Watches are used to keep track of time, making sure we get to appointments when needed and help us make sense of our day. However, you do not need a watch or a clock to experience a timeframe commonly known as “golden hour.” Happening twice a day at sunrise and sunset, this is 60 minutes I ...
The Bud ‘n Bloom Garden Club held its annual spring banquet in May in the luxurious dining room of the newly reopened White Inn in Fredonia. In keeping with the spring gardening theme, the White Inn gardeners had added groupings of bright blue salvia to their front landscaping. The banquet ...
As a writer, I often stare into oblivion, hoping that some idea comes flying out of the blue, penetrates my mind and speaks: “This is it! The Jackpot! You’re really gonna knock ‘em dead with this one!” Recently, in such a self-induced stupor, I chanced to look down at my hand and was surprised to see my left forefinger (the one I use when arguing with an imaginary friend) had morphed into some kind of gnarly, lumpy, blunt claw, all swollen at the top joint. Meanwhile, my right pinky, having ballooned in the middle, looks like an unhappy jumbo shrimp trying to straighten itself ...
Troop 267 held its quarterly Court of Honor last month in Fredonia, marking the final ceremony of the 2024-25 Scouting year. The event celebrated growth, leadership, and a wide array of accomplishments from the troop’s dedicated Scouts and adult leaders. Families, guests, and members of ...
There was plenty to celebrate at WNY P-TECH’s Senior Advancement ceremony last month at Dunkirk Senior High School. Several students were wrapping up their final year of school and planning to enter the workforce or military; other students were preparing for their first semester at SUNY ...
I can’t even Imagine going to work, doing what I was expected to do, going home and leaving everything about work at the door when I leave, and then receiving a steady paycheck and whatever benefits go along with that job. For many, this is reality, with no thought or idea of anything ...
