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| Jun 7, 2024 | 32nd Community Day brings in funds for local United Way | SALAMANCA — Those traveling through downtown Salamanca on the morning of the United Way’s Community Day anytime during the past two decades have likely seen Mike “Smitty” Smith and Sandi Brundage hawking special copies of the Olean Times He... |
| May 29, 2024 | Inside NYS Aging: Issue 28 (June 2024) Inside NYS Aging is a monthly e-newsletter for New York's network of aging services providers. Click here to subscribe. Learn more about Inside NYS Aging: Issue 28 (June 2024) | NYSOFA’s Older New Yorkers’ Day came back in-person on May 14 with a record number of awardees and attendees joining the celebration at the Hart Lounge of The Egg Performing Arts Center. Over 200 people gathered to recognize 100 older New Y... |
| May 15, 2024 | County’s students celebrated at Youth Citizenship banquet | ELLICOTTVILLE — Many of Cattaraugus County’s future leaders were recognized Monday night at the annual Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau Youth Citizenship Awards banquet.
Held in the Yodeler Lodge at Holiday Valley, the banquet honored high s... |
| Jun 20, 2023 | Dubin achieves dream of big-league call-up | It was every cliche that has long categorized this kind of unbelievable sports moment:
Feel-good.
Odds-defying.
Befitting a Hollywood script.
Except this wasn’t some far-off national story used to help fill newspaper pages during the quiet ... |
| Aug 13, 2021 | 7 royals who are left-handed | Prince William signs a guest book with his left hand. Phil Noble/Pool via AP
King George VI and the Queen Mother were both left-handed.
Prince William is left-handed, but none of his children are.
Infanta Elena and Princess Leonor of Spain ... |
| Jul 12, 2021 | Crist's 'fatal' disease complicated by CTE | The unexpected call came in the middle of June.
It was from long-time friend Patti Crist, wife of Chuck, the former four-sport MVP at Salamanca High School, star basketball player at Penn State and 7-year National Football League safety wit... |
| Jun 2, 2021 | Cattaraugus County's COVID vaccination rate nears 50% | Nearly half of all Cattaraugus County residents aged 18 and older have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to the health department.
“We should start seeing fewer numbers of positive cases,” said Dr. Kevin Watkins, pub... |
| Jun 2, 2021 | 1 new COVID case in Cattaraugus County | There was only one new COVID-19 case reported by the Cattaraugus County Health Department on Tuesday, while no new cases were reported in Allegany County.
In Cattaraugus County, the health department was following 35 active cases, 14 reside... |
| May 29, 2021 | 10 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County | The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 10 new COVID-19 cases on Friday.
In Cattaraugus County, there have been 5,698 county residents diagnosed with the coronavirus.
Health department staff are following 44 active cases, 223 in c... |
| May 17, 2021 | James J. Snyder receives honorary doctorate at JCC Commencement | OLEAN — James J. Snyder Sr. received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree at the Jamestown Community College Commencement on the Cattaraugus County Campus Saturday.
The presentation by Jamestown Community College Board of Directors Chairman Ma... |
| May 15, 2021 | Cattaraugus County reports 24 new COVID-19 cases Friday | There were 24 new COVID-19 cases reported by the Cattaraugus County Health Department on Friday.
There have now been 5,350 county residents who have tested positive for COVID-19. Of those reported Friday, there were 12 women and 12 men. The... |
| May 14, 2021 | County reports 21 new COVID-19 cases Thursday | Twenty-one new COVID-19 cases were reported by the Cattaraugus County Health Department on Thursday.
There have now been 5,580 residents diagnosed with COVID-19 in the county.
Thursday’s positivity was 3.1%, the seven-day rolling average wa... |
| May 8, 2021 | 31 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County | The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 31 new COVID-19 cases on Friday. There have now been 5,495 residents diagnosed with the coronavirus.
The daily positivity rate dropped to 1.2%. The seven-day rolling average is now 2.8% and ... |
| May 6, 2021 | 10 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County | The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 10 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.
That brought to 5,453 the number of county residents who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. There have been 100 deaths.
Six of the new cases were w... |
| May 1, 2021 | 100th COVID death reported by Cattaraugus County | Cattaraugus County reported its 100th death from COVID-19 in just over 12 months.
