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September 27, 2025
SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...
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Apr 12, 2023
The movie awards season is over, as is the often disappointing run of mediocre to downright bad movies that are often dumped in the winter months when...
Movie Reviews
Mar 29, 2023
There’s a balance to making the next installment in a series that is enough like the original that audiences are familiar with but different enough th...
Movie Reviews
Feb 01, 2023
A century after the fact, World War I is finally getting the attention it deserves as a horrific yet important event in human history on equal footing...
Movie Reviews
Jan 25, 2023
As we learned thousands of years ago with the myth of Prometheus, technology can be both a gift and a curse. Regardless of how old you are, dear reade...
Movie Reviews
Jan 18, 2023
When it comes to suspense, mystery or thrills, mood and tone are everything. If the characters on screen aren’t surrounded on all sides by deep encroa...
Movie Reviews
Nov 30, 2022
There’s nothing quite like a road trip movie. Two characters driving or hitching from one place to the next, no real plot or narrative beyond what the...
Movie Reviews
Nov 02, 2022
If all else fails, play the classics. So when it comes to romantic comedies, if you can’t get Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn or Tom Hanks and Meg Ry...
Movie Reviews
Sep 22, 2022
It’s not quite Oscar season, but with the leaves changing colors and temperature beginning to drop comes the movies that may have a chance for a nomin...
Movie Reviews
Aug 18, 2022
It doesn’t take long for a film series to go from great to awful real quick, especially if there isn’t a specific plan in place from the start. With “...
Movie Reviews
Aug 10, 2022
There is something about a bunch of characters stuck in a single location and forced to work together to solve a murder mystery — often revealing hidd...
Movie Reviews
Jun 16, 2022
Some people were lucky enough to see "Jurassic Park" in theaters in 1993 and have their minds blown by what was the most successful film of all time i...
Movie Reviews
May 19, 2022
If you were to ask me on any given day what my favorite classic story is, there is a very good chance I would say “Cyrano de Bergerac,” the 1897 play ...
Movie Reviews
Apr 28, 2022
Some movies leave you feeling exhausted after watching them. Not tired because they were so boring, but physically drained from how intense and unforg...
Movie Reviews
Apr 21, 2022
As with the survival of our world, the magical adventures in the Wizarding World are going to end not with a bang, but a whimper. The success of the o...
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Mar 29, 2022
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Public Library has several events planned for April along with some changes for patrons moving forward. The library will be ...
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Mar 07, 2022
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Public Library will host a meet-and-greet with author Isaiah Rashad II at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. A Buffalo native, Rashad will ...
Movie Reviews
Oct 28, 2021
There is a sequence about 40 minutes into “Dune,” the latest adaptation of the science-fiction novel Frank Herbert co-written and directed by Denis Vi...
Movie Reviews
Oct 14, 2021
The spoof, satire and parody have been around in comedy movies for almost as long as the medium has been around. Some of the great early works from th...
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October 30, 2025
RED HOUSE — The holidays are fast approaching, and there's no better way to get into the spirit than by spending some time in Allegany State Park. Joi...
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October 30, 2025
150 Years Nov. 4, 1875: A severe thunderstorm occurred in this vicinity last Friday (Oct. 29), and the denizens of West Salamanca were very much excit...
Opinion
October 30, 2025
Halloween memories Seeing all the different activities happening this week to celebrate the Halloween spirit has had me reminiscing about all the wond...
Opinion
The NBA Is Addicted to Gambling, and the Bill’s Come Due
October 30, 2025
Better not bet The recent arrests of Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups as part of federal gambling investigations lay bare a deep contradiction at the...
