Breaking News

Legion honors four Fredonia students in ceremony

In July, the Fredonia American Legion Post 59 Women’s Auxiliary recognized 3 applicants for the Legion’s Department of Education Scholarships. The Auxiliary also recognized its 2026 Girls State participant. A reception was hosted by the auxiliary and included members, the students and ...

Healing with Horses: Seeing, believing in a better lifestyle

What if years of scientific research eventually revealed that many seemingly different diseases have more in common than we ever imagined? While every diagnosis has its own causes and treatments, researchers across many disciplines are increasingly discovering common threads: the body's ...

Youth effort makes difference in Westfield

WESTFIELD — The Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation, in partnership with the YWCA Westfield's Girls Leadership Initiative, recently celebrated the impact of youth-led philanthropy benefiting the Westfield Recreation Department. The initiative was made possible through support from the ...

Large egos ultimately decide fate of world

In August of 1945, President Harry S Truman made the momentous decision to go ahead with a plan to use nuclear bombs against Japan. It was a lose-lose situation, justified in the end simply by calculating the number of potential fatalities — how many people would die if we used it versus if we conducted a full invasion of Japan. Truman’s decision has been criticized and defended ever since, and recently re-examined in the film “Oppenheimer.” Truman grew up in a middle class, Presbyterian family in an agricultural environment in Missouri. His early adult life involved five years ...

Pagano family reunion marks 70 years

The 70th Pagano Family Reunion was held on Saturday, July 25, at Willow Creek Winery with 143 people in attendance. It was a sunny, warm and beautiful day and the festivities began with a welcome and blessing given by Paul Carlson. As always, there were theme basket raffles, white ...

DAR visits Erie museum

Benjamin Prescott Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution enjoyed an outing to Erie Maritime Museum. From Left to right: Kari Wendell, Vice Regent; Carol Abell; Linda Kuzara, Secretary; Myra Johnston, Regent; Elizabeth Sedlemayer, Historian; Sandy Haskin; Jan Bobseine, Prospective; ...