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Rural Minds launches new youth mental health program

 MAYVILLE — September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and in conjunction with that, local rural mental health focused nonprofit, Rural Minds, has launched a new program focused on youth in Rural America. The Rural Youth Mental Wellness Program is launching nationwide and will be ...

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Bemus Point Historical Society To Host Speaker Tonight BEMUS POINT - The Bemus Point Historical Society Guest Speaker Series continues today, Sept. 9, as Scott Lewellen tells the story of Clarence Rhebergen of Clymer. Rhebergen was the first child born in America to Dutch immigrants in the late 19th century, his parents having emigrated with an atypical motivation to leave the Netherlands. Growing up a farm boy, Rhebergen was drafted into the United States Army as the country was finally pulled into World War I. The talk will focus on his participation in France during this conflict. ...

Annual ‘Gathering in the Barn’ is Saturday in Randolph

 RANDOLPH - Harry and Cathy Uhl will host their fifth annual “A Gathering in the Barn” on Saturday, Sept. 12, in their mid-1800s barn at 2467 Vollentine Road, Randolph. The fifth annual free night of praise, worship and fellowship will kick off at 6 p.m. with supper. Each year the ...

Dunkirk council members offer BESS wariness

Dunkirk council members Natalie Luczkowiak and Frank Torain are calling for more defined standards for battery energy storage systems in Dunkirk. Luczkowiak said the city must “set standards within our zoning codes” for BESS, which store power for electric companies to use at times of high demand. “We need dedicated zoning regulations such as neighborhood buffer zones; property line setbacks completely obscured from the public; mandatory high fences surrounded by vehicle impact wedges or pillars; the removal of batteries after 180 days of inactivity, etc.; and/or whatever is ...