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Chautauqua named High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Heroin use reported high in county, but not on campus

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BRITTANY PERRY Special to The Leader Last week, the federal government named Chautauqua County a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, or HIDTA, due to a rising heroin problem. Heroin arrests in Jamestown alone have tripled over the past three years and have been linked to more deaths in the area......
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The Digital Art of Storytelling with Yves Geleyn World-Renowned Animator Visits Fredonia

NAOMI LYNCH Special to The Leader On Thursday, Oct. 2, internationally acclaimed animator Yves Geleyn visited Fredonia as the first artist of the 2014-15 Visiting Artists Program (VAP). Geleyn has worked with various companies, including Zune, BBC Radio 6 and Toyota. “Animation is about four things,” Geleyn told the crowd,......
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Frerichs’ “Shale” to be added to Rare Book Collection

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CARLY KNASZAK Special to The Leader Shale, written by Fredonia’s Professor Timothy Frerichs of the Department of Visual Arts and New Media, has been added to the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Rare Book Collection. Frerichs also had his very own installation at The Echo Art Fair that reflects......
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What the frack is going on? The debate and impact of converting the NRG plant from coal to natural gas

Wendy Mahnk Special to The Leader What the frack is going on? If NRG’s Dunkirk facility is repowered as a natural gas refinery, the question that will be on many people’s mind is where is the natural gas coming from? More specifically, will it be coming from the controversial hydrofracking......

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