FREDONIA, NY -- Lori M. Dispenza, a U.S. Army Veteran and scholarship recipient at SUNY Fredonia, has been selected to speak May 28 at the 15th annual Memorial Day observance at the Women In Military Service For America Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. Dispenza will be representing the U.S. Army as a guest speaker at the ceremony, taking place at ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY -- Jeff Lubi, Executive Director and Mary Schiller, Board President of the Chautauqua Humane Society recently spoke to the Rotary Club of Jamestown. The Humane Society was founded on January 9, 1905. When it began, the focus was more on being a holding center, taking in thousands of animals and having to euthanize half of the animals ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY -- Darren M. Williams, associate professor of physics and astronomy at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will deliver the 2012 commencement address at Jamestown Community College’s Cattaraugus County Campus on May 18 and at the Jamestown Campus on May 19. Darren Williams, Associate Professor ... Read More

JAMESTWON, NY -- “Correcting Civil Wrongs through Civil Rights in an Uncivil Time” is the topic for the February 11, 2012 meeting of the Jamestown Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Gregory Rabb, will be the speaker. Rabb is Associate Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of Global Education at Jamestown ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — Former Buffalo Bills wide receiver Andre Reed will be the guest celebrity at the 31st annual Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet on February 20 at the Lakewood Rod and Gun Club. “We are thrilled to have Andre as the guest speaker for our induction dinner,” said Chip Johnson, banquet chairman. “Not only was he a ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — A Jamestown native who has just published her first book for young adults will speak and sign copies of “Dearly, Departed” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 6, in the Fireplace Room at Prendergast Library. Author Lia Habel will greet visitors in full Victorian dress and explain how she came to love zombies and immerse herself in ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — Multimedia communication and its impact on photojournalism will be presented by award-winning photographer Will Yurman at 7:00 p.m. on October 27 in the Lenna Teleconference Theatre on Jamestown Community College’s Jamestown Campus. The program is titled Beyond the Still Photograph: Multimedia Journalism and Storytelling and is ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY — Connie Schultz will give the seventh annual Murray L. Bob Memorial Lecture at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 18, in the Fireplace Room at James Prendergast Library. Her presentation is free and open to the public.   Connie Schultz (Submitted photo) Ms. Schultz is a nationally ... Read More

FREDONIA, NY — Dr. Scott Webb of Webb Ministries and Word of Life Christian Center in Birmingham, Al., will be visiting Chautauqua County. Beginning Oct. 9, he will speak for four services at Family Church in Fredonia, before heading to Family Church of the Southern Tier in Jamestown on Wednesday. “We’re very excited to have a speaker of ... Read More

Scheduling Issues Cause Lieutenant Governor to Cancel. JAMESTOWN, NY — Due to a scheduling change, Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy will not deliver the keynote address for the Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Banquet on Thursday, October 6. Instead, the speaker will be Sam Hoyt, former Assemblyman and now the Regional President of the Empire ... Read More