Community News

Clean energy is a breeze

Contributor to The LeaderDecember 6, 2017

December 6, 2017

DAN ORZECHOWSKI News Editor Overlooking I-90’s exit 59 stands a two-propeller windmill, the energy source for the exit’s toll booth facility. Since 2011, five of these energy giants have been placed south of Buffalo. Thanks to these windmills, thousands of dollars are saved while carbon emissions are reduced. As early......

News

Water boiling advisory has FSA quick to respond

Contributor to The LeaderNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017

SETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor On the morning of Oct. 21, the students of Fredonia woke up to an email advising them not to consume the tap water without it being boiled and to conserve water. The effect of what the email described as a water main break......

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Feeding Fredonia Challenge returns for its fourth year

Contributor to The LeaderOctober 11, 2017

October 11, 2017

MADELINE 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

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 29, 2017

September 29, 2017

DAN 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

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 29, 2017

September 29, 2017

MELISSA 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......

Life & Arts

Sticek brothers team up to sell clothes and help Buffalo homeless

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 29, 2017

September 29, 2017

MORGAN HENDERSON Staff Writer WolfPak is a clothing company based out of Buffalo that has made its mark on Fredonia and everywhere else it has touched. It was launched in the spring of 2015 and has only reached new heights since then. The company is owned by brothers Sean and......

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The Science Center Hosts Fredonia’s First-Ever ‘Bat Lab’

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 20, 2017

September 20, 2017

JAMES 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

Contributor to The LeaderSeptember 13, 2017

September 13, 2017

DAN 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

Contributor to The LeaderAugust 30, 2017

August 30, 2017

[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......

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

Contributor to The LeaderMay 3, 2017

May 3, 2017

JORDAN 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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Clean energy is a breeze

Water boiling advisory has FSA quick to respond

Feeding Fredonia Challenge returns for its fourth year

Fredonia and Dunkirk: A tale of two cities

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

Sticek brothers team up to sell clothes and help Buffalo homeless

The Science Center Hosts Fredonia’s First-Ever ‘Bat Lab’

Annual community service fair to be held by Office of Volunteer & Community Service

Fredonia community gathers to witness solar eclipse

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