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‘Future physician’ to receive Lanford award

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Acquiring experience in medical care was the right prescription for Julia T. Skiba to receive the State University of New York at Fredonia’s highest academic honor. The senior Molecular Genetics major from Troy, will receive the Lanford Presidential Prize at the university’s 199th ...

Chautauqua Lake suffers walk-off defeat

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BEMUS POINT — The top of the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 2 baseball standings are so tight that one pitch could decide a league champion. The latest proof came Saturday. Maple Grove trailed 7-3 entering the bottom of the seventh inning, but came all the way ...

An ‘amazing’ tenure

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Linda Kaminski was met with a standing ovation in the Fredonia High School Library as her decision to retire from the Wheelock School at the end of this year became final. The Board of Education, administration, and guests in the audience stood to applaud 38 years of Kaminski’s dedication to ...

Fredonia hotel owner fights closure

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Dunkirk Hospitality LLC is fighting the village of Fredonia’s attempts to force those staying at the former Route 60 EconoLodge to leave the building. The company filed an Article 78 lawsuit Friday asking the state Supreme Court to annul and vacate Fredonia’s April 27 direction to vacate ...

Health officials discuss smoking, vaping challenges

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The good news is that traditional tobacco smoking rates in Chautauqua County are declining. The bad news is that vaping appears to be taking its place. Members of the county Health Department recently gave a presentation at a legislature committee meeting regarding smoking and vaping. ...

PVCS budget, reserves facing scrutiny

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SOUTH DAYTON — The 2026-27 Pine Valley school budget proposal shows no tax increase to district residents. Never has a zero-increase drawn more criticism. The reason for the objection is less about this year, but more about how things got to this point. Joe Kortz, a member of the South ...