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Maple Grove announces honor, merit rolls

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BEMUS POINT - Maple Grove Junior-Senior High School officials recently released the school’s honor and merit rolls for the fourth quarter of the 2025-26 school year. They are: HONOR ROLL 12th Grade: Mae Benedetto, Lily Bohall, Kameron Brown, Nathan Cali, Cameron Carraher, Gracie Chimera, Liam Colburn, Kaden Cooper, Bryanna Cornell, Gianna DiDomenico, Bayley Godfrey, Alexandria Halstrom, Rylee King, Mattias Kraft, Meghan Lockwood, Skyler Norman, Gemini Prittie, Logan Quattrone, Madilyn Seastrum, Kamryn Seekings, Dani Trim, Katherine Verdonik, Savannah Weart, Kyle Yohe. 11th Grade: ...

Football memories at their finest for some of us

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From grades K through 9, I received my schooling at St. James School, which sat on the site of the present Walgreen’s Pharmacy on Jamestown’s Prospect Street. Being that we had no playground outside our school, we made do (very well too) at what was/is called Fenton Park, which was (and ...

Bean counters often on short end of municipal payroll

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Since a much-needed control board is not part of the current equation, the city of Dunkirk is banking on a new comptroller to better steer the fiscal condition for the municipality. In taking the newly created position this month, Tracy Smith-Dengler will be compensated $140,000 per year. With the entity being strapped for cash, that figure has ruffled some feathers. Before the salary was made public, Common Council member Gary Frederickson from the Third Ward was the lone no vote on the position after he couldn’t get a response on the salary. “It seemed that nobody in this ...

Pa. State Supreme Court decision will limit game warden searches

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The state Supreme Court has overturned more than a century of precedent by limiting state game wardens’ warrantless searches on private property.  In a 7–0 unanimous decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in Punxsutawney Hunting Club v. Pennsylvania Game Commission, sided with ...

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Busti Historical Society To Host ‘Festival Memories’ Discussion Sunday BUSTI - The Busti Historical Society will present a talk on "Festival Memories" focused on memories of the Busti Apple Festival. Those attending will hear about favorite parts of the annual festival, changes, upgrades and fun had over the 50 years of the festival. The discussion is at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 26, at the pavilion at 3443 Lawson Road, Busti, regardless of weather. Osborn Nash To Perform In Cassadaga Sunday CASSADAGA – On Sunday, July 26 from 5 to 7 p.m., Osborn Nash will perform on the ...

Southwestern Middle School announces honor, merit rolls

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Southwestern Middle School officials recently announced the school’s honor and merit rolls for the fourth quarter of the 2025-26 school year. They are: HONOR ROLL Eighth Grade: Gabriella Bango, Alexa Bemis, Kendal Bouckhuyt, Wyatt Buck, Andrew Cama, Travis Carpenter, Ada Chen, Owen Clark, Thomas Clark, Parker Colburn, Shane DuBois, Kensington Engels, Monica Guaman, Serenity Licciardi, Noah Lindell, Owen Mank, Liam McCartney, Akeley Meredith, Addison Neligh, Drayton Ross, Rosemary Segrue, Gianna Sirianni, Ethan Smerkar, Collin Strong, Tripp Swartz, Bentley Vincent, Paul Webb, ...