Thirty years ago — 1994 Students in Lisa Forbes’ second-grade classroom at School 3 in Dunkirk won the READAmerica Classroom Project and received a computer recently at Midway Park in Maple Springs. Among the students who traveled to Maple Springs with Ms. Forbes were Alexis Carreras, ...

Thirty years ago—1994 A memorial garden has been dedicated in honor of the late Thomas M. Heary, former principal of Fredonia High School, by the FredoniaHigh School Parent Teacher Student Association. Mr. Heary, who died Jan. 16, 1993, had been principal since 1972. The garden is located ...

Thirty years ago — 1994 As a farewell gesture, students and staff filled the office of retiring Brocton Central School Superintendent Richard Gloss with various colored and signed balloons. As a memento of his years at Brocton, the Brocton School Board presented Mr. Gloss with a deacon’s ...

Thirty years ago — 1994 The Cassadaga Branch Library’s first birthday was celebrated on June 18 in the new building’s air-conditioned comfort. The event, coordinated by the branch library board and members of the Mary E. Seymour Library’s board of trustees, was marked with a birthday ...

Thirty years ago — 1994 The Dunkirk-Fredonia Center for Peace and Justice awarded first-place certificates for the 1993-94 Peace Essay contest to three high school students. Susie Zirkle from Brocton won an award for an essay on the “Underground Railway.” “Women’s Suffrage,” was ...

Thirty years ago — 1994 The city of Dunkirk has been notified that it will be awarded a state grant for improvements which it hopes will lead to Amtrak making Dunkirk an official stop for its passenger trains. John C. Egan, commissioner of the state Department of Transportation, notified the ...