngster in Westfield is making a difference for area cat and dog shelters. Five-year-old Andrew Gustafson, who will be entering kindergarten at Westfield Academy & Central Schools, is getting ready to host his second year of holding a lemonade stand to benefit the ...

‘Important Fixture’

CASSADAGA – For 19 years, Tammie Wichlacz has spent her summers on the Cassadaga beach, looking at the gazebo as it continued to worsen. She desperately wanted to see it remodeled, for both safety as well as aesthetic reasons. This summer she got her wish. Late last year the Northern ...

Senior citizen seeks counseling amidst adjustment

Editor’s note: This column by Marshall Greenstein will appear occasionally in The Post-Journal. By Marshall Greenstein I received a call from a man named Leo. He was referred to me by his neighbor friends. He stated that he was retired and anytime would work for an appointment. We agreed to a mutually agreeable time in two days. Mornings worked for him. He was “an early bird.” Included in phone calls about counseling and therapy ordinarily are inquiries about my fee. No such subject was discussed. We met at 9:00 a.m. two days later. I was watching at the door. The weather was ...

Work for play: PVCS grad, Eagle Scout completes youth site in Collins

While 17-year-olds are more likely to be found at an amusement park, James Maltbie has been spending hours at a playground. Designing and helping to build it, actually. "I was inspired to create this because I have always loved swing sets and playgrounds, and I believed that if there were ...

Confessions of a new coffee drinker

I have a confession to make. At an age when most people are thinking about giving up coffee, I’ve just started drinking it. Six months ago, in fact. I’ve somehow managed to get through college, motherhood, various careers and a zillion early mornings without becoming a coffee drinker. I’ve always been one of those suspicious people clutching tea or hot chocolate while everyone else wandered around with paper cups the size of flower pots. It wasn’t for lack of trying. Somewhere around college I discovered that coffee and I did not have a healthy relationship. I’d drink one ...