Originally airing May 15, 2014. WRFA public affairs director Jason Sample talks with Chautauqua County Education Coalition director Peter Beeson and Justin Hanft from the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce and local coordinator of the Dream It, Do … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Chautauqua County Complete Streets Initiative
Originally airing May 8, 2014. WRFA public affairs director Jason Sample discusses the Complete Streets Initiative with Andrew Dickson from the Chautauqua County Health Network's Creating Healthy Places initiative and Lisa Schmidtfrerick from the … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Len Barry from the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts
WRFA public affairs director Jason Sample talks with Len Barry from the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts about the 2014-2015 program series. ABOUT: Community Matters is a half-hour public affairs program airing every Thursday evening at 6 p.m. and … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Greg Lindquist from the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation
Originally airing April 3, 2014. An interview with Greg Lindquist, executive director of the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation, who provides an update on the recent initiatives underway at the JRC, as well as what the future has in store for the … [Read more...]
Despite Challenges, Horrigan Delivers Upbeat State of the County Address
MAYILLE - Chautauqua County is “ready for growth.” That was the message delivered last night by County Executive Vince Horrigan during his first state of the county address to the Chautauqua County Legislature. Horrigan spent nearly 30 minutes … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Chautauqua County Legislature Sells County Home
Airing February 27, 2014. A recap of the Chautauqua County Legislature's Feb. 26, 2014 meeting, when the Chautauqua County Home in Dunkirk, NY was sold to VestraCare for a price of $16 million. Featuring public remarks, comments from legislators … [Read more...]
Protest of Jamestown Newspaper Planned for Friday
JAMESTOWN - A group of local residents are organizing a protest of the area's only daily newspaper for what it claims is a misrepresentation of the community and publishing slurs and insults toward certain groups of people. At least 50 people are … [Read more...]
NYSUT Rep Explains Local Teachers’ Stance on Common Core
JAMESTOWN - The Regional representative of New York State United Teachers says her group is continuing to raise awareness about serious problems it has with the Common Core education standards. NYSUT regional director Anne Geronimo works with more … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Tom DeWolf, Co-Author of “Gather at the Table”
(Originally airing Thursday, February 7, 2014) - An interview with author Tom DeWolf, who will be appearing in Jamestown, N.Y. at Jamestown Community College along with author Sharon Morgan as part of the"Two People, One Journey" residency program … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Randy Anderson from CSHOF
Airing January 23, 2014. An interview with Randy Anderson from the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame. Randy talks with WRFA's Jason Sample about the history of the hall of fame, along with the 2014 Induction Class and the 2014 banquet, taking place … [Read more...]
