Thirty years ago — 1993 Dunkirk native Dr. James Elias recently joined the Fredonia optometric practice of Dr. Steven Ihrig. A graduate of Dunkirk High School, Dr. Elias is the son of Patricia Elias of Dunkirk and the late Constantine “Gus” Elias. He received his doctor of optometry ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 In an OBSERVER photo, Tim Gibbons, a clerk at the Atlantic A plus mini market in Dunkirk, holds up a sign brought to his store by three local teenagers who are participating in the “No Proof — No Puffs” campaign, which is a county-wide effort to remind store ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 A new college mathematics textbook by Dr. H. Joseph Straight of Fredonia invites students to sample a challenging area of mathematics known as combinatorics. Just published by Brooks/Cole, “Combinatorics: An Invitation” was extensively student tested in classes ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 The Fredonia Planning Board gave its preliminary approval to David Ryel to renovate the former Agway Service Station into a Texas Hot Dog Stand. The building has been vacant for more than a year, following Agway’s decision to pull out of the East Main Street ...

Thirty years ago — 1993 For the first time in the history of Fredonia State University College, a fulltuition scholarship has been created to place the brightest high school students in its freshman class. With a grant from the Fredonia College Foundation, 25 freshmen with high school ...

Forty years ago — 1983 An OBSERVER photographer snapped Charles Kelley of Thayer Hill Road, Portland as he was busy trimming grape vines on the Irving Powell farm in the town of Portland. The farm on Church Street and Thayer Hill Road has 112 acres of grapes. Fifty years ago — 1973 The ...