Thirty years ago — 1992 Forestville area residents took the opportunity of a special school meeting to proclaim their school and community spirit. More than 50 persons attended the meeting called by the school board after receiving a request for a feasibility study to consider merger of the ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Oct. 12, the 285th day of 2022. There are 80 days left in the year. On this date: In 1492 (according to the Old Style calendar), Christopher Columbus’ expedition arrived in the present-day Bahamas. In 1792, the first recorded U.S. ...

Thirty years ago — 1992 Both Ripley and Westfield School Board members came out strongly in favor of the annexation of the two school districts at a public hearing held recently. Although initially the Westfield board saw little advantage financially to annexing with Ripley, the recent ...

Twenty years ago — 1992 A “Do You Remember?” photo shows the Erie Hotel, which was a part of Dunkirk’s Union Depot for many years. Built in 1866, it had 100 rooms and was noted for its fine cuisine and conveniences that included baths and steam heat. John J.Murphy was manager at the ...

Thirty years ago — 1992 Jutta A. Rawcliffe has been appointed curator of the Historical Museum of the D.R. Barker Library in Fredonia. She succeeds Donna Carlson. Miss Rawcliffe, who was born in London, obtained a degree in French from Southampton University. She also holds degrees in arts ...

Thirty years ago — 1992 George McIntyre, president of Chautauqua Chapter 459 of the Vietnam Veterans of America, recently announced the awarding of the first Thomas Stone Memorial Scholarship. The 1992 recipient of the $500 scholarship is Dean Swoger, a graduate of Ripley High School and a ...