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For the second straight summer, the COVID-19 crisis is canceling the Chautauqua County Fair. In a message posted to Facebook, the fair board said, “Due to the continued COVID – 19 situation, its impact on community health and well- being, the 2021 Chautauqua County Fair is postponed until July 18-24, 2022. “The safety of the Chautauqua County Fair’s visitors, participants and community is the highest priority in producing the annual fair. After careful consideration, it became clear that the postponement was the prudent choice for the fair to do its part to improve community health a...

For the second straight summer, the COVID-19 crisis is canceling the Chautauqua County Fair. In a message posted to Facebook, the fair said, “Due to the continued COVID – 19 situation, its impact on community health and well- being, the 2021 Chautauqua County Fair is postponed until July 18-24, 2022. “The safety of the Chautauqua County Fair’s visitors, participants and community is the highest priority in producing the annual fair. After careful consideration, it became clear that the postponement was the prudent choice for the fair to do its part to improve community health and saf...

A building in PoW Camp 116. Picture: Will Durrant - Credit: Archant An engineer has described a World War II-era Prisoner of War camp in Hatfield Heath as a "huge part" of his heritage. Owen Clarke's grandfather Werner Presch was moved to the camp, which became an Uttlesford "heritage asset" last Thursday (April 22), in 1946 before starting a family in England. Werner, then a boy from Teiche, near Halle, was conscripted into the German military aged 17, in August 1944, but was captured four months later in Brugge, Belgium.  He was moved to France and England before being put to work at Cam...

Rob Hillesland Summit-Tribune Years of work by members of Forest City and surrounding communities – among others – has brought the vision of a northern Iowa military veterans museum to the brink of reality. It will be immersed in history from across North Iowa, but it will not be a typical museum that prior generations have known, officials said. “Our vision is we don’t want a museum with just stuff and artifacts,” said executive board Chair Dave Kingland. “We want to see interactive displays with video and sound. We want to tell the stories of ...

AN Australian flag, fashioned from an old sheet, handkerchiefs and red body belts in the Changi Prisoner of War Camp during World War II, has made its way to Townsville as part of a private collection. The flag was made by Gunner Leslie Peade from the 2/15 Australian Field Regiment, Stanmore, during his time in the camp.   Dallas Moxham has taken possession of an Australian flag that was made in the prisoner of war camp in Changi during World War II. PICTURE: MATT TAYLOR.   The flag has been stored in a box in South Australia since the mid-1990s after it was purchased from collector ...