Dr. Kevin D. Watkins, public health director, did not say whether the resident was a man or woman, or where in the county the person lived.
The last COVID-19 ... |
| Apr 29, 2021 | 98th COVID death reported in Cattaraugus County | The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported Wednesday the 98th death of a county resident due to COVID-19, an 85-year-old woman who developed respiratory failure.
There were 25 new COVID-19 cases reported on Wednesday, 12 men, who now... |
| Apr 29, 2021 | County lawmakers back pilot law for 12-, 13-year-old deer hunters | LITTLE VALLEY — The prospects for a proposed Cattaraugus County local law to participate in a pilot program to allow deer hunting with firearms by 12- and 13-year-olds look pretty good.
First, all 17 county lawmakers are sponsors of the pro... |
| Apr 26, 2021 | Salamanca’s Herrick selected as Big 30 Stebbins Award winner | Nothing in Andy Herrick’s life has stopped him from playing the sport he loves. A pandemic season was no different.
Herrick, a sophomore at Salamanca High School, has lived his entire life — he recently turned 16 this month — with cystic fi... |
| Apr 22, 2021 | Internet company seeks lawmakers' help with utility companies over poles | LITTLE VALLEY — Two years ago, Armstrong Cable complained to Cattaraugus County lawmakers that National Grid was slowing its cable expansion program by insisting the company replace a large number of utility poles, driving up the cost per m... |
| Apr 21, 2021 | 2 COVID deaths in Cattaraugus County, 21 new cases | Two Cattaraugus County residents died from COVID-19 on Tuesday, Cattaraugus County Health Department officials said.
A 72-year-old woman and a 74-year-old man died from respiratory failure resulting from complications of COVID-19.
Their dea... |
| Mar 27, 2021 | Cattaraugus County nears 4,500 COVID cases | One year into the coronavirus pandemic, Cattaraugus County reported its 4,447th case of COVID-19 on Friday. There have also been 90 deaths.
There were 21 new cases reported Friday. Thirteen people are hospitalized with COVID-19.
The health ... |
| Mar 19, 2021 | COVID vaccination rates, cases inch up in Cattaraugus County | LITTLE VALLEY — Single-digit increases in area COVID-19 case counts and higher vaccination rates against the virus were reported Thursday.
Cattaraugus County Department of Health officials reported nine new cases across the county, bringing... |
| Mar 4, 2021 | NY mass COVID vaccination site in Olean will get local assist | The Cattaraugus County and Allegany County health departments will assist with New York state’s mass COVID-19 vaccination site at the Jamestown Community College campus, starting Friday.
Most of the workers at county sites are volunteers. T... |
| Feb 12, 2021 | Cattaraugus County's new positive COVID-19 tests trending downward | The number of new COVID-19 cases in Cattaraugus County continues to trend downward, occasionally falling below the state’s seven-day rolling average.
The Cattaraugus County Department of Health reported 28 new positive COVID-19 test results... |
| Feb 10, 2021 | 31 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County; total nears 4,000 | Cattaraugus County health officials reported 31 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.
Tuesday’s COVID-19 test results brought the total to 3,994 cases in the county since March when the first coronavirus case was confirmed.
Tuesday’s positivity of... |
| Feb 5, 2021 | Cattaraugus County officials eye Amazon in wake of Siemens decision | LITTLE VALLEY — Like others stunned by the decision by Siemens Energy on Tuesday to lay off more than 500 employees at its Olean plant, Cattaraugus County lawmakers have questions about what comes next?
“It sounds crazy,” said Legislator Ri... |
| Feb 4, 2021 | Local wrestling teams faced with another setback | The week began with optimism for Western New York wrestling teams, then fear.
Now, again, they wait.
After getting the go-ahead from the state government to start the season, WNY’s high school wrestling programs still needed clearance from ... |
| Feb 3, 2021 | 28 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County | There were 28 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Cattaraugus County on Tuesday
The total number of residents in Cattaraugus County diagnosed with the coronavirus stood at 3,805. There have been 78 deaths since April 23 — including 27 in Janu... |
| Jan 26, 2021 | Coaches encouraged as plans for winter sports take shape | Game on?
