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Thirty years ago — 1992 New York State’s Lakeview Correctional Facility near Brocton has become coed. Sixty-eight women have been transferred to the facility from the Summit Shock Facility in Schoharie County. The women have been admitted to the same program and under the same conditions as the 456 men now undergoing shock incarceration. Forty years ago — 1982 Young adults — those 25 to 34 years old — make up the single largest population group in Chautauqua County, according to the 1980 census. This is a sharp reversal from the 1970 census, where the largest group was ...

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Thirty years ago — 1992 Dunkirk Hose Co. No. 1 has named Art Maloney as its honorary chairman for the 1992 installation banquet to be held at the Exempts Firemen’s Club. Mr. Maloney is a 60-year member of Hose Co. No. 1, having joined in 1932. He was employed by the Dunkirk Fire Department as a paid fire driver from 1942 to 1973. Forty years ago — 1982 As it has been for all of her 90 years, life continues to be exciting for Mrs. Nancy McKnight Milligan of Dunkirk. As of May 6, Mrs. Milligan is a registered citizen of the United States. Born in Ireland and raised in Canada, ...

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Thirty years ago — 1992 For a brief time in the past week, a portion of Cassadaga’s history was brought back to the surface. There is a red brick road on Main Street in the village that few residents know about. Its existence was revealed when restoration work now under way on Route 60 (Main Street) included grinding away layers of the existing road’s surface. Cassadaga resident Ann Miller, 93, remembers the red bricks being laid in 1915, one brick at a time. Forty years ago — 1982 At a recent meeting of the Silver Creek Board of Education, it was announced the board has ...

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Thirty years ago — 1992 According to a spokesman for the Country Fair chain, the company’s decision to close its Central Avenue store in Dunkirk was a corporate decision made at its Erie headquarters and all other stores in the chain in this area would remain open. Most of the company’s stores now offer gasoline sales, while this one did not. All of the store’s employees are being transferred to Country Fair stores on Lake Shore Drive West in Dunkirk, Route 60 in Fredonia and Route 20 in Brocton. Forty years ago — 1982 An OBSERVER lobby exhibit recalls early baseball in ...

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Thirty years ago — 1992 Post-season honors for members of the Class D state champion Pine Valley basketball team continue to pour in. Junior forward Melissa Stankey and sophomore guard Harmonee Williams were selected to the New York State Sportswriters Association All-State team last week. In addition, Tim Nobles was selected state sportswriters’ Class D coach of the year for guiding the Panthers to their second straight state title. Forty years ago — 1982 The featured speaker at the fourth annual “I Love Mother” banquet recently held at Shorewood Country Club was Sherry ...

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Thirty years ago — 1992 Robert Hall, middle and high school principal at Brocton Central School, made good on a bet with his students by wearing a prom dress last Friday afternoon. Principal Hall had challenged the students to sign a “prom pledge” stating they would not drink or use drugs for the event. Mr. Hall asked for 90 percent of the students to sign that pledge and received 95 percent participation during three prom promise signups. Forty years ago — 1982 Dr. William B. Dederer, currently associate professor of music and chairman of brass at Fredonia State University ...