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Opera House series to screen ‘Lee’

FREDONIA – The Cinema Series at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center continues with the World War II biopic “Lee” on Saturday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. “Lee” portrays a pivotal decade in the life of American war correspondent and photographer, Lee Miller (Kate ...

JCC Holds Student Art, Design Exhibition

Jamestown Community College’s Juried Student Art & Design Exhibition is on display until Friday at the Weeks Gallery on the second floor of the Jamestown Campus Sheldon Center. The event is free, open to the public, and features student works from all JCC campus locations. ...

Funny Pages To Show At Reg Lenna Center For The Arts

Funny Pages (Wednesday at 7 p.m.) is a coming-of-age story. When Robert, a high school student and aspiring cartoonist, rejects the comforts of suburban life, dropping out of school and leaving home, he finds an unwilling teacher and unwitting friend in Wallace — a former low-level comic ...

New Horizons Plans Free Concert Wednesday

FREDONIA — The 50-member New Horizons Band of Western New York will present their Spring Concert at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The free concert will be in the Harry A. King Concert Hall on the SUNY Fredonia campus. The concert is dedicated to Janet Stout, co- founder of the New Horizons Band of ...

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Off The Beaten Trail

We have been traveling for 18 days on our uncharted, breakout trip to New England, after 16 months of staying close to home because of Covid-19 restrictions. We have seen breathtaking views, heard interesting stories, searched for eateries and overnight accommodations and happened upon crazy ...

A Ride On The Cog Railroad

After my husband, Fred, and I had had enough of staying close to home for over a year, we decided it was time to take to the road again. I would have been alarmed to see how close to comfortable we had become with the earlier situation, if not for our frequent drives on many back roads in ...

Hanging Out In New Hampshire

My husband and I decided it was past time to get on the road, therefore we left home on fairly short notice and have traveled through the Finger Lakes area, looked at a few locks and have happily wandered around Vermont and New Hampshire. All of this was done without a plan, other than to go ...

Road Less Traveled

A very long period of staying relatively close to home, caused my spouse and me to break out for an impulse trip. Our only goal was to head toward New England. We planned to take the road less traveled and turn where we saw signs telling of something of interest ahead. We did a bit of ...

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Picnic Season In Hickory Heights

Picnics took on various purposes through the years. Sometimes we had picnics when the men were working. That meant that either my sister-in-law and her family traveled or we did. In those days we ran two farms together. When the men worked at the lower farm, the picnic was there. When they ...

Stillwater Church Marks 25 Years

​ Call it twenty-five years, two and a half decades, a quarter century or 9,132 days. Whatever you call it, the people of Koinonia Christian Fellowship are excited and ready to celebrate their church’s big anniversary in many ways. One of those ways is the creation of a cookbook. Church ...

Forget-Me-Not Isn’t Only A Flower

Of all the things I’ve lost I miss my mind the most. I wish that old cliche were not so appropriate. I don’t know who said that first, but he or she was a perceptive genius, and definitely over sixty – the age when chronic forgetfulness moves in permanently. What are you saying to ...

You’re A Grand Old Flag

One of my favorite projects that I had my students take part in. for maybe about the last ten years of my career, was our annual tribute to one of the symbols of our country, our Red, White and Blue, our Stars and Stripes, our Banner of Freedom, our American Flag. The idea of a Flag Day ...

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Experiencing The Golden Hour

Watches are used to keep track of time, making sure we get to appointments when needed and help us make sense of our day. However, you do not need a watch or a clock to experience a timeframe commonly known as “golden hour.” Happening twice a day at sunrise and sunset, this is 60 minutes I ...

Fifty-Plus Years On Chautauqua Lake

My parents started vacationing with my brother and me on Chautauqua Lake when I was four years old. At age ten, I began piloting a small boat to fish. We vacationed at Point Chautauqua each summer where we fished the rocky bottoms along Point Chautauqua to the Vikings Club for smallmouth bass ...

