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GOWANDA PRESS
The preferred local newspaper of the Gowanda Area Chamber of Commerce July 7-13, 2017
Floating on the Fourth
North Collins principal headed to Ellicottville By Rich Place
Managing Editor
Press photo by Rick Miller
People ride inner tubes down the South Branch of Cattaraugus Creek to cool off on the Fourth of July.
Annual Civil War descendants reunion coming to Springville
SPRINGVILLE — The memory and stories of a local Civil War regiment will again be shared and remembered during the 32nd annual Reunion of the Descendants of the 154th New York on Saturday, July 15 in Springville. The event, organized annually by regiment historian Mark Dunkelman, invites ancestors of 154th New York members — as well as the general public — to honor the memory of the regiment that was comprised of soldiers from Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties. See Reunion, Page 17 520 Rock City Street, Little Valley, NY 14755
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NORTH COLLINS — As a lifelong resident of Ellicottville and an active member of the community, Erich Ploetz called becoming an administrator at Ellicottville Central School a “dream job.” And following action from the Ellicottville School Board of Education last month, he’ll be Erich Ploetz fulfilling that dream by becoming middle/high school principal to succeed Bob Miller, who is now serving as school superintendent. Ploetz will fill the position July 31 after about two years in the principal’s chair at North Collins Junior-Senior High School. See Principal, Page 18