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Thirty years ago — 1994 Welch’s will reintroduce a new collector series of jam and jelly glasses. The firm, which is based in Concord, Mass., and has a local plant in Westfield, will produce jellies and jams in collectible glasses featuring Looney Tunes characters. The products will be on the shelves of area grocery stores soon. The original Welch’s Looney Tunes glasses were sold in 1974 and featured characters such as “Bugs Bunny,” “Daffy Duck” and “Wile E. Coyote.” Forty years ago — 1984 There is apparently very little chance of the state this year installing ...

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Twenty years ago — 1994 Robert and Rose Reisman of Fredonia were honored with the Fredonia Kiwanis Club Elder Salute Award for the month of April. Mr. and Mrs. Reisman are the first married couple to receive the award. In making the presentation, program chairman Mac McCoy said the couple applies a “team effort” to community service. The award was presented recently at the Kiwanis meeting held at the White Inn in Fredonia. Thirty years ago — 1984 A group of local investors is in the process of forming a corporation to purchase Bart’s Marina in Dunkirk and expand its ...

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Thirty years ago — 1994 Following a heated public hearing, the Sheridan Town Board voted unanimously to deny a special use permit for a compost operation on New Road. The action will keep responsibility for regulating the compost operation within the town. Angry residents spoke out at the public hearing, which was called by the Sheridan Zoning Board of Appeals. The hearing was on a request to modify a special use permit for a composting operation which would include materials that receive approval from the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Forty years ago — ...

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Thirty years ago — 1994 David Goodworth of Fredonia, a teacher’s aide at Fredonia Elementary School, composed the song “Dare,” which was recently declared the county DARE theme song, right at home on his electronic keyboard/synthesizer. The recording in audio and video form is one of the latest tools Fredonia DARE Program Coordinator Officer Patrick Ambrose is using in helping motivate youngsters to stay on the right track and avoid drugs and other tempting taboos of growing up. Forty years ago — 1984 The Great Lakes Color Corp. has begun installation of a new offset press ...

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Thirty years ago — 1994 James Noto will be among the five honorees at the second annual St. Sebastian Awards Luncheon in Buffalo. The award recognizes sustained and dedicated service given to Catholic elementary school athletics. It is named after St. Sebastian, patron saint of athletics. Noto is the boys’ basketball coach at Northern Chautauqua Catholic School, Father Baker League, Dunkirk. He also has coached boys’ basketball for the Msgr. O’Connor League at NCCS and at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Dunkirk. Forty years ago — 1984 From the Reporter’s Notebook ... ...

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Thirty years ago — 1994 A small but enthusiastic group recently met to discuss plans for the revitalization of Lake Erie State Park along Route 5 in the town of Portland near Brocton. A 1989 feasibility study suggested a possible harbor area at the park, which is the smallest in the Allegany State Park Region. Other suggestions were to increase the present camping area in the park, swimming facilities, expansion of nature trails, a snack bar or areas for cross-country skiing. Forty years ago — 1984 State Department of Transportation workers were busy repairing a large hole in ...