James and Carolyn Keddie James and Carolyn Keddie, former Silver Creek residents, announced that they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. “We spent the day on Kelly's Island, Ohio, with our son,Todd, (wife, Linda, and son, Tim); Grandson Colin Covella, Ashtyn, and great-grandson, ...
Seventy years ago, on September 11, 1954, Bruce Paschke married Sandra (Hayward) Paschke. Lifelong residents of Fredonia, they have three children, Heidi (Bruce) Mack, Scott (Kim) Paschke, Darrin (Nitida) Paschke, several grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. In their 90s, Bruce and Sandra ...
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony (Catherine Spiritosanto) Granata of Fredonia celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday. The couple was married on July 13, 1974, at the Annunciation Church in Buffalo, by Father Vincent Verostro. The maid of honor was Gail McKenna, and the best man was Richard ...
Joseph and Elizabeth (Pattie) Meyer celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on Dec. 10, 2023, with a dinner at the Colony House, in Irving. The couple’s two sons, Jared (Amy) Meyer and Matthew (Ali) Meyer joined the couple, along with their five grandchildren, Elizabeth, Joseph, Alyssa, ...
The Fredonia American Legion Post 59 will be holding its dignified disposal of unserviceable flags ceremony on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at 161 Chautauqua St. in Fredonia. Everyone is welcome to join the organization and can also drop off a flag for proper disposal at Post 59, 156 E. Main St., ...
The Chautauqua Center (TCC) is partnering with Brooks-TLC Hospital in Dunkirk and UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown to offer its ninth annual "Mammogrammy" events as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. These events aim to provide expedited mammogram screenings for current patients at TCC, while also ...
MAYVILLE — The Town of Chautauqua and Village of Mayville invite all community residents, business owners and other local stakeholders to attend a public meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. This event is an opportunity to weigh in on ideas and priorities that will guide the Town and Village in the ...
MONDAY, OCT. 21 Darwin R. Library presents: Preschool storytime 7 Day St., Fredonia, 10:30 a.m. Stories, movies, crafts, play. All children welcome. No registration necessary. CHQ Chamber Business Builder Workshop: Prep Your Business for the Holiday Season Roger Tory Peterson Institute, ...
The Purple & Gold Draw Party will be on Nov. 29, from 6 to 9 p.m. at St. Hedwig’s Social Hall in Dunkirk. Tickets are $100, which admits two people to the draw party, a chance at cash prizes, free food, beer, and wine. The grand prize is $10,000 with other cash prizes ranging from $100 ...
Last month, the National Society United States Daughters of 1812, Celea Sampson Cole Chapter 507 held a ceremony to acknowledge a new headstone and to present a grave marker for Private Richard Strickland. Strickland was a pioneer of Pine Grove Township. He died on May 15, 1849, and was ...
A few weeks ago, I walked out of work in a dreadful mood. Nothing drastic happened. It was just the accumulation of lots of small things that I couldn’t get ahead of. Crossing the parking lot, I spotted a fall-colored maple leaf. It was striking. A tie-dye combination of red and yellow ...
For the Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation, the Thanksgiving season begins earlier than usual this year. As sponsors of “10 Days of Giving for WMH” Raffle, the Foundation Board of Directors would like to thank its many donors in the hospital’s 14 service areas and neighboring ...
HAMBURG — St. Francis High School, a Roman Catholic, Franciscan, private, college preparatory school for young men in Western New York has announced its first and second honors for the third quarter of the 2022-23 school year. Area students who made the list are as follows: ANGOLA First ...
The following students from Jamestown Community College were placed on the Dean’s List for academic excellence during the fall 2022 semester. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must achieve a minimum GPA of 3.50 during the semester while enrolled in at least 12 degree ...
Honor and merit roll students have been listed by Northern Chautauqua Catholic School for the second-marking period. First honors Fourth grade: Madeline Woelfle, Turner Morris, Cain Palmer, Kara Harrington, Avery Brown, Henry Congdon, Maddison Mackowiak, Violet Zappie, Avareigh Rivera, ...
