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 ...

The "Lit Chicks" were guest presenters at the Westfield-Mayville Rotary Club. Sue Landrigan and Mary Ellen Humphrey explained the purpose of the Lit Chicks, their YouTube video podcast which provides information and ideas for beginner and advanced writers. Both Landrigan and Humphrey are local ...

Students at Dunkirk's Primary School 5 were honored as Students of the Month for September. Each student was awarded a certificate. Honored as overall Student of the Month was Jake Brown Navarro. The students include, from left, row one: Niome Rosado, Lyan Rivera, Jaydiel Pacheco Gonzalez, ...

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 ...

I never kept a journal or photo album, so I have little to go on other than vague recollections of Fredonia 50-odd years ago. They come to mind like faded photographs of various settings around the village. Sometimes the images are audible, like in the auditorium of the Campus School, or ...