Athletes, coaches and parents holding out hope for a high school season in sports such as basketball and wrestling at last received some encouragement Friday afternoon.
New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced the state would allow... |
| Jan 23, 2021 | County seeking WWII, Korean, Vietnam vets to record recollections | LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Veterans Service Office and County Museum are teaming up on a project to video the recollections of World War II and Korean and Vietnam war veterans.
County Museum Curator Brian McClellan was pleasantl... |
| Jan 22, 2021 | NY says elderly will be vaccinated at pharmacies, doctors | A new COVID-19 vaccine directive from the state Health Department directs residents age 65 and older to local pharmacies, physician networks and practice groups for their vaccinations.
Cattaraugus County’s public health director, Dr. Kevin ... |
| Jan 22, 2021 | NY budget cuts more than $500,000 in Cattaraugus County revenue sharing | Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget proposals would strip more than $500,000 in revenue sharing aid to Cattaraugus County cities, towns and villages.
The city of Salamanca is looking at a 20% cut. The budget notes the city was supposed to get $928,1... |
| Jan 21, 2021 | Unsung Service series: McAuley keeps Salamanca fields, players ready for baseball | SALAMANCA — Mike Smith calls him his “partner in crime.”
As Smith aims to revitalize Salamanca’s varsity baseball program, assistant coach JC McAuley has been at his side all along the way. But McAuley doesn’t just share a spot on the dugou... |
| Jan 20, 2021 | Giglio, Borrello weigh in on Cuomo's proposed $103 billion budget | ALBANY — Assemblyman Joseph Giglio wasn’t ready to get two proposed budgets from Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday as the governor unveiled a $103.4 billion spending plan for 2021-22.
The governor submitted one budget predicated on $15 billion i... |
| Jan 16, 2021 | QBs of the future take stage in AFC Playoffs | If you want to know how far the Buffalo Bills have come in quarterback Josh Allen’s third professional seasons, consider the last time they faced Philip Rivers.
In Week 2 of 2018, Allen’s rookie season, Rivers took the Los Angeles Chargers ... |
| Jan 9, 2021 | Buffalo enters postseason as a deserving favorite | Drink it in, Bills fans. You’ve certainly earned it.
How does it feel to finally be the team others are gunning for? After so many years under the boot of the New England Patriots, this year, and especially these last few weeks, announced t... |
| Jan 9, 2021 | IDA to help transform closed Ellicottville restaurant site into clothing boutique | ELLICOTTVILLE — The Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency agreed to provide sales tax breaks to help a clothing business move into a closed Ellicottville restaurant.
The business, Ava Grace Eco Fashions, 24 Washington St., is mov... |
| Jan 2, 2021 | Emergency Operations Center is nerve center of county COVID-19 fight | LITTLE VALLEY — As of Tuesday, it had been 286 days since the Cattaraugus County Emergency Operations Center opened in at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Emergency Operations Center, or EOC, located in the basement of the Cat... |
| Dec 23, 2020 | Lawmakers pledge 'push back' on Gowanda prison closure | GOWANDA — Nearly 50 corrections officers stood behind state and local lawmakers at a press conference in front of the Gowanda Correctional Facility Tuesday, a day after it was announced the medium security prison would close.
Four days befo... |
| Dec 18, 2020 | 2 new COVID deaths in Cattaraugus County; cases near 2,000 | Two more Cattaraugus County residents died Thursday from COVID-19 complications as the county closed in on 2,000 coronavirus cases since March.
An 87-year-old woman, who developed respiratory failure, and a 62-year-old man, who also develop... |
| Dec 16, 2020 | Bandits' Brown channels social media following to make good | It started with a social media post and a costume, the spitting image of Randy Quaid’s “Cousin Eddie” from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
But the lighthearted Dec. 7 post announced a cause close to Salamanca native pro lacrosse play... |
| Dec 16, 2020 | Bolivar man sentenced to 5 years' probation | LITTLE VALLEY — A Bolivar man was sentenced Monday in Cattaraugus County Court to five years’ probation on a weapons possession conviction, plus three years’ probation for possessing stolen property. The probation terms will be served concu... |
| Dec 10, 2020 | Smith excited for new Vets Park, baseball season | A few years ago, the Salamanca High School baseball program might not have made much use of a new, state-of-the art facility.
