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Dash for Cash tickets still available Dash for Cash tickets with a theme of Kickoff for Kindness are available for a limited time as a fund-raiser for the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Chautauqua County. Tickets are $25 each. The grand-prize drawing will be Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Clarion Hotel in Dunkirk. The purchase allows for the ticket holder and guest to attend the Clarion event for appetizers. Only 500 tickets will be sold and checks need to be made payable to the BGC of NCC. For more information, call 716-785-1053. The Boys & Girls Club is a community partner of the ...

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Portland fire board meets Monday PORTLAND — The Board of Commissioners of the Portland Fire District will be holding its September meeting on Monday at 7 p.m. instead of the usual time of 7:30 due to the change of date for the departmental meeting. The review and audit of bills will take place at 6:30. CVCS board to gather on Wednesday SINCLAIRVILLE — The Cassadaga Valley Central School Board will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, in the middle-high school multi-purpose room. Laona church holding spaghetti dinner The Laona United Methodist Church will be holding ...

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Blessing of Grapes set for Tuesday SILVER CREEK — On Tuesday morning at 8:30, the sixth annual “Blessing of the Grapes” Mass will take place at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. This is normally the first event of Silver Creek’s Festival of Grapes. Growers can bring baskets of their grapes, or samples of juices, wine musts or wine, prior to mass, so that they can be blessed by Father Dan Fiebelkorn. He will lead a prayer of gratitude for the harvest and for the safety of the growers and all workers during harvest. This Mass is in memory of fellow members of our local grape ...

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Can and bottle drive Saturday in city The Blessed Mary Angela Holy Name Society is announcing its last can and bottle drive of the season. Collection will take place on Saturday in the St. Hedwig Church Roberts Road parking lot from 9 a.m. until noon. In appreciation for the public’s support the Holy Name Society will be serving complimentary hot dogs starting at 10 a.m. The Holy Name Society would also like to thank Marcus Promber and Can Kings for their loyal support of their can drives in 2023 and looking forward to working with Can Kings in the future. 9/11 ceremony planned ...

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Farm Bill Listening Session planned A Farm Bill Listening Session has been announced by U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy. The event will be at the Cornell Cooperative Extension location in Portland. U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson of Pennsylvania – who serves as House Committee Agriculture Chairman — will be Langworthy’s guest during the event from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Those hoping to attend must RSVP at RepLangworthyinfo@mail.house.gov or by calling 716-547-7844. Coffee club meeting The Roblin Steel Coffee Club will meet at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 8, at Demetri’s in ...

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History Fair parade seeks participants The Sinclairville History Fair Committee is looking for groups, floats, local officials, cars and motorcycles to participate in the History Fair Parade on Saturday Sept. 9. The parade begins line-up at 9 a.m. at the Sinclairville Elementary School with step-off at 10 a.m. Groups can register by calling 716-665-1261 or just showing up early enough to get logged on the participant sheet. The parade kicks off a day long event that ends at 9 p.m. with fireworks. There will be several free events throughout the day along with musical groups, a ...