Third Thursday Jamestown
2024 Summer Music Series Schedule Announced
By Doug Sitler Live music and entertainment will fill downtown Jamestown with the return of “Third Thursdays Jamestown.” Every third Thursday in the months from May to September, will feature a free event at Winter Garden Plaza (313 North Main Street) from 6-9pm. The events take place...
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Explore Buffalo Walking Tours
Free Downtown Architectural Tours all Summer
By Kate Bartlett Explore Buffalo has proudly offered docent led tours of historic Buffalo landmarks (and beyond) for 11 years. Through a generous partnership with Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation, Explore Buffalo will offer free downtown walking tours Thursdays throughout the summer season. Free tours include Best of...
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Appreciating Small Businesses
Brigiotta’s Farmland Produce & Garden Center
By Darlene Brace Each year, Small Business Development Week is celebrated and recognized in the Jamestown area. On April 29, the Jamestown Small Business Development Week was kicked off at a special ceremony at Brigiotta’s Farmland Produce and Garden Center on Fairmont Avenue in Jamestown. Jamestown Mayor Ecklund, County...
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New Organic Farm and Cafe
The Reserve in Great Valley, NY
By Barbara Arnstein There is a wonderful new organic farm shop and cafe, in Great Valley called The Reserve. It had its soft opening last Sunday and the parking lot was full the entire time! It will be open for business Tuesdays through Fridays between 9am-6pm, and Saturdays and...
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She Sings Café in Mayville, NY
A Story Worth Singing About!
By Kate Bartlett Rebecca Magnuson is the founder of She Sings®, and owner of She Sings Café in Mayville, NY, on beautiful Chautauqua Lake. She Sings Café offers up southern style breakfasts, hearty or light lunch fare, and a captivating farm to table dinner menu. The atmosphere evenings resemble...
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Jamestown Arts Hubs Inspire
Bernadette van der Vliet on Photography
By Miles Hilton Born and raised in Holland, Bernadette van der Vliet experienced “quite a culture shock” when her husband’s job took them to the United States. Unable to get a job in her field without re-certifying, van der Vliet took community college courses in graphic design and began...
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Celebrating Mexican Culture
History, Facts and Fun Events of Cinco de Mayo
By Darlene Brace Every year on May 5, Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in the United States in many restaurants, bars, and festivals. Contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo (which translates in English to May 5) is not the Mexican Independence Day. The Mexican Independence Day is actually...
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Mental Health Awareness Month
May Is the Month of Recognition & Education
By Carol Fisher-Linn May as Mental Health Awareness month was established over 75 years ago, with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration finally recognizing it twenty years ago to increase awareness of mental health and the role it plays in overall health. Each year, National Children’s Mental...
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Appreciating Mother’s Day, May 12
Day for Women to Appreciate Each Other
Carol Fisher-Linn Mother’s Day 2024 is May 12. Let’s explore why the founder grew to hate it. It started with this prayer: “I hope and pray that someone, sometime, will found a memorial mother’s day commemorating her for the matchless service she renders to humanity in every field...
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Local Artist Publishes Book
Celebrating Blue in Text and Watercolor
By Miles Hilton Sarah Brown-Millspaw is a celebrated local watercolor artist whose joyful, simplified style is easily recognizable. In fact, I’ve interviewed her for The Villager before, last fall, when she and three other artists participated in the joint exhibit Natural Selection at Pearl City Clay House in Jamestown....
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HotSpot Café
A Downtown Jamestown Treasure
By Darlene Brace If you're looking for something delicious to eat in the downtown Jamestown area, you should try the award-winning HotSpot Café. The HotSpot Café is located at 100 East Third Street on the corner of Third and Pine Street. It is owned by Hector Alverio and his...
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Group Ther-Happy New Owners
Popular Lakewood Restaurant
By Kate Bartlett Owner and co-founder Michelle Turner is turning over the keys to the popular Lakewood restaurant Group Ther-Happy this Friday, May 3. Bartending Manager Jeremy Mescall and his girlfriend Erica Simpson are thrilled to be taking ownership of the restaurant and look forward to maintaining this local...
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“Par for a Purpose” Golf , May 20
EVL Chamber & Labatt Team Up for Rosewell
By Kate Bartlett The Ellicottville Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its first annual Par for a Purpose golf tournament, sponsored by Labatt, at Holiday Valley on Monday, May 20th. It's the perfect time to kick off the golf season while raising money for the 11 Day Power Play...
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Arbor Day, Friday, April 26
Monumental Day to Contribute to the Future
Carol Fisher-Linn “Other holidays repose upon the past; Arbor Day proposes for the future.”–J. Sterling Morton. Arbor Day, much like Earth Day (first celebrated in 1970), is a holiday that celebrates nature. A popular Arbor Day tradition is to plant a tree – sometimes it is a community tree,...
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Webb Resort/New Ownership
Jay Patel and Vishal Patel Share their Vision
By Kate Bartlett Webb’s Resort, an iconic year-round resort in the heart of Chautauqua, recently came under new ownership. Partners and long-time friends Jay Patel and Vishal (of no relation) are excited to announce their acquisition of Webb’s, and are looking forward to updating this historic hotel, while still...
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Ceramicist Exhibits in Westfield, NY
Kniti Griti Supplies Whimsical Housewares
By Miles Hilton Marcia Merrins opens her artist’s statement with the sentence, “when I make something with my hands, I put my heart into it too.” Merrins, a ceramicist who works and sells pottery as Kniti Griti Works, is passionate about process. Her pieces display at least three firing processes...
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Pool Mart Celebrates 50 Years
Offering Year-Long Specials
By Kate Bartlett Pool Mart is celebrating 50 years of business in the Western New York Region, with five locations in the area including Olean, Depew, Lockport, Tonawanda and Orchard Park. The Olean location serves five counties in both New York and Pennsylvania and will be offering year-long specials...
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Small Business Week, 4/28-5/4
Supporting Our Local Proprietors
By Jessica Miller Many readers will recognize Small Business Saturday (Nov. 30, 2024 this year), the holiday shopping tradition that brings shoppers into neighborhood shops, restaurants, and other service providers as they find gifts. However, small businesses are worthy of recognition all year long. This is why the US...
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Leaving a Legacy
Shadow’s Veterinary Relief Trust in Randolph
Carol Fisher-Linn The other day, my husband and I took a ride to Randolph to meet a couple of brothers I was told about by my kind friend, Maria Barrera, who is always looking for sweet, wonderful stories for me to share with our readers. I must admit, I...
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Banff Mountain Film Festival
World Tour Hosted by RTPI at Reg Lenna CFA
By Kate Bartlett The Banff Mountain Film Festival is an international sensation, highlighting the best adventure films from the annual film fest held annually in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The festival has been around for over 45 years, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute has been hosting the tour...
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