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Westfield Planning Board to meet WESTFIELD – The Westfield Planning Board will be holding two additional work session meetings in May. The first is May 6 beginning at 4 p.m. and the other is May 20 at 4 p.m. These meetings are in addition to the planning board’s regular meeting scheduled for May 8 at 7:30 a.m. All meetings take place in the North Room of Eason Hall. Pine Hill Cemetery annual meeting set GOWANDA – The annual meeting of Gowanda Pine Hill Cemetery will be on Saturday, May 11 at 10 a.m., at the cemetery. In case of rain, it will be at the Gowanda Municipal ...

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May computer classes set for library The Dunkirk Public Library, 536 Central Ave., has announced the following computer classes: May 9 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.: Library Ancestry Edition; May 14 from 1 to 2 p.m.: Accessing Your Cloud Storage; May 21 from 1 to 2 p.m.: Smartphones; May 22 from 5 to 6:30 p.m.: Library Ancestry Edition; May 23 from 1 to 2 p.m. Managing Your Cloud Storage; May 28 from 1 to 2 p.m.: Email Clean-up; May 29 from 1 to 2 p.m.: Tablet Use; May 30 from 1 to 2 p.m. Organizing Folders. Call 716 366-2511 to reserve a seat. Gain valuable tech skills by coming to ...

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Brush collection planned in village The village of Fredonia will be picking up limbs and yard waste beginning Monday at 7 a.m. Collection will continue until every Village street has been completed. Bags and brush are collected separately by different crews. All items for collection must be at the curb no later than 7 a.m. Monday. In no case will there be a repeat collection of areas completed. Yard waste must be bagged or in barrels and residents are encouraged to use biodegradable bags or barrels and all limbs and brush must be tied with twine. Limbs and brush must be cut no ...

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Flower sale underway in Gowanda GOWANDA — It is that time of year to support the Gowanda Kiwanis Club with their annual geranium/flower sale. Buyers can purchase individual geraniums, flats, stock plants, fern, impatiens, geranium, fuchsia, petunia hanging baskets and new this year is a "patriot patio pot" If you'd like to purchase plants please call Sue 716-532-0728, Joan/Jerry 716-532-4544 or stop into Johnson's Plumbing at 57 Commercial St. to place your order. Orders are due by this weekend and plant delivery will be May 15 and 16 at Mentley Funeral Home. Open house on ...

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Taste of South set for May 3 The Juneteenth 2024 Celebration Committee will be sponsoring the Annual Taste of the South on Friday, May 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Open Door No. 3 Church of God in Christ, 59 Lake Shore Drive West, Dunkirk. Dinners will be take-out only. The Annual Taste of the South is a Southern style African American down home barbecue featuring for dinner bar-b-que ribs, bar-b-que chicken, shredded pork, macaroni and cheese, green beans with white potatoes, and cornbread. The dinner will also include a taste of many Southern dishes such as sweet potato casserole, ...

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Westfield Village Board to meet WESTFIELD – The Westfield Village Board of Trustees has scheduled a village board meeting to be held on Monday, April 29, at 7 p.m. in the North Room of Eason Hall to review and potentially approve the Utility Fund Budgets (Electric, Water & Sewer) for the 2024-25 budget year. Fredonia road work starts Monday Road construction will begin Monday on White Street and Center Street from Main Street to Barker Street in the village of Fredonia. There will be no on street parking. Expect delays while work is being completed. It is encouraged to ...