Every year the town of Mayville invites residents from Chautauqua County and beyond to come and enjoy President's Day Weekend at Lakeside Park. The festival will include sports competitions, contests, food, live entertainment and plenty more to keep the family happy the whole weekend long. The festival begins on Friday, February 17 with a ... Read More

JAMESTOWN - The City Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department announces Thursday, April 7, 2011 as the deadline for all entry fees for the City’s softball leagues. League Entry Fee City Slo-Pitch League $ 300.00 (returning teams) $ 350.00 (new teams) Co-Ed League $ ... Read More

Assemblyman Goodell participates in Assembly's second annual Sportsmen and Outdoor Recreation Legislative Awareness Day. (User subm. photo) As a part of his ongoing efforts to protect the best interest of local sportsmen, Assemblyman Andy Goodell (R,C–Chautauqua County) announced his sponsorship of a ... Read More

Hawks, owls and eagles are amazing to watch in the wilds. Not much out under the clouds can be as beautiful as these birds gliding across the air and suddenly diving into spitfire speed to nab a mouse or fish or other food source. But some of these beautiful birds are becoming scarce and that is a great sadness. To help with this, the New York ... Read More

The Joseph Karnes Memorial Softball Field in Dunkirk carries on Karnes’ coaching legend. (Photo by Dusten Rader) The impact a Little League coach often has on youths can resonate years after the teaching on the baseball and softball fields end. The truly special coaches remain close to the memories of their players well beyond the ... Read More

There’s little denying the interest in the sport of hockey in Western New York. Beginning next February, local hockey enthusiasts will have the opportunity to play the sport at its purest level in a brand new pond hockey tournament.    The Jamestown Jets and Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena officials announced ... Read More

Sophie and members of her Holiday Valley racing team competed in the NYSSRA Eastern Finals. (Submitted photo) Jamestown High School freshman skier Sophie Sellstrom competed March 4-7 on the New York State Ski Racing Association (NYSSRA) Eastern Finals Alpine Race Team at Mount Sunapee, Maine.The 15-year-old Sellstrom finished with a 10th in GS, a ... Read More

  Senator Cathy Young is hoping lawmakers in the state legislature will reverse a proposal by the Governor to use snowmobile revenue for other purposes rather than maintenance and upkeep of trails throughout the state, including Chautauqua County. (Submitted Photo)   Earlier this month, Senator Catharine Young called on Gov. ... Read More

Silver Creek’s Ella Van Rensselaer races down the Cockaigne slope. (Photo by Stephanie Rapkin) It was a glorious day for ski racing, as the Chautauqua Star sponsored the Chautauqua County Ski Championships at Cockaigne this past Saturday in Sinclairville. Students from six different schools, and all different ages and skill levels, ... Read More

Pine Valley has won the Chautauqua County Ski Championships the past two years running. Fredonia took the title the first two years of the event. (Star file photo) While the Winter Olympics are in full swing in Vancouver, local high school skiers and snowboarders get a shot at their own taste of glory on the slopes this Saturday at Cockaigne Ski ... Read More