How important is one's self-esteem? Does our self-esteem help determine how one's day will go or how one may problem-solve? How does our self-esteem affect our functioning and our ability to perform everyday tasks at work or at school?For those with a high self-esteem, these are questions that ...

Downtown Jamestown is once again poised to experience what is conceivably its busiest night of the year.That's right, folks, the time has again come for Infinity Visual and Performing Arts' Local Music Showcase - the largest display of homegrown musical talent condensed into a five-block radius ...

Jim Runfola can now put his name alongside the likes of Aretha Franklin courtesy of his most recent in a string of notable musical achievements.On Aug. 3, it was announced that the Jamestown native is to be formally inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, alongside 11 other accomplished ...

BEMUS POINT - Despite its agrarian economy, one of Chautauqua County's most booming industries at the turn of the 20th century was harvested from the frozen waters of Chautauqua Lake in the winter season.Bemus Point author Fletcher Ward has brought Chautauqua Lake's now overlooked ice industry ...

''Rain, rain, go away. Come again some other day,'' will be a popular tune among those who want to participate in the Great Jamestown Chalk Walk this weekend.The fifth annual Chalk Walk is slated to start at 8 a.m. Saturday if it isn't raining, said Michael Dykeman, Jamestown Now spokesperson. ...

I enjoy the antics of our three dozen barnyard chickens. I chuckle at the truths behind the "chicken" expressions in our language: "Chickens come home .... You're too chicken to do that ... Don't count your chickens before they're hatched."Today's column is not about chickens. It is about ...