Scout Troop 267, sponsored by American Legion Post 59 in Fredonia recently celebrated Jack Spengler of Forestville. He passed his Eagle Scout Board of Review on
GENESEO – Rafael Rutigliano, a member of Boys Scouts of America Troop 4070 in Geneseo, will receive the rank of Eagle Scout during a Court of Honor ceremony on Saturday
The Allegheny Highlands BSA Council celebrated the 90th anniversary of Camp Merz, located on Chautauqua Lake, with a gathering of scouting alumni, volunteers an
The 33rd annual Chautauqua County Envirothon was held April 28 at Boy Scouts of America’s Camp Merz located in Mayville. A brisk, rainy day did not stop th
nholland@post-journal.com Pictured are Onyahsa campers from last summer safely enjoying their swimming time on Chautauqua Lake. Camp Onyahsa is one of the local options for kids to savor their summer vacation. Submitted Photos As the weather warms up, local summer camps and organizations are preparing for the return of kids, albeit with reduced numbers due to COVID-19. Camp Onyahsa is ready to return to some level of normalcy this summer. Last year, the camp was forced to cancel its overnight activities, which Director Jon O’Brian believes was the right call by Gov. Andrew Cuomo given the aggregate lifestyle that summer camp espouses.
nholland@post-journal.com Pictured are Onyahsa campers from last summer safely enjoying their swimming time on Chautauqua Lake. Camp Onyahsa is one of the local options for kids to savor their summer vacation. Submitted photos As the weather warms up, local summer camps and organizations are preparing for the return of kids, albeit with reduced numbers due to COVID-19. Camp Onyahsa is ready to return to some level of normalcy this summer. Last year, the camp was forced to cancel its overnight activities, which Director Jon O’Brian believes was the right call by Gov. Andrew Cuomo given the aggregate lifestyle that summer camp espouses.
etichy@post-journal.com According to court documents released as part of the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy filing, 68 claims of abuse have been made against the Allegheny Highlands Council. AP photo Nearly 70 claims of sexual abuse have been filed against the local Boy Scouts council, court documents recently released as part of the organization’s bankruptcy case indicate. The Allegheny Highlands Council is based in Falconer and serves Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany counties in New York and McKean and Potter counties in Pennsylvania. The Irving, Texas-based BSA sought bankruptcy protection in February 2020 in an effort to halt hundreds of individual lawsuits and create a compensation fund for men who were molested as youngsters decades ago by scoutmasters or other leaders.