The Warriors’ baseball team struggled with numbers for several years last decade, to the point that it needed to e... |
| Dec 5, 2020 | 64 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County | There were 64 new positive tests for COVID-19 in Cattaraugus County on Friday.
In the first five days of this week, 243 residents tested positive for COVID-19. At the end of the day Friday, the total of people who have tested positive stood... |
| Dec 4, 2020 | Cattaraugus County reports 31st COVID death; 62 new cases | A 31st Cattaraugus County resident has died of COVID-19 and 62 new positive coronavirus tests were reported Thursday.
Dr. Kevin D. Watkins, the county’s public health director, said a 75-year-old man who developed respiratory failure was th... |
| Dec 3, 2020 | Dunne calls career audible with new ‘Go Long’ venture | Finding himself on the job market in a competitive field, Tyler Dunne did what he might have done under center at Ellicottville Central School decades ago:
He went long.
In a play on the former ECS quarterback’s propensity to write lengthy,... |
| Dec 2, 2020 | COVID surge has strained Cattaraugus County Health Department staff | Cattaraugus County coronavirus cases more than doubled in November, straining the Cattaraugus County Health Department’s COVID-19 response.
Dr. Kevin D. Watkins, the county’s public health director, told the Board of Health Tuesday that lik... |
| Dec 2, 2020 | 2 more COVID deaths, 39 new cases in Cattaraugus County | Two more Cattaraugus County residents died from COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing to 29 the number of people here who have died from the coronavirus.
Thirty-nine more residents tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. The total number of cases ... |
| Nov 28, 2020 | 52 new COVID-19 cases reported in two days in Cattaraugus County | Fifty-two Cattaraugus County residents received positive COVID-19 test results on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, health officials reported.
There were 24 new COVID-19 test results that came back positive on Thanksgiving and 28 on Friday, sa... |
| Nov 27, 2020 | Reed favors slimmed down COVID-19 stimulus bill before end of year | U.S. Rep. Tom Reed said Wednesday a slimmed down COVID-19 stimulus package can still be passed and signed by President Trump before the end of the year.
“There is a path forward to put an emergency bill together before the end of the year t... |
| Nov 25, 2020 | Cattaraugus County lawmakers OK tax cut, $248.5M budget for 2021 | LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers cast a unanimous virtual vote Tuesday for a $248.5 million budget for 2021, which includes a tax cut.
The spending plan is $2 million less than the current county budget and reduces the full valu... |
| Nov 20, 2020 | Hoops coaches holding out hope after NYS delay | Since April, the Salamanca boys basketball team has done all it can remotely to prepare for this winter.
Coach Adam Bennett started holding Zoom meetings in those early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, as schools were fully closed. It might... |
| Nov 20, 2020 | Signs point to good year for NY big game hunters | Everything points to a good year for New York’s firearms season for deer and bear, which opens Saturday in the Southern Zone.
New York big game hunting licenses are up 15% over 2019, so it looks like there will be more hunters in the woods ... |
| Nov 14, 2020 | 16 new COVID cases in Cattaraugus County | Sixteen new positive COVID-19 test results were received for Cattaraugus County residents Friday, raising the number of infections to 601.
Data compiled by the state Department of Health indicated that on Thursday, of 467 COVID-19 tests, 19... |
| Nov 7, 2020 | Catt County will start counting absentee ballots on Monday | LITTLE VALLEY — With all the focus on counting absentee ballots in Pennsylvania the past few days, little has been said about counting absentees in New York state.
In Pennsylvania, Democrat Joe Biden surpassed President Donald Trump’s vote ... |
| Nov 7, 2020 | 11 new COVID cases in Catt County; Cuomo focuses on WNY | Eleven new Cattaraugus County residents tested positive for COVID-19 Friday as more concern on the part of the state shifted from downstate to regions like Western New York.
Restrictions in some New York City pandemic hot spots will be roll... |
| Nov 4, 2020 | Incomplete totals show Reed with big lead over Mitrano for Congress | Rep. Tom Reed appears to have won re-election to a sixth term in his rematch with Democrat challenger Tracy Mitrano.
