Editor’s note: This is the first of two parts. There was a time when a drive from Westfield through Sheridan and Fredonia to Dunkirk passed through one of Western New York's most remarkable concentrations of agriculture and food manufacturing. Some names remain familiar. Others have ...
CASSADAGA — The Cassadaga Legion Auxiliary Unit 1280 held their summer “dish-to-share” get-together, Tuesday, Aug. 11. Prayer was given before dinner by Patricia Hayward. There was a great variety of foods, and conversation was enjoyed by all. A short informal meeting followed the ...
The 59th annual Wojcinski Family Reunion was held at the lower pavilion at Russell Joy Park on Sunday August 2, 2026, with 60 family members and friends in attendance. Hosting the event, once again, were Connie and Bobek Wojcinski and family, daughter Allison and Josh Richir and daughter ...
The fall session of the New Horizons Band of Western New York is set to begin on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at the SUNY Fredonia School of Music under the direction of Joseph Newton, our new music director. Many current and past members had spent decades away from instruments they initially learned ...
Nostalgia — that bittersweet feeling we get when reminiscing about the past, about simpler times when the world was softer, warmer, fuzzier. It can be therapeutic to let your mind wander to some place where a really good thing happened. In general, I try to avoid thinking about the past. For me personally, there is always the danger of a dark page popping even as I’m trying to hone in on an otherwise pleasant chapter. Or a reminder of a failed endeavor, or the dreams that never came true. And in general, there isn’t much point in trying to square what happened back then with what ...
“Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” --- Philippians 4:8 Whatever your beliefs, focusing on these things can help set our minds—and ...
