Thirty years ago — 1993 The Friends of the Dunkirk Free Library is a new organization formed to supplement activities and responsibilities of the library staff and to stimulate interest in, and support of, the library among area residents. The officers are: John Mancuso, president; Joan ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 Former Book Nook employee Wendy Corsi Staub has realized her lifelong ambition of writing a book and seeing it published. Titled “Summer Lightning,” the book is a young adult supernatural thriller (Harper Collins Paperbacks). It has arrived at the bookstore in ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 Edna Harter of Lily Dale has returned to her home after being hospitalized after an electrifying experience this past weekend. During a recent thunderstorm, Mrs. Harter, who is 78, put her hand on a water faucet as she was brushing her teeth. A bolt of lightning hit ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 It didn’t take that long for an unwanted family on Lafayette Avenue in Dunkirk to be run out of the neighborhood. The unlikely residents — a family of beavers — received less than a friendly welcome when they decided to build a dam across the end of a drainage ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 Lorraine Wilson is literally closing the books on a 32-year career as bookkeeper for the town of Westfield, reporting to the Westfield town supervisor. Her official duties also included serving as deputy town tax clerk, tax collector and court clerk to the town ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 In an OBSERVER photo, Matthew Pelletter of Silver Creek shows off an antique coffeemaker made by his father Louis, a tinsmith, back in 1901. Using his expertise, Louis constructed two percolators out of tin, one for himself and theother for his boss. Other than those ...