Farnsworth Middle School’s musical production of “Shrek Jr.,” which hits the cafeteria stage this Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.

On Tuesday morning, The Iwo Jima Survivors of New York’s Capital Region, who gather once a month for breakfast at the Homefront café in Altamont, had a special get-together to mark the anniversary of the start of the 36-day battle, which had over 26,000 American casualties, including nearly 7,000