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Martz Observatory To Host Super Moon Eclipse Viewing
FREWSBURG – Weather permitting, it will be a special night at the Martz Observatory. The Observatory will host a viewing of the Super Moon Eclipse starting Sunday about 9 p.m. and running until about 2 …
Education
JPS Superintendent Responds To Recent Poverty Report
JAMESTOWN – Superintendent Bret Apthorpe is responding to a recent report stating that JPS is ranked 17th in a top 50 list of upstate New York Schools in school-age poverty percentage. In a statement to …
Education
JPS BOE President Releases Statement On Apthorpe Extension
JAMESTOWN – Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education President Paul Abbott released a statement Wednesday regarding the recent extension of of Superintendent Bret Apthorpe’s contract. Abbott, in the statement, said that Apthorpe has positively impacted …
Education
Fletcher Elementary Students Compete For “Golden Spatula”
JAMESTOWN – Students at Fletcher Elementary School compete each day to win a “golden spatula”, what teachers said is an honor to achieve. Each day, a classroom at each grade level is chosen due to …
Education
Bush Elementary Holds Family Event
JAMESTOWN – Bush kindergartners in Eileen Healy’s class recently invited their families into their classroom to help create crafts and gifts for family and friends. “It is an activity I have done for several years,” …
Community
JHS Social Studies Students Come To The Aid Of The County Humane Society
JAMESTOWN – Jamestown High School social studies classes recently concluded a successful “Presents for Pets” collection drive in support of the Chautauqua County Humane Society. Students were encouraged to donate items from the Humane Society’s …
Education
Frogs Take Center Stage At Lincoln Elementary Third Grade Classes
JAMESTOWN – Third graders at Lincoln Elementary School spent part of the pre-holiday break learning about frogs, thanks to the Roger Tory Peterson Institute. Twan Leenders, President of the RTPI, brought some froggy friends to …
Education
County Sheriff’s Office Officials Attend State Jail Conference
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Chautauqua County Sheriff Joe Gerace has announced that members of his staff attended a state jail administrators continuing education conference in Saratoga Springs. The Jail Administrators’ Continuing Education Conference at the Gideon …
Business
Local BOCES to Receive $500,000 Grant For Healthcare Training
FREDONIA – The Erie 2, Chautauqua County BOCES EducationalFoundation has been awarded a grant of $504,877 to provide career training in healthcare. The project will cost $685,987. The program will provide career pathways in the …
Education
Washington Middle School Students Show Holiday Spirit With Stocking Project
JAMESTOWN – Students at Washington Middle School are getting into the holiday season’s spirit and showed it by creating their own felt Christmas stockings. The stockings were a project in Sheri Brandes’ Family and Consumer …
