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Community Notebook November 10, 2026

Thanksgiving Basket Project is this weekend The annual food collection for the Chautauqua County Rural Ministry Thanksgiving Basket Project will again be at the Pomfret Town Hall 9 Day St. in Fredonia. On Saturday from noon until 3 p.m. and again on Sunday from 9 a.m. until noon volunteers will be ready to accept donations of frozen turkeys, hams and chickens, canned goods and non-perishable food to assist the Chautauqua County Rural Ministry for Thanksgiving Baskets for area needy families. Cash, gift cards and checks made payable to "Chautauqua County Rural Ministry" will also be ...

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Local/Region November 9, 2026

MONDAY, NOV. 9 United Senior Citizens meeting Falcon Club, 341 Lake Shore Drive E., Dunkirk, 12 p.m. Membership dues $5 per year. For lunch reservations, send $16 check made out to United Senior Citizens to Evonne Hennebery, PO Box 706, Dunkirk, NY 14048 the previous Thursday.. Sheridan VFW Auxiliary meeting Post 6390, 2556 Main Road, (Route 20 W.), 6:30 p.m. St. Vincent dePaul meeting TLV Center, 296 Lake Shore Drive E., Dunkirk, room 106, 7 p.m. TUESDAY, NOV. 10 Dunkirk and Fredonia Fire Department Retirees breakfast Central Station Restaurant, 332 Central Ave., Dunkirk, 9 ...

WACS hears capital project update, cost concerns

Local/Region November 9, 2026

Westfield Academy and Central School Board of Education members learned that the district's Capital Improvement Project is about 57% complete at their meeting this month. WACS Superintendent Ryan Sikorski spoke about the tour of the construction area that he and the board took that very day, led by the architects and project managers. "The progress so far is very impressive," he said. "The locker rooms will be unveiled in November and the staff and students are excited for that." Business Manager Josh Melquist reported that the change orders for the Capital Improvement Project total ...