Thirty years ago — 1993 Brocton Central School’s student newspaper, The Brocton Review, received the “Best Newspaper” award at the 12th annual Western New York Press Association conference held at Fredonia State University College. Nearly 300 students from 18 western New York high ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 Joyce Johnson has retired after serving 25 years as the librarian at the Cassadaga Branch Library. Mrs. Johnson says she’s planning to be the new village library’s most faithful patron. The new facility is nearing completion and plans call for it to be open by ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 The Monday Evening Literary Club celebrated its 100th birthday recently with dinner and remembrances of days gone by at Haus Talblick in Gowanda. The program, “M.E.L.C. Through the Decades,” featured skits for each decade, highlighting significant changes that ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 Lucas M. Czekanski, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Czekanski of Dunkirk received his Eagle Scout award during ceremonies at St. Hyacinth’s lyceum. A member of Boy Scout Troop 254, Lucas is a junior at Dunkirk High School. For his Eagle project, he supervised the ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 Buster Bison brings smiles to the faces of several young fans during an appearance at Dunkirk School 6. Buster is shown in a photo holding Nicholas Dudzic, along with Robert Lawrence, Jennifer Aldrich and Pamela Ross, who were attending Buffalo Bison Night, ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 Terry Anderson, former Associated Press Middle East bureau chief held captive by terrorists for almost seven years, will be the featured speaker at this year’s Chautauqua County Democratic Committee fund-raising dinner. Since his release, he has spent his time ...