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Symmetry in nature

Next time you are touring your garden, walking on wooded trails, or exploring a beachside scenery, look for immaculate swirling patterns. These can be found in the center of a sunflower, a snail’s shell, the base of an unopened pinecone, and seen as a fern just begins to unfurl its leaves. ...

Two receive SUNY award for excellence

Two State University of New York at Fredonia students in the schools of Music and Business have received SUNY’s highest honor for outstanding achievement. Taylor Kelly, a candidate for a Mus.B. in Music Education, of Cape Coral, FL, and David Sudbrink, a dual major in Public Accountancy ...

Top students are named in Brocton

BROCTON — Students of the month at Brocton Central School have been announced for May. Lydia Lopez has been selected for the Middle School. She is currently a seventh-grader residing in Brocton with her mother, Yadira Lopez. She is a member of the soccer team. Her commitment to the sport ...

Forestville honor, merit rolls announced

FORESTVILLE — Forestville Middle and High School have announced third quarter honor and merit rolls. Twelfth Grade High Honor Roll — Benjamin Bock, Kaitlyn Kellerman, Madison Kellerman, Hannah Kwilos, Kaitlyn LoManto, Clare O’Connell, Joshua Press. Twelfth Grade Honor Roll — Anderson Cross, Ryan Castellano, Chase Dakin, Aydon Heim, Avery Militello, Libby Militello, Ellianna Smith, Sophia Voigt, Tyler Waugh, Jade Work. Twelfth Grade Merit Roll — Gamal Alhyani, Kelli Connolly, Arianna Dzielski, Christian Kielar, Devin Thomas, Isis Woodard, Justice Yarborough. Eleventh ...

Investing, caring for our animals

All animals deserve proper care. At Centaur Stride, we teach horsemanship, which includes caring for the horses. Each lesson has a component of grooming and tacking. Our programs all have a different focus depending on the needs of the client or the group. When we have field trips or ...

There is a magic in sounds of yesterday

This essay is a more serious take on the sounds of summer, a topic I wrote about recently. It comes in response to friends who chimed in via Facebook with some precious memories from their past here in northern Chautauqua County. I feel obliged (happily) to share those memories and to recollect summers of my life at a time when the world was a bit quieter. Don Stachowiak recalls “the evening bark” of neighborhood dogs participating in a “group chat.” Ned Divine remembers how his “Shep” used to sing in the “doggy choir” that really took off with the sirens of ...