With 506 0f 526 election districts in the 23rd Congressional District reporting, Reed has a commanding lead of 160,131 to 9... |
| Nov 4, 2020 | Cattaraugus County marks 500 positive COVID-19 tests | Cattaraugus County has hit the 500 mark with the number of residents testing positive for COVID-19.
The county marked its first positive COVID-19 test on March 27. Since then, 18 county residents have died of the coronavirus. Nearly 45,000 ... |
| Nov 4, 2020 | Republicans win NY Senate, Assembly, county treasurer posts | LITTLE VALLEY — Three Republicans cruised to easy victories in Cattaraugus County voting results Tuesday.
State Sen. George Borrello of Lakewood and Assemblyman Joseph Giglio of Gowanda had little opposition from their Democratic opponents.... |
| Nov 3, 2020 | Cattaraugus County records 495th positive COVID-19 test | Cattaraugus County reported nine new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.
There are now 495 people infected by the coronavirus. There have been 19 deaths of county residents due to COVID-19.
The county health department’s active positive COVID-19 c... |
| Oct 30, 2020 | Pollock: Unpretentious Crist leaves a lasting legacy | All you need to know about Chuck Crist is that he was the guy who most every boy wants to be.
An exceptional athlete at Salamanca High School, he accomplished an extraordinary quadruple his senior year, being named MVP in four sports – foot... |
| Oct 30, 2020 | Cattaraugus County has 10 new COVID cases | Ten Cattaraugus County residents tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, while Allegany County reported 24 new cases.
The Cattaraugus County cases bring the total number of residents who have contracted the coronavirus to 463 since the sp... |
| Oct 29, 2020 | Cattaraugus County beats state in sales tax gains | A strong September helped wipe away many of the local sales tax collection losses earlier this year, the state reported Tuesday. But state aid cuts and tax withholdings are expected to complicate budgeting.
“The third quarter sales tax figu... |
| Oct 29, 2020 | Reed thinks his race will be decided election night, not presidential election | U.S. Rep. Tom Reed is confident “we could be in a position to know the results” on his three-way race election night.
He can’t say the same about the presidential race.
Reed, R-Corning, is challenged for a second time by Democrat Tracy Mitr... |
| Oct 28, 2020 | After negative COVID-19 tests, The Villaggio in Ellicottville did not close last week | ELLICOTTVILLE — When Nick Pitillo, owner of The Villaggio in Ellicottville, spotted his restaurant’s name associated with positive tests for COVID-19 online Monday night, he knew he had to quickly set the record straight.
The Olean Times He... |
| Oct 28, 2020 | Record 29 new COVID-19 cases in Catt County | Fueled by cases from adult care facilities in Allegany and Hinsdale, Cattaraugus County recorded 29 new positive COVID-19 tests on Tuesday — a one-day record in the pandemic.
That brings the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in the co... |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Early voting kicks off Saturday in Cattaraugus County | Early voting for New Yorkers begins Saturday, with each county having its own set hours and sites leading up to Election Day on Nov. 3.
In Cattaraugus County, early voting will be held at two locations — at the county Board of Elections off... |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Mitrano plans bus tour of 23rd Congressional District | PENN YAN — Democratic congressional candidate Tracy Mitrano will begin a bus tour of New York’s 11-county 23rd Congressional District beginning Saturday.
Mitrano said the tour will serve to energize her supporters and follow COVID-correct g... |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Reed urges negotiators to continue coronavirus relief talks | U.S. Rep. Tom Reed on Wednesday encouraged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to continue negotiations on coronavirus relief.
“They have been moving in the right direction,” Reed told reporters on a conference ... |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Reed releases trial balloon in Olean on coronavirus relief package | OLEAN — U.S. Rep. Tom Reed helped the Trump administration float a $1.8 trillion coronavirus relief package trial balloon via a Republican rally in Olean Thursday.
Campaigning for re-election, Reed, R-Corning, joined other Republican candid... |
| Oct 3, 2020 | Record 14 positive COVID-19 tests in Cattaraugus County | It was a record day Friday for the number of positive COVID-19 tests of Cattaraugus County residents — 14.
That is more than double the six cases reported Thursday. The total is now up to 251 cases. Thirty-four of the cases are active.
A se... |
| Oct 2, 2020 | Salamanca native runs scout service for NFL hopefuls | Aