Wheel. Compass. Dam. Lynchpin. Toilet. Dynamite. Roadmap. This list represents a tiny fraction of the inventions that have served to advance civilization throughout history. I’ve selected them for this essay as typically commonplace, unremarkable objects that have assumed a greater ...

The Fredonia Shakespeare Club recently was hosted at the home of Joyce Haines. President Karin Cockram welcomed Club members to the meeting. After a brief business meeting concluded, a paper by Judi Lutz Woods on Gobekli Tepe was presented. Here is a summary:. Gobekli Tepe is a discovery ...

WESTFIELD – Lake Shore Bank has awarded a $5,000 grant to the Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation through the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Small Business Recovery Grant Program, an initiative designed to support local organizations and economic resilience. The grant will help fund ...

You can’t have a horse barn without barn cats. They simply appear, and then they stay! They seem to bond easily with the horses. It takes more time to trust humans. First priority is to catch them, so they can be spayed or neutered and vaccinated. Then they’re released back to the barn to ...

The New Horizons Band of Western New York spring session begins on Wednesday, Feb. 4 on the SUNY Fredonia campus. The concert band is always looking to expand its membership. Whether you’re interested in learning to play an instrument, returning to an instrument you haven’t practiced in ...

I received excellent math instruction growing up in Fredonia. After three years of middle school math with Roger Burlett, my classmates and I were very well prepared for high school. Most FMS House II students idolized Burlett. We thought he was the coolest teacher on the planet. And to this ...