Breaking News

Opera House Met Live season continues

Live at the Met, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live, high definition (HD) opera transmissions to theaters around the world, continues its 2025-26 season at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center this Saturday at 1 p.m., with a production of Vincenzo ...

Coming up …

THURSDAY, JAN. 8 Thursday Knitting Group Trinity Episcopal Church, 11 Day St., Fredonia, 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. Many of the creations are donated to local charities, or attendees can work on their own projects. For details or to donate unused yarn, call 716 785-6039. Patterson Library presents: Book talk 40 S. Portage St., Westfield, 4 p.m. CSP merger study public kick-off meeting BOCES Hewes Center 2615 N. Maple Ave., Ashville, 5 p.m. Start of a feasibility study for merging the school districts of Clymer, Sherman, Panama. Dunkirk Elks bingo Dunkirk Elks Lodge bingo will be ...

Anderson-Lee Library lists events for month

SILVER CREEK — Anderson-Lee Library, located at 43 Main St. in Silver Creek has announced programming for January. Programs are free and open to the public. Registration is required unless stated otherwise, to ensure enough seating and materials for all patrons attending the program. To ...

Audubon birdseed sale deadline is Jan. 18

Give your feathered friends a treat and help them through the winter, while you stock up on their favorite birdseed at a special price. Sunday, Jan. 18 is the deadline for orders from Audubon Community Nature Center’s (ACNC) Winter Birdseed Sale, your opportunity to save while you support ...

Community notebook

Fredonia Ukulele gathering on Saturday Fredonia Ukulele will hold a uke jam at Domus Fare in Fredonia on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. No experience is necessary! We’ll have you playing the uke along with your favorite tunes in no time! Questions? Email reese@fredonia.edu. Sons of Legion meets Tuesday BROCTON — The Sons of the American Legion, Squad 434, will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday. The meeting is at the Brocton Legion headquarters starting at 7 p.m. Dues for 2026 can be paid for at the Legion during business hours. Congregation sets Sunday service The Unitarian ...

Jackson Center to host free speech talk Thursday

The Robert H. Jackson Center will be kicking off the theme for the 2026 year with a special event that will see the discussion of free speech. With a special guest speaker, the discussion will analyze the topic of free speech narratives today, and draw connections to Jackson’s legacy. With questions pertaining to free speech becoming some of the most prominent modernly, organizers hope to see a greater amount of thought and discussion directed toward these issues in the community. The event will contain special guest speaker Aaron Saykin. Saykin was formerly an investigative ...