The November Students of the Month were named at Dunkirk School 3. In row one, from left, are: Owen Ni, Natalie Wise, represented School 3 at the December Board of Education meeting; Charlotte Trippy and Vivianna Lockett. In row two are: Kisun Peters, principal, School 3, Ishtar Gautier ...
On the morning of June 5, 2023, Evan and Eric Golem of Dunkirk welcomed their fifth child into the world. Atlee Steven Roam Golem was born at home, weighing 9 pounds and measuring 21.5 inches. Atlee has four older siblings: Lily, Ellis, Ayda and Zander Golem. The proud grandparents are Steven ...
Naomi Ray Steinhoff was born at 6:53 a.m. Friday, June 24, 2022. She weighed 2 pounds, one ounce and is 15 inches long. The parents are Quintina Steinhoff and Jacob Steinhoff of Stockton. Grandparents are LaVonne Carpenter and Michael Carpenter of Brocton and Alan Steinhoff and Valerie Higgs of ...
Bodhi Robert Adamowicz was born on Nov. 10, 2021, in Oishei Childrens Hospital to Colby and Nicole Adamowicz. He weighed 7 pounds and 1 ounce at 19 3/4 inches. Proud sister Harper Adamowicz. Grandparents are Brad Pachol, Amy Ricotta, Aaron Ricotta, Marv Cummings, Vicki Cummings and Cathy Cummings.
Philip and Shelby Kies welcomed an infant son, Connor Brooks Kies, on Dec. 14, 2020, at Magee Womens UPMC Hamot, in Erie, Pa. Grandparents are Tore and Beverly Arvidson of Bemus Point, Monika (Howard) Miller-Kies of Groveland, Fl, and John (Ahmed) Kies of Erie, Pa.
James Dobek and Mary Dobek of Jamestown have announced the engagement of their daughter, Abigail M. Dobek, to Justin D. Love. Love is the son of Charles Love and Daphane Shoenthel of Syracuse and is the wonderful father to his son, Jaxson Love, and daughter, Maliyah Stone. The couple met ...
The engagement of Terry Braunstein of Buffalo to Gary Fancher of Fredonia has been announced. She has a master's degree in musical theater from University of Buffalo and a BA in theater and dance. She is a retired professor of theater, dance, and film at Erie Community College. She is working ...
Mathias (Matt) and Diane Gorges from Boswell, Okla., announce the engagement of their daughter Cabrina Rae Gorges to Kevin Aaron Rogers of Forestville. The bride-to-be is granddaughter of the late William "Will" and Rita Gorges of Witchita, Kan., and the late Lawrence and Edna Mae Girrens ...
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Siragusa of Fredonia are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Karen Siragusa, to Steven Brandenburg, son of the late Alfred and Esther Brandenburg of Catawba Island, Ohio. An October 2024 wedding is being planned.
Kingsley Woods is the new assistant youth pastor and ministry director at Christ Chapel Wesleyan Church in Silver Creek. She studied Youth Ministry and Music at Houghton University. She continues to teach voice and piano lessons to school-aged children. She is passionate about youth ministry ...
“Back to Church Sunday,” part of a national movement of churches across America, will be held at First Baptist Church in Dunkirk at 10 a.m. Sunday. All are welcome to join us. Since it started as a call to action and invitation for the church in 2009, the National Back to Church Sunday ...
In the past Medicare beneficiaries used their Social Security number as their Medicare number. In 2018, as a result of some changes instituted by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) each Medicare beneficiary received a new card with a uniquely assigned combination of letters ...
CHAUTAUQUA — Chautauqua Institution has appointed two new religious leaders. Melissa Spas, acting director of the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, has been named the institution’s new vice president of religion. The ...
The wedding of Shaila Gorske and Sean Korzenski took place over the weekend of Sept. 20 with close friends and family on one of the last beautiful summer days of the year. Both are Dunkirk residents and the ceremony was held at a private residence on Route 5.
