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‘8 Great Wednesdays’ fills village park

Festivals Fredonia completed another successful adventure. Every Wednesday from July 1 until Aug. 19, the community was offered our unique version of music in the park, renamed to “8 Great Wednesdays in the Park.” As well as providing a mixture of entertainment, the committee ...

September events listed at Anderson-Lee Library

SILVER CREEK — Anderson-Lee Library, located at 43 Main St., has announced programming for the month of September. Programs are free and open to the public. Registration is required unless stated otherwise, to ensure enough seating and materials for all patrons attending the program. To register for programs, call the library at 716-934-3468, stop by 43 Main St., or visit www.andersonleelibrary.org and click on our events tab for easy online registration. You can also sign up for email/text reminders when you register online! The library will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7 for ...

Display highlights Dunkirk Engineering Co.

While area residents probably know all about Brooks Locomotive Works and ALCO, few have heard of the Dunkirk Engineering Co., makers of a unique type of locomotive essential to logging for the American building boom at the turn of the last century. Visitors are invited to the Dunkirk ...

Club visits Arkwright ‘retreat,’ city gardens

On a cloudy, rain-predicted day in July, members of the Bud ‘n Bloom Garden Club and friends traveled to the country and Miller Road farm in Fredonia of Diane and Mike Rafan. The group had capooled and drove past 20-year-old full-grown evergreen trees that their hosts had planted along two ...

Coming up …

FRIDAY, AUG. 28 Bemus Point Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market Village Park, 1 Lakeside Drive, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Local farmers, artisans, local wineries, breweries, flowers, baked goods, special activities. Busti Historic Society campus open house 3443 Lawson Road, Jamestown, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. See 1836 mill, 1846 Miller’s house, museum. Admission by donation. Roger Tory Peterson Day Roger Tory Peterson Institute, 311 Curtis St., Jamestown, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission day. Slide show, archives tour at 1 p.m., birthday cupcakes 2 p.m. Rural Mobile Medical Unit Health & ...

Coming up …

THURSDAY, AUG. 27 Thursday Knitting Group Trinity Episcopal Church, 11 Day St., Fredonia, 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. Many of the creations are donated to local charities, or attendees can work on their own projects. For details or to donate unused yarn, call 716 785-6039. Veterans 4 Christ coffee, fellowship Veterans 4 Christ office, 9 W. Main St., Brocton, 10 a.m. Lake Erie State Park interpretive programs 5838 Route 5 Brocton, 10 a.m.: watercolors; 10:45: history walk; 12:30 p.m.: America’s animals.. Meet at recreation hall. Free programs, but park admission fee ...