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Annual used book sale begins at Anderson-Lee Library

SILVER CREEK — It’s that time of year! Held the weekend of the Grape Festival, Anderson-Lee Library, located at 43 Main St., invites patrons to stop at the library for some wonderful used books and loads of jigsaw puzzles. Get a first look at what is being offered during the presale ...

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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16 Tops NY 890 meeting First United Presbyterian Church, 35 Park Place, Silver Creek. Weigh-ins begin at 8:45 a.m., meeting starts at 9:35 a.m. All are welcome. Use the Main Street entrance. For details, call 716 680-0313. Dunkirk Farmers’ Market Dunkirk Senior Center Pavilion, 45 Cliffstar Court, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vegetables, fruit, herbs, preserves, honey, baked goods, meat, eggs, dairy, more. EBT/SNAP, WIC benefits accepted. SUNY Fredonia Constitution Day program Williams Center Multipurpose room, 11 a.m. Speaker Cory McCants, producer, reporter for Buffalo ...

Aspen Dental closes Dunkirk location

OBSERVER Photo by Gregory Bacon Aspen Dental has closed its location on Vineyard Drive, Dunkirk. Customers were sent a letter advising them of the decision, which took effect Sept. 1, and invited them to continue at their location in Blasdell. Aspen Dental also has a location in Lakewood. ...

PGA Tour will have an elite tier

The PGA Tour announced new eligibility for its two-tier model in 2028 that treats the elite Championship Series tournaments with equal standing as the four majors and The Players Championship. It also spells out clearly how to reach — and stay on — the top level. The simplified system does away with five-year exemptions for winning majors, The Players and the FedEx Cup. Those are now two-year exemptions on the Championship Series, with an additional two years on the lesser Challenger Series. Winners of Championship Series events also will get a two-year exemption on the elite ...

Ten years later, Kaepernick remains unpersuasive

A decade later, Colin Kaepernick is as tiresome as ever. To mark the 10-year anniversary of his kneeling during the National Anthem, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback is out with a new memoir, "The Perilous Fight." (Get it?) In an interview with NBC News in advance of the book's release, which he clearly imagines as part of a vindication tour, he proved himself as committed to woke racial politics as ever. He told NBC that his protests were about fighting "police killing black folks" and "systemic oppression." He added that he was thinking -- not very modestly -- about ...

McCarthy vague on Porter’s status

PITTSBURGH — Mike McCarthy is pretty much over talking about Joey Porter Jr.'s back and his contract situation. Until one or the other is resolved — having both go away seems unlikely in the short term — the Pittsburgh Steelers coach might have to. While McCarthy's debut for his ...