Sunday Lifestyles

Silver Creek lists honor, merit rolls

SILVER CREEK --- Fourth quarter honor and merit rolls have been listed by Silver Creek Central Schools. Grade 12 Honor --- Kimberly Bauer, Auggie Boedo, Samuel Bowers, Lilly Carlson, Nathan Cross, Skyla Gates, Lio Hammer, Helle Havstrup, Irelynd Henry, Nathaniel Mays, Lucas Nosbisch, Alexandria Parks, Autumn Rice, Colton Rice, Anthony Richmond, Hailie Rybij, Haleigh Salisbury, Colin Shumaker, Gwendolyn Souter, Brian Stull Jr., Sophie Wickmark, Courtney Wolff and Sebastian Yaskow. Grade 12 Merit --- Eric Arnold, Meadow Azzarella, Bella Banach, Asyriah Cruz, Aaron Davis, Gavin DeLong, ...

Little Mice by Dunkirk’s Caleb Spell

Rewards of a walk: Finding friends, religion on The Way

Editor’s note: This is the third and final installment of the series. Experiencing the aches and pains of long distance hiking, and then thinking how many days to the end can easily lead to discouragement. A distance of 180 miles is a lot of miles. It is doable, but it really is a mental ...

Patterson Library kicks off Early Bird Raffle

WESTFIELD --- The countdown has begun! Patterson Library’s Annual Auction & Chicken Dinner will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 19, at Eason Hall, 23 Elm St. We kick off at 5 p.m. with a Chiavetta’s Chicken BBQ & Basket Raffle, followed by the Live Auction of donated items, services, and ...

Just between us …

Jiyah Mentley-Peters of Gowanda, is among the 67 recent SUNY Oneonta alumni continuing their education at the university through graduate programs after earning their bachelor's degree in December 2025, May 2026 or August 2026. These students began their graduate studies at the start of the summer 2026 term or will begin in the fall 2026 semester. Mentley-Peters earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology and is now enrolled in the M.S. Biology (Thesis Track) program. … More than 4,200 students in the Class of 2026 were celebrated during UAlbany's Spring commencement festivities. The ...

Don’t cancel village version of Must See TV

The OBSERVER headline of a Thursday, July 23, 2023 article by M.J.Stafford declares that Fredonia officials debate filmed workshops. In the article he quoted Trustee Paul Wandel as stating that “ I think the reasoning for the concerns for having on camera, there were some sensitive areas of information that we didn’t want publicized.” A village trustee stating as recorded on camera, that as an elected official, he was discussing matters of public concern that he/they didn’t want publicized. Obviously confidential information should not be discussed publicly at village board ...