Stephanie Henderson and Alex Dodig were united in marriage on July 6, 2024 at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Brunswick, Ohio. The bride is the daughter of Mark and Kathy Henderson of Ohio and the granddaughter of Jane Henderson of Dunkirk. The groom is the son of Paul and Mary Jo Dodig, also of ...
Mr. and Mrs. John Quinn John M. Quinn and Lisa M. Halas were married on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, in the city of Buffalo after a nine-month engagement. The bride is the daughter of Dennis Halas and Kim Seibert of Dunkirk. The groom is the son of Michael Quinn of Irvington and Emilia Lamme of ...
Ashley Dimmer and Jose Medina were united in marriage on June 17, 2023, in a Catholic Mass and ceremony at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Dunkirk. The wedding was officiated by Father Robert J. Owczarczak. The bride is the daughter of Paul and Mirna Dimmer of Maryland. The groom is the son ...
The Dunkirk Senior Center, Chautauqua County Office for the Aging and Concord Pharmacy will be sponsoring a Flu Vaccine and/or Covid Vaccine Clinic on Thursday, Oct. 10 from 10 a.m. to noon. You must register for the clinic by calling New York Connects or the Dunkirk Senior Center at ...
When you think of the month of May what comes to mind? Flowers? Easter, bike rides, spring cleaning? The hope of sunny days ahead. The month of May observes Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Cinco de Mayo and The Kentucky Derby. Did you know that the month of May was Older Americans Month. ...
SILVER CREEK – The Silver Creek Seniors met on May 21 with 26 members present. Vice President Janice Snyder opened the meeting with the Pledge to the flag and all singing God Bless America. Chaplain Pauline Flitt read “We Need” and gave a blessing on the members and the hot dog lunch. ...
The Dunkirk Senior Center will be having a ‘50s Dinner and Dance on Thursday, June 27. Dinner will be subs, chips, dessert and root beer floats. Doors open at 4 p.m. Music provided by DJ Joe Gould. Cost is $5 per member. Dust off your poodle skirt, slick back your hair — prizes awarded ...
The School of Music at the State University of New York at Fredonia will host Patricio Cosentino for a two-day residency in October. On Tuesday at 3 p.m., Cosentino will conduct a master class for tuba and euphonium students in the School of Music. He will work with individual students, ...
The Cinema Series at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center continues with the moving “Sing Sing” on Saturday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at “Sing Sing” for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theater group with ...
Fredonia resident Nick Smith will read from and sign copies of his latest book, “Cloudwalking,” at The Next Chapter Bookstore, 12 Park Place in downtown Fredonia, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 26. Smith is an author, movie director, producer and actor. He teaches filmmaking at SUNY ...
Local author Rebecca Cuthbert’s third book, “Self-Made Monsters,” will make its debut on Friday, from Alien Buddha Press. A hybrid collection of feminist horror, “Self-Made Monsters,” contains stories and poems featuring women as villains and victims, as bystanders and enablers, ...
Live at the Met, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live, high definition (HD) opera transmissions to theaters around the world, continues its 2024-25 season at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center on Saturday at 1 p.m., with the new opera “Grounded.” Tony ...
The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center presents Broadway actress Deborah Jean Templin in Unsinkable Women: Stories & Songs from the Titanic live on stage on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Templin toured in the Tony award-winning Broadway musical Titanic from 1998 to 2000, serving as a ...
There are free concerts in the School of Music just about every day on the State University of New York at Fredonia. The community is always welcome to attend. Rosch and Diers recital halls are inside Mason Hall. King Concert Hall is inside the Rockefeller center across from the University ...
The adjectives come fast and furious when Dr. Jessica Hillman-McCord describes the Fredonia Department of Theatre and Dance upcoming production of “Legally Blonde: The Musical.” “It’s a big, contemporary, super fun, upbeat musical,” the director said. “Legally Blonde” opens ...