For many of us, spring is a time where sniffles plague our outdoor adventures. Commonly known as seasonal allergies, the air is filled with particles of pollen, finding its way to our noses and sinuses. We may choose to take a plethora of pills, leaving us feeling drowsy and with ...
WESTFIELD – Patterson Library is delighted to announce the return of its highly anticipated fundraising event, “Patterson After Dark,” scheduled for Saturday, May 10. Building on the success of previous years, this elegant affair promises an enchanting evening of culinary delights, live ...
To think, over 100 years ago, people had horses and no cars. Children learned to ride a horse at a very early age, and people rode horses until cars replaced them. When we first opened, one of our first riders was an 82-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability. She was born in 1912. ...
This month I’m going to change things up and give you a book review on a special basketball book called “Against All Odds” which is a true story about the 1965-67 Roberts Wesleyan basketball team and their coach Bill Hughes, who was Fredonia State’s basketball coach for a number of years before becoming head coach at the University of Buffalo. The book details the growth of the Roberts Wesleyan basketball program. I first met Coach Hughes in 1963, when I was a point guard for Fredonia State, in my sophomore year. Roberts, like Fredonia State, at that time, did not have a gym ...
Believe it or not, it’s Spring! If you look at a calendar, you will know I’m not lying. In fact, it’s been Spring for over a month, and the pictures on your April calendar probably show things like fields of green grass and budding flowers, robins dangling worms from their beaks, and greedy squirrels gorging themselves on bird feeders. Another sure sign is the number of dead rabbits on the roadside, those speedy creatures that are so hell-bent on practicing their reproductive rights they forget to look before crossing. There are other signs. You might hear a cardinal singing out ...
The Fredonia Shakespeare Club met recently at the home of Linda Dunn where she presented her paper, “Anti-Semitism in Children’s Literature." Her report noted: "One must be knowledgeable of the long history of anti-Semitism, the many libels made against Jews over the centuries to ...
