Article Contributed by HomeCare & Hospice The HomeCare & Hospice Foundation will celebrate its 22nd annual Hospice Walk and Run on Saturday, May 19th at 10 a.m. on the Allegheny River Trail, located at the west entrance of St. Bonaventure University. Pre-registration will begin at 9 a.m. The event will help raise public awareness for […]
Article Contributed by UPMC Chautauqua WCA For the past 5 years, Dan and Beth Hocking, owners of ACME the Appliance store have been graciously donating electronics to help raise funds to support The Vince Messina Memorial Fund. This year, they donated a 50” Samsung Smart Television to the cause. “We are happy to support The […]
Article Contributed by United Veterans Council of Jamestown The United Veterans Council of Jamestown is holding an essay contest to find this year’s Memorial Day Miss Veterans Poppy. They are currently making preparations for the Annual Jamestown Memorial Day Parade. The essay contest is extended to all local 5th – 8th grade girls to become […]
Article Contributed by Jamestown Community College Jamestown Community College has earned the 2018-19 Military Friendly® School designation. Institutions earning the Military Friendly® School designation were evaluated using public data sources and proprietary survey responses. Student survey data was also taken into consideration. More than 1,400 schools participated in the 2018-2019 survey with 941 earning the designation. The […]
Encouraging local residents to turn in their unused or expired prescription medications safely
Article Contributed by CASAC The 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back day will be held on Saturday, April 28, from 10am to 2pm. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office, community partners and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will provide the public with an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by clearing out their homes of […]
Article Contributed by Ellington Farman Library Ellington Farman Library will be celebrating Earth Day on Saturday, April 21 with a free event for the whole family from 10:30am – 12:30pm. Everyone is invited to learn how to make Seed Bombs and how to create a Perennial Garden with presenter Anny Lynch from Robert’s Nursery. The […]
Article Contributed by RTPI RTPI is excited to present their newest exhibition, “Roger Tory Peterson: The Life, The Work, The Legacy” from April 21 – August 5, 2018. In the early 1900s, Jamestown, New York’s urban nature inspired young Roger Tory Peterson to pursue his celebrated career as a naturalist, nature artist and influential educator. […]
Article Contributed by Jamestown Community College Jamestown Community College’s annual Earthfest to celebrate Earth Day will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 18. The event, sponsored by JCC’s Earth Awareness Club and the college program committee of the JCC Faculty Student Association, is free and open to the public. Weather permitting, […]
Article Contributed by Mason-Dixon Outdoor Writers Association Jamestown Gazette outdoor writer Steve Sorensen took home two top Craft Awards from the Mason-Dixon Outdoor Writers Association at their annual conference on April 7 in historic Frederick, Maryland. Sorensen won in three award categories out of seven—two first place awards and one second—for work published in 2017. […]
Article Contributed by Jamestown Community College The Jamestown Community College Alumni Association honored several alumni nurses recently. Julie Apperson, a psychiatric nurse practitioner for UPMC Chautauqua, received the 2018 Nurse of Distinction Award. The award honors a person who exemplifies JCC’s tradition of excellence and brings credit to the college through professional achievement. Ms. Apperson […]