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July 18, 2026

SATURDAY, JULY 18 Laurel Memorial Run/Walk Silver Creek Village Square, check-in 7 a.m., run/walk 8:30 a.m. $25 adults, $20 ages 17, younger. For registration after July 16, add $5. 8K running race or 5K running race, 5K fitness walk, 1K fun walk, children’s runs, Laurel’s Legacy Walk for anyone with a disability. Event honors Laurel Hotelling, who had Down’s Syndrome. Proceeds benefit TRC, Filling the Gap to support disability awareness, prevention programs, enhance employment, training for adults with disabilities. North East Firemen’s Cherry Festival O’Neal ...

Libraries note upcoming area events

July 18, 2026

Weekly events at local libraries have been listed for the coming week. Check each library’s website for details: — Monday: Velociraptors going into PreK to going into second grade at Barker Library, 7 Day St., Fredonia, 10:30 a.m. OR Tuesday at 2 p.m. 000 Tuesday: Velociraptors going into PreK to going into second grade at Barker Library, 7 Day St., Fredonia, OR Monday at 10:30 a.m.; Storytime, craft at Dunkirk Library, 536 Central Ave., 11 a.m.; Mahjong Club at Anderson-Lee Library, 43 Main St., Silver Creek at 1 p.m. — Wednesday: Paleontologists going into third grade ...

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July 17, 2026

FRIDAY, JULY 17 Chautauqua County Day at Chautauqua Institution Route 394, free admission for Chautauqua County residents (with proof of residency) from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Children 12 and under always admitted free. Includes admission to all Hall of Philosophy, amphitheater events except for the evening Harry Connick Jr. concert, which requires a separate ticket purchase. For free parking that day, must contact the Institution prior to July 17. Laurel Memorial Run /Walk Flag Relay The Resource Center, 75 Jones & Gifford Ave., Jamestown, 8 a.m. Free community breakfast. At 8:30 ...

Community Notebook

July 16, 2026

No auxiliary meeting this month CASSADAGA – The Cassadaga Legion Auxiliary does not meet in July. Our next meeting will be a pot-luck picnic, held at the Post, Tuesday August 11, 6 pm in the hall, with a short meeting to follow. Brocton plans music in park Thursday BROCTON — Grab a chair or blanket and join residents at Ryckman Park for an evening of great music. This event begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday and is part of the Ahira Hall Memorial Library's Summer Programming and is sponsored in memory of Ed and Peg Sunday who always loved the Concerts in the Park. For more information, ...

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July 16, 2026

THURSDAY, JULY 16 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. Lake Erie State Park Interpretive program 5838 Lake Shore Dr. W., Brocton. Free programs, but park admission fee applies. Meet at recreation hall. 10 a.m.: Bird walk, bring binoculars if possible. 10:45 a.m.: Nature craft. 12:30 p.m.: Nature walk. Patterson Library book sale 40 S. Portage St., Westfield, 10 a.m. to ...

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July 14, 2026

TUESDAY, JULY 14 Dunkirk and Fredonia Fire Department Retirees breakfast Central Station Restaurant, 332 Central Ave., Dunkirk, 9 a.m. Reg Lenna Center for the Arts presents: Memory Cafe Flower-Potting with Brigiotta’s Third floor media arts room, entrance at 108 E. Third St., Jamestown, 12 to 1:30 p.m. Elevator accessible. Free respite, arts program for those with forgetfulness, cognitive decline, families, caregivers. Music, crafts, light refreshments. Free picnic-style lunch prior to potting flowers - choice of annuals, geraniums, gerbera daisies, more. Register at 716 ...