The Dunkirk-Fredonia Lions Club recently hosted a “Beach Sweep” at Point Gratiot beach. Forty-seven hardy, community minded volunteers braved the blustering winds, sprinkling rain, and chilly temperature to clean the beach as part of the Alliance for the Great Lakes initiative to clean ...

BROCTON – The faculty and staff at Brocton Middle School are happy to announce that Raelynn Mosier has been selected as the Middle School Student of the Month for June 2025. Raelynn is a 7th grader from Portland and the daughter of Angie and Kenneth Mosier. Raelynn shines both inside and ...

The SUNY Fredonia Federal Credit Union is proud to announce scholarships were awarded to 10 deserving high school students at their 50th annual Membership Meeting. In 1974, Frances C. Granata was the first President of the SUNY Fredonia Federal Credit Union. In her honor, the 26th annual ...

Why does it sometimes seem that the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointments? How do we learn to be thankful and appreciative for the little things? Everyday, working with children with disabilities, I learned how to appreciate and look for the little things. We had to ...

During a recent meeting of the Chautauqua County American Legion, a check was presented to Shawnee Guadino, Army veteran still serving and the Community Outreach Coordinator for Pawsitive for Heroes of WNY and her service dog. The money was collected through the Commanders Project for Past ...

Ignorance. The word is derived from Latin, meaning 1) a lack of knowledge, and/or 2) a disregard for what is known. When applying the word as it might describe an individual person, there is a slight dichotomy here. The first definition is clear; an ignorant person just doesn’t have ...