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Westfield’s Christmas makes spirits bright

“OK everybody, we’ll light it up on the third HO,” Santa called out, as he grasped the candy cane lever. “Ho, Ho, HO!” the crowd shouted and Santa pulled a large candy cane causing the huge tree in Moore Park, Westfield, to blaze to life with a dazzling array of colored ...

Club learns of 3,000 years of Naples and Italy

The fourth regular meeting of the 2025-2026 season of the Fredonia Shakespeare Club was hosted at the home of Beckie Huber-Ross. President Karin S. Cockram welcomed Club members to the meeting. After a brief business meeting concluded, a paper by Gail Crow on the historic center of Naples, ...

Coming up …

MONDAY, NOV. 24 Wellness Initiative for Senior Education program (WISE) Sinclairville Fire Hall, 30 Main St., 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Register at NY Connects 716 753-4582, ask for WISE class. See https://chqgov.com/office-aging for programs, services. This week’s topic: An Enhanced Quality of ...

Community notebook

Silver Creek Senior Citizens meet SILVER CREEK – The Silver Creek Seniors met on Nov. 18 with 19 in attendance. President Randy Nurmi opened the meeting with the Pledge to the Flag and all singing God Bless America. The members enjoyed pizza, goulash and desserts. The 50/50 winners ...

Veteran educator to direct SUNY’s Educational Leadership program

A new director with a strong background in Pre-K-12 and higher education levels will lead the State University of New York at Fredonia’s Educational Leadership program. Following a nationwide search, Dr. Jeffrey Rabey of East Aurora, has been appointed as an assistant professor and program ...

National honors awarded to SUNY orchestra

The Fredonia College Symphony Orchestra, and its director, Dr. Emily Schaad, have been honored with The American Prize for 2025. The orchestra was entered into the category of Orchestral Performance (college/university division – larger program) and named a Finalist for the prize earlier in ...