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A new sign and marquee are in place at the Fredonia Opera House.
A few projects in the village of Fredonia are nearing completion, including the Barker Common and the Fredonia Opera House projects.
“Fredonia has gotten a check from the state for $279,000, we still have an additional $32,000 in that grant and we also have an additional $14,950 from Empire State Development that’s going towards finishing up the park project, beautification and other items,” Development Director Travis Gordon shared at the Village Board meeting. “By and large that project is nearing completion. We are also nearing completion on the Opera House. It’s a lot more visible and is nearing a point that it can have a reopening of some sort.”
Ivan van Rooyen to keep the faith in Lionsâ youngsters
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JOHANNESBURG â Ivan van Rooyen won t cash in his chips in an effort to buy players for the upcoming season, the Lions head coach more than confident in his current squad and the exciting players the union is developing within its youth structures.
While the other franchises â the Bulls, Sharks and Stormers â have all gone to market with various degrees of aggression to bolster their squads, the Lions have been content to turn to their youth players in an effort to get them up to speed with the rigours of senior professional rugby.
Government missed out on an offer of N95 masks at the start of the pandemic: documents
Documents tabled with the House of Commons health committee show the federal government missed an opportunity to purchase critical pandemic-related supplies at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic scarce personal protective equipment (PPE) that medical professionals scrambled to obtain in the weeks that followed.
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A proposal to redevelop the former Record Theatre complex on Main Street into apartments and retail is moving ahead after the Zoning Board of Appeals granted two variance requests for the planned Monroe Building project.
The development team behind the $6 million venture wants to revive what had once been an automobile showroom before it became a well-known music store for several decades under former owner Leonard Silver.
The group plans to convert the historic 33,000-square-foot facility into 20 apartments and 10,000 square feet of commercial space, along Main Street and Lafayette Avenue. Aside from the conversion of the existing structures â which date to the 1920s â no additions or new construction are planned.