June 16, 2026
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The Leader

HAIL! Fredonia hosts Fright Night

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Reading Time: 2 minutesGIOVANINA VANCHERI Special to The Leader   A spooky event for a not-so-spooky cause. Muldoon’s Pub in downtown Fredonia hosted Fright Night on Oct. 26 at 10:30 p.m. The bands Previous Love, The Burkharts and Skulking Ghost all performed. The event was hosted by HAIL! Fredonia Records, a group that...
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New “Halloween” movie is sure to scare the pants off of horror fans

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMATTHEW TURNER Special to The Leader   The wait is now over for a return-to-form sequel in the long-running and controversial “Halloween” franchise. The series has proved to be something of a wildcard following the release of John Carpenter’s original 1978 “Halloween.” The movie is often seen as one of...
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What not to wear: Halloween edition

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Reading Time: 2 minutesMONICA MANNEY Special to The Leader   It seems like every year students on Fredonia’s campus are possessed by the ghastly ghost of Halloweens past. The haunting is also known as cultural insensitivity, followed by a plea of innocence and ignorance. But this year, Fredonia students and staff took a...
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Student’s intentionally haunt apartment for a wicked Halloweekend house party

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Reading Time: 2 minutesTRAVIS LEFEVRE Editor in Chief   Three students on Eagle Street have achieved the impossible this Halloweekend after throwing the spookiest house party in town. Barry DeLive, River Styx and Emma Goner got together and planned this shindig months in advance, deciding that the best way to spook up the...
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Local loser arrested for “being himself” on Halloween

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Reading Time: 1 minuteJOSEPH MARCINIAK Staff Scallywag   In 1787, at the birth of the American Constitution, the following words were written. “Dressing as yourself for Halloween is the most egregious sin viable in our free-spirited country. I, Thomas Jefferson, will personally kill any man who dares commit this offence.” This piece of...
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Concussions: The scariest injury in sports?

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Reading Time: 2 minutesANTHONY GETTINO Special to The Leader   While this edition of “The Leader” may have a good amount of silly articles and things that are light hearted in the name of Halloween, concussions in sports are a very serious matter. Many good people have lost the ability to think clearly...
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From the Desk of Victoria Barnes, Copy Editor

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Reading Time: 2 minutesHere’s a list of my top-five favorite things to do right now in no particular order: Running Outside. The temperature during fall is the perfect balance of being neither too warm nor too cold, creating the optimum conditions for running outside. I love wearing leggings and long-sleeved T-shirts, while not...
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Quidditch: Through the Ages (Or at least from 2005 to now)

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAIDAN POLLARD Sports Editor   Quidditch: The fictional sport played exclusively within the Harry Potter universe; at least up until 2005. In a game of Quidditch in the Harry Potter universe, there are seven players on each team along with four balls to worry about. The quaffle is the ball...
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