Ten students from area high schools recently competed in Jamestown Community College’s 12th annual College Connections student speech contest. Isabella Anderson, a junior from Falconer Central School won the $125 first-place prize. Allison Bohall, … [Read more...]
Sen. Borrello Presented With Awards by Ambassador Sanon
State Senator George Borrello has been presented with a Global Distinguished Leadership Award and other awards from Ambassador Sanon. Ambassador Hugues Sanon, representing the Council for Justice, Equality and Peace (COJEP International), … [Read more...]
New Neighbors Coalition to Hold World Refugee Day Event
The New Neighbors Coalition is holding a special event tonight for World Refugee Day. The coalition will be showing a free screening of "Camel on a Stick" at 7:00 p.m. in the St. Luke's Episcopal Church's undercroft. The film is a true story about … [Read more...]
County Executive Meets with UN Ambassador Now Living in Jamestown
A United Nations' Ambassador is calling Chautauqua County home after settling in Jamestown. Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel met with Ambassador Hugues Sanon on Monday at his north side Jamestown home. The Ambassador is the Special … [Read more...]
Eleanor Roosevelt Scholar to Share Connection Between Human Rights and Harry Potter with Local Students
JAMESTOWN - A nationally recognized historian considered the foremost scholar on the political and social work of Eleanor Roosevelt is in Jamestown Thursday and Friday to participate in an event involving the Robert H. Jackson Center and several area … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Reed, Gillibrand Respond to President’s Speech on Syria
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has conditionally endorsed a Russian offer for international inspectors to seize and destroy deadly chemical weapons in Syria as efforts to avert retaliatory U.S. missile strikes shift from Washington to the United … [Read more...]