On June 29 I turned 80, one of those milestone years in a life should we be around that long. Family lore has it that I was born at approximately 9:30 p.m. Central War Time, the name given to year round daylight savings time in effect from Feb. 9, 1942, to Sept. 30, 1945. My place of birth ...

I imagine that when his father George awakened him that sunny, hot early August morn, 13 year-old John Snell was beside himself with excitement. The day was finally here. He probably dressed quickly, gobbled down breakfast, grabbed his fife*, kissed his mother, joined his dad and set off to ...

A recent weekend was highlighted by the 153rd occasion of a golf tournament — the British Open or, more correctly, if you live in the U.K., “The Open.” If you were an American, you had to be proud as the top four finishers were Americans, the winner being the current number one golfer ...

At a recent village board meeting there was much talk about listening to experts. The public has been listening to experts with regard to Fredonia’s water for quite some time. Here is a recap of what the experts have done and said. In 2016, village taxpayers paid for an expert study by ...

MONDAY, JULY 28 Cattaraugus County Fair 501 Erie St., Little Valley. Gates open at 8 a.m., vendors usually at 11 a.m., midway 1 p.m. Grandstand event Demolition Derby at 7 p.m. For details, see www.carrarauguscofair.com Kaleida, Brooks-TLC Hospital annual golf outing Shorewood Country ...

“Freaks,” produced in 1932 by Tod Browning, is a movie about a traveling circus. It is a work of fiction, but features real people with various disabilities, malformities, and other abnormal conditions. They were misfits, aberrations, even abominations by some standards of the time. But ...