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Special connection always on display at Centaur Stride

The bond between horse and human is built on trust, recognition, and a quiet kind of love. What makes an animal a service or therapy animal? Is it the training, the loyalty, the connection, or perhaps the special garments, paperwork, and fees that sometimes accompany that designation? ...

Intermediate school lists top students

Dunkirk Intermediate School's September Students of the Month have been announced. They include: Tyler Roeth-Marrelli, Nellie Watts, Aliyah Roman Melendez, Kaliyah Rodriguez, Kyliani Santiago Rivera, Abielys Pedrogo, Braelyn Blynt, Elizabeth White, Isaac Billick, Divina Rivera, Tristan Correa, ...

Club hears history of artist Norman Rockwell

Joyce Haines presented her paper on notable New Yorker, Norman Rockwell, at a recent meeting of the Fredonia Shakespeare Club, hosted by Ms. Lucille Richardson. Although Norman Perceval Rockwell was born in New York City in 1884, making him a Notable New Yorker, he moved to Vermont and ...

NCCF sets Jan. 15 deadline for community grants

The annual deadline for submitting applications to three grant programs will now be Jan. 15 of each year. Applicants are encouraged to plan ahead and submit their requests by the new deadline. To obtain information on a specific program, please reach out to these fund representatives: Ripley Community & Heritage Fund, Pete Ryan (716-252-6542); Silver Creek-Irving Heritage Fund, Kathy Tampio (716-679-5157); and The Westfield Fund, Alan Holbrook (716-753-0829). NCCF encourages eligible nonprofit organizations and community groups to learn more about the grant opportunities available ...

Rotary donates to Mayville Library

During September, Westfield-Mayville Rotary Club members visited the Mayville Library and viewed the 67 books that were purchased through a matching Club-Rotary District 7090 grant totaling $1,000. Melissa Bartok welcomed and thanked the club and Grant's Chair, Janese Berkhouse for the ...

Students part of ‘memorable’ moment

The Westfield Teachers Association sponsored a wreath for the eighth-graders to lay at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., during their Gettysburg-Washington, D.C., trip. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier represents the many who sacrificed and ...