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School 7 names top students

Dunkirk School 7 is proud to announce the Students of the Month for September. In the front row are: Juan Classen, Sophie Braunscheider, Conor Ganey, Mireya Vega, Echo Texidor. Back Row: Levi Gold, Madelyn Janora, Emilian Ramos Garcia, Felicity Delvalle (School 7 Board Student of the Month ...

A Bedford patent offers a clue to frozen grape juice

Frederick W. Bedford’s work with frozen juice concentrate went beyond freezing juice. A 1944 patent assigned to Bedford Products describes a way to recover more juice after concentrate was separated from ice. The patent uses grape juice as its example, but Bedford was not claiming the ...

Administrative employees receive service awards

Five employees at the State University of New York at Fredonia have received the 2026 Finance and Administration Outstanding Administrative Service Award. The awards are given in recognition of exemplary service to the university. Collectively, the recipients represent all major departments ...

Life’s journeys all begin with a dream

When I first went away to college, I registered for an elective course in Eastern religions. As a rebel without a clue at a conservative school, it seemed the right thing to do. At the time, the radical hippie movement was morphing into a kind of cerebral escapism that fused recreational ...

Special horses offer lifetime of trust, care

Like people, horses have unique personalities. Are those personalities shaped by breeding, life experiences, or both? At Centaur Stride Therapeutic Riding Center, we have learned that while breeding may tell part of a horse’s story, their experiences and the trust they develops with people ...

Cannabis store approved by Pomfret board

POMFRET — The first permanent marijuana retail shop in the town of Pomfret has been approved. The Pomfret Zoning Board recently granted a special use permit to Empire Smoke Shop 9 for the operation of a cannabis retail dispensary in an existing commercial building. The cannabis shop will ...