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Feeding Fredonia Challenge returns for its fourth year

Reading Time: 2 minutesMADELINE CARROLL Editor in Chief Joyce Smith’s office sits on the second floor of the Williams Center. There are boxes piled high in one corner and brightly colored posters lay around them, both waiting to be distributed. These boxes are collection sites for the Feeding Fredonia Challenge, a food drive......
Opinion

Fredonia and Dunkirk: A tale of two cities

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor   Driving around downtown Fredonia is a whole different ballgame compared to driving around in next-door Dunkirk. Although Central Street acts as a bridge between the two municipalities, two different atmospheres lie on both ends. This divide is a key factor for why many students at......
Life & Arts

‘Broadway and the Marx Brothers’: Freedonia Marxonia back for third year in a row

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMELISSA FUCHS Special to The Leader This year’s Freedonia Marxonia is nearly here. The yearly celebration of the comedic troupe kicks off on Sept. 28, with the exhibit opening in Reed Library at 3 p.m. This year’s theme “Broadway and the Marx Brothers” features planned events at both the library......
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The Science Center Hosts Fredonia’s First-Ever ‘Bat Lab’

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Reading Time: 3 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer   Last Saturday, Fredonia’s Science Center was transformed from its average, spacious, sleek-white interior into a jam-packed area with tables, posters, pamphlets, cookies and presentations revolving around bats. This is Fredonia’s first year hosting Greystone Nature Preserve’s “Bat Lab,” but students are hoping that Fredonia’s hosting......
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Annual community service fair to be held by Office of Volunteer & Community Service

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor   On Sept. 20, the Office of Volunteer & Community Service will hold its 14th annual community service fair. “The office is dedicated to promoting volunteerism outside of the classroom,” said chair of the office, Joyce Harvard Smith. “The community service fair is a great opportunity......
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Fredonia community gathers to witness solar eclipse

Reading Time: 2 minutes[metaslider id=9452] JACOB SANTOS Special to The Leader   While Aug.  21 initiated the Fall 2017 semester, millions of people across the country eagerly w aited to witness a solar eclipse visible throughout the contiguous United States. A band spanning between the states of Oregon and South Carolina provided the most......
News

Fred Fest 2017: gunshots, garbage and a missing ‘F’: Party ends with gunshots on Sunday

Reading Time: 2 minutesJORDAN PATTERSON News Editor Last week, Fredonia Mayor Athanasia Landis described the village on the Sunday after Fred Fest as a “war zone.” Early Sunday morning this year, gunshots rang out on Center Street. As expected, many people were arrested. The people getting arrested ranged from students to non-students to......

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