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Audubon building closed next week

Area residents’ favorite outdoor escapes are still wide open while Audubon Community Nature Center’s building is closed Monday to Friday, Jan. 12-16, for staff planning. As always, you can visit the live birds of prey, explore the native tree arboretum, have fun in the Nature Play Area, ...

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TUESDAY, DEC. 30 Cassadaga American Legion weekly bingo Legion Post 1280, 228 Maple Ave., 1 p.m. Children in the Stream Youth Fly Fishing Program SUNY Fredonia, Rockefeller Arts Center, Costello Room, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Open to children over 12 (younger if accompanied by an adult), faculty, staff and community members of all ages. Classes, supplies provided at no cost. No long-term commitment needed. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31 New Year’s Eve Tops NY 890 meeting First United Presbyterian Church, 35 Park Place, Silver Creek. Weigh-ins begin at 8:45 a.m., meeting starts at 9:35 ...

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MONDAY, DEC. 29 Audubon Community Nature Center presents Christmas with the Critters 1600 Riverside Road, Jamestown, session I from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., session II from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Live animal presentation, animal artifacts, craft station, make a gift for wild animals, more. $8 adults, $6 Nature Center members, $6 children 3 to 15, age 2, under free. Attend one session. Make reservations at 716 569-2345. TUESDAY, DEC. 30 Cassadaga American Legion weekly bingo Legion Post 1280, 228 Maple Ave., 1 p.m. Children in the Stream Youth Fly Fishing Program SUNY ...

Jingle at the Rocks raises $1,400, Toys for Tots donations

The CHQ Professionals Group and the Dunkirk-Fredonia Rotary Club are reporting another successful Jingle at the Rocks fundraising event for Toys for Tots. The primary goal of this event, held at 64 on the Rocks in Fredonia on Dec. 4, was to raise funds and collect toys for the local Toys for ...

Cuthbert story collection earns acclaim

State University of New York at Fredonia Adjunct Lecturer Rebecca Cuthbert won a 2025 North American Book Award bronze medal for “Six O'Clock House & Other Strange Tales.” The story collection was published in January by Watertower Hill Publishing. According to the organization, "The ...

Christmas With the Critters at Audubon is Dec. 29

JAMESTOWN — You have two opportunities on Monday, Dec. 29 to get acquainted with Audubon Community Nature Center’s (ACNC) Animal Ambassadors. Come to Christmas With the Critters in the morning, 10 to 11:30 a.m., or afternoon, 12:30 to 2 p.m. Participate in a live animal program, explore ...