Bugs Are Sure To light Up Night

It’s the last day of June and I’m standing under the overhang on my back deck protected from the last drips of a rainstorm. It’s past nine o’clock but not quite dark yet. But the yard is starting to light up, one or two flashes at a time. It’s lightning bug season. These flashing, ...

Rain, Rain, Go Away! Or Not?

Something seems a little different with the weather we’ve been having here in Western New York. This spring has been a lot wetter than the previous springs I’ve experienced. Most people I talk about the weather with, or even just causally mention rain to, agree that this amount of rain is ...

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Medicare Plans That Cover Overseas Trips

Question: I am traveling to Europe this summer. How will my Medicare insurance cover me? Answer: As with most questions I get, my answer is: it depends! So, let’s run down a couple of common situations. When you are using your Original Medicare Part A & B with a Medicare Supplement ...

Answering Questions About Medicare Coverage

Question: I turned 65 earlier this year and enrolled in Medicare and an additional Medicare Advantage Plan. When do I change my coverage again, when I turn 66 or is there another time? Answer: Congratulations on making it through your Initial Open Enrollment Period (IEP) when you turned 65. ...

Fall Is Best Time To Look For Plans

Question: I turned 65 earlier this year and enrolled in Medicare and an additional Medicare Advantage Plan. When do I change my coverage again, when I turn 66 or is there another time? Answer: Congratulations on making it through your Initial Open Enrollment Period (IEP) when you ...

Will Medicare Pay For Pre-Existing Medical Problems?

Question: I am turning 65 later this year, how will Medicare handle the coverage of my already existing medical problems? Answer: Congratulations on reaching Medicare eligibility! Your coverage with Medicare is very comprehensive. When you become Medicare eligible, Medicare covers all your ...

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Peer Mediators Hitting Their Stride At Washington Middle School

Students and staff at Washington Middle School continue to make progress in a program designed to make their school a better place. In its second year, peer mediators at Washington are already making an impact on resolving conflicts at school. Peer mediators are neutral facilitators in a ...

Washington Staff Looks To ‘Empower Students’ Through PBIS Program

Washington Middle School administrations and staff members are putting that “fun” into Fridays. Washington students have been taking part in a monthly “Fun Friday Activity Hour” as part of the schools’ PBIS (Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports) Tier 1 rewards system. ...

Fletcher Students Learn Keyboard Basics In Music Class

“Can you find the two bunny ears?” asked Sofia Isabella to students in her fourth grade music class at Fletcher Elementary School. The school’s music room looked like a sea of keyboards — indeed, Isabella wasn’t referring to rabbits. “Bunny ears” instead were references to ...

Fletcher Community Welcomes Therapy Dog To School

Michelle Trussalo knew early on that her goldendoodle, Dwight, was capable of bringing joy to anyone who encountered him. “Since I adopted Dwight, he’s always had such a gentle and loving temperament,” said Trussalo, assistant principal at Fletcher Elementary School. “I always tried ...

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Births

KNOPP - To Cortland and Emily Knopp (Davis) of Rochester on Aug. 17, 2024, a son, Owen James Knopp. Grandparents are John and Karen Davis of Frewsburg, N.Y., and James and Polly Knopp of Westfield, N.Y.

Births

PAGE — To Mike and Julie Page of Busti, July 24, 2023, in UPMC Chautauqua, Jamestown, a daughter, Savannah Emerald Page. Grandparents are Joette Giambra and Pat and Rick Page.

Births

KNOPP — To Cortland and Emily Knopp (Davis) of Rochester on Nov. 12, 2022, a daughter, Hazel Jean Knopp. Grandparents are John and Karen Davis of Frewsburg, N.Y., and James and Polly Knopp of Westfield, N.Y.

Births

SAEGER — To Gregory and Cindy Saeger, of West Ellicott, Jamestown, born on Oct. 23, 2022, at Magee Woman’s Hospital in Erie Pa., a daughter, Adalynn Taylor Saeger.

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Nelson-Stebbins

Gary H. and Nancy Nelson of Ashville announce the engagement of their daughter, Holly A. Nelson to Logan B. Stebbins, son of Christine Stebbins of Watts Flats and Bruce Stebbins of Panama. Nelson is a graduate of Chautauqua Lake High School and the State University at Broome in Binghamton, ...

Conner Anderson Lexie Turner

Lexie Turner and Conner Anderson, along with their families, are pleased to announce their recent engagement. Turner is the daughter of Bill and Angie Turner of Russell, Pa. She graduated from SUNY ECC in Williamsville, N.Y., and works as a dental hygienist at Francese Dental Medicine. ...

Karla Rodriguez- Gary Zimmer III

Mr. and Mrs. Alberto and Angeline Rodriguez of Jamestown, N.Y., announce the engagement of their daughter, Karla Rosa Rodriguez, to Gary Schuyler Zimmer III, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary and Linda Zimmer of Henderson Harbor, N.Y. Dr. Rodriguez is a 2010 graduate of Jamestown High School, a ...

Abigail Dobek-Justin Love

James Dobek and Mary Dobek of Jamestown, New York, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Abigail M. Dobek, to Justin D. Love. Justin is the son of Charles Love and Daphane Shoenthel of Syracuse, New York, and is the father to his son, Jaxson Love, and daughter, Maliyah ...

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Mr & Mrs Luke Risley

Holly Kaltenbach and Luke Risley exchanged wedding vows outdoors on a beautiful fall day, November 9, 2024, at The Girl Scout Camp Timbercrest in Randolph, N.Y. Chanel Whitacre performed the beautiful outdoor waterfront ceremony. Music was provided for the ceremony & reception by DJ ...

Munson-Collver

Mackenzie Taylor Munson and Brady Robert Collver exchanged wedding vows on October 5, 2024, at The Grandview of Ellington. Pastor Justin Joyner performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of John and Lorri Munson of Frewsburg, N.Y. The groom is the son of Rob and Kimberly Collver ...

Dorman-Moore

Miss Kendra M. Dorman and Mr. Levi A. Moore surrounded by friends and family were united in matrimony on August 17, 2024, at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in Bemus Point, N.Y. Fr. David Tourville performed the ceremony with Mrs. Melissa Beichner, cousin of the groom, as the ...

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fortney

Amber R. Grekalski was married Saturday, September 16, 2023 to Raymond M. Fortney at Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church in Jamestown, New York. The marriage was performed by Reverend Luke Fodor at 4 p.m. The bride is the daughter of Donna Grekalski and the late Paul Grekalski of Frewsburg, New ...

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Chagnons celebrate 50th wedding anniversary

Roger G. Chagnon, Jr. and Deborah (Bowen) Chagnon of Westfield joyfully celebrate 50 years of marriage on June 28, 2025. The couple were married at the First Presbyterian Church of Westfield on June 28, 1975. They are the parents of a daughter, Heather Chagnon Gruenbaum, with her husband, David ...

Mr. And Mrs. Perry And Mary Jane Graham Douglas

Perry and Mary Jane Graham Douglas celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, April 12, 2025, at the place of their first date, The White Inn, Fredonia, N.Y.. The dinner was hosted by their children, Kevin and daughter-in-law Katie, Scott and daughter-in-law Hailey, and Grandsons, ...

Walter And Betty Abbot

Walter and Betty Abbott of Gerry celebrated their 71st anniversary on April 18. The couple were married in Bainbridge, Georgia in 1953. Walter retired after 43 years of service to SMFlickenger/Sysco Co as a truck driver, retiring in 1996. Betty was a department manager for JCPenney Co for 15 ...

Beth And Joseph Hamm

Joseph and Beth Hamm are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with dinner in Salamanca. They were married March 16, 1974, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Eggertsville, N.Y. They have three sons: Angelo, Joseph, and Andrew; four grandsons and a granddaughter.