Thirty years ago — 1993 Midway Amusement Park in Maple Springs recently won a national award for coordinating and sponsoring a number of community service events. The “1992 Newsmaker Award” was presented to park owners Michael and Janis Walsh. The award was sponsored by Tourist ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 A gala event was recently held at The Bookmark, 3 Center St., Russo Bldg., Fredonia in conjunction with the store’s 3rd anniversary. It featured Bulgarian-born Georgian Banov, world-renowned singer, musician and writer. Georgian escaped to the United States from ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 Dunkirk School 4 became “An Alice Jonus World” as students, faculty and invited guests gathered to pay tribute to Alice C. Jonus of Fredonia retiring Chapter I reading teacher. Associated with the Dunkirk Public School District for 32 years, Mrs. Jonus taught ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 Justin Spicer of Brocton and Scott Wojcinski of Dunkirk have returned from a hockey competition in Quebec City, Quebec. Their team, the Buffalo Regals, participated in the 34th Annual International Pee Wee Tournament, the largest tournament for 13 year olds in the ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 Perry’s Ice Cream Co. Inc. of Akron named Nog Inc. of Dunkirk winner of the 1992 first annual “Vendor of the Year” award during a vendor appreciation dinner in Williamsville. A producer of ice cream condiments, Nog was one of 435 vendors from across New York ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 Fredonia native Mary Ramsey of the musical duo “John and Mary” played the fiddle during a recent performance at the Fredonia State Campus Center. The duo is coming out with their second album, “Weedkiller’s Daughter” this week. The other member of the ...