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Dunkirk to perform ‘Matilda Jr.’ next weekend Dunkirk City School District students in grades four to eight will be performing the musical “Matilda Jr.,” at the Intermediate School auditorium located at 525 Eagle St. The show dates and times are Nov. 17 and 18 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available on-line at dunkirkcsd.seatyourself.biz with a limited number available at the door the days of the show. There will be concessions and fundraisers at the show to help support future musicals. Food Pantry open on Nov. 18 On Saturday, Nov. 18, The Fredonia Food ...

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‘Almost, Maine’ rescheduled due to illness “Almost, Maine” by John Cariani has been rescheduled due to illness. It will be performed Friday, Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. with two free evening performances open to the general public on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17 and 18 at 7 p.m.

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Thanksgiving Food Drive next weekend The annual Thanksgiving Food Drive to benefit the Chautauqua County Rural Ministry will be Saturday, Nov. 11 from noon to 3 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Pomfret Town Hall parking lot, 9 Day St., Fredonia. Youth from local church and service organizations traditionally help staff the food drive. The food drive seeks frozen turkeys, hams, chickens, canned goods, boxed dry goods, and other non-perishable food items for the Rural Ministry Thanksgiving food baskets. Monetary donations will also be accepted. Volunteers will ...

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Meat party planned for Saturday SILVER CREEK – A meat party will be held Saturday at the Silver Creek VFW on Main Street starting at 3 p.m. Refreshments will be served with a cash bar. This is for Department of New York State Commander Dan Kell and Department president Rose Cooper. There will be a donation of $5, which includes a Chinese auction sheet. Meat is from Sloan markets. United Senior Council to gather Nov. 9 The United Senior Council of Chautauqua County will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Chautauqua Center, 107 Institute St., Jamestown. The speaker will be ...

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Fredonia museum welcomes trick-or-treaters Darwin R. Barker Museum will be open for trick-or-treaters on Saturday, Oct. 28 from noon to 5 p.m. and again on Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. The public is invited to explore the galleries, which are decorated for visitors of all ages. Club Associates hold meeting The Northern Chautauqua County Club Associates recently held its regular monthly meeting at the World War II Veterans Club, Lake Shore Drive East, in Dunkirk. Bob Bankoski welcomed the good size group to his club. The meeting was opened with the pledge of Allegiance, followed by ...

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Region’s foliage is past peak Chautauqua County foliage will be mostly past-peak with 90% color change and very brilliant yellow, red, orange and gold leaves, field reports from volunteer spotters for the Empire State Development Division of Tourism’s I LOVE NY program report. Some trees are beginning to shed leaves, and travelers should find peak and just-past-peak conditions along Chautauqua Lake and Lake Erie, and throughout the county’s rural countrysides. Foliage is now past-peak in Cattaraugus County, with 100% leaf change with shades of orange and brown, and some ...