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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 ...

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Barker Library announces September programs The Darwin R. Barker Library, located at 7 Day St., Fredonia is planning a number of events for the coming weeks, including: ¯ Children’s programs — from Sept. 11 through Oct. 3. Barker Library storytimes will be Mondays at 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers and Tuesdays, afterschool at 4:15 p.m. for all ages. Join in for stories, movies, crafts and play. All children are welcome. No registration is necessary. ¯ Book sale — come one, come all to the annual Barker Library book sale, which will take place Monday, Sept. 25 through Saturday, ...

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Silver Creek Senior Citizens meet SILVER CREEK — The Silver Creek Seniors met on Aug 22 with 31 members and guests present. President Sally Conover opened the meeting with everyone saying the pledge to the flag and singing “God Bless America”. She then welcomed Brooks and Debby from South Carolina and Penny Goebel. Chaplain Pauline Flitt read the passage “After the Storm is Over.” Lunch included a wide variety of salads and desserts. The 50-50 winners were Stan Thompson, Eleanor Lemiszko and Joan Militello. Winners of the gifts were Janice Snyder, Jeanne Blakely and ...

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Baby show set for Sept. 9 SINCLAIRVILLE — A Beautiful Baby show will be held at the Sinclairville History Fair on Saturday, Sept. 9. The show will be held at 11 a.m. at the firehall and is open to any baby under 2 years old. There will be prizes in several categories and each baby entered will receive a small gift. There is no prior registration, just show up at the firehall with your baby at least 15 minutes prior to the contest. Amateur radio club names new board member Dunkirk resident Paul Fafinski has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Northern Chautauqua ...

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SINCLAIRVILLE — The Cassadaga Valley Central School Board will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the superintendent’s conference room in the district office and via zoom at https://zoom.us/j/4674970239 to discuss employment matters and the hiring of a new superintendent of schools.

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Author to be at museum Saturday Rick Barram, a retired history and theater arts teacher, and is the author of the “72nd NY Infantry in the Civil War: A History and Roster.” The author will be available for questions, discussion, and book signing on the lawn of the Darwin R. Barker Museum on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the Fredonia Farm Festival. Barram also wrote “Dear Uncles: The Civil War Letters of Arthur McKinstry, a Soldier in the Excelsior Brigade.” In the book, he compiled letters sent from Private McKinstry to his family and to the local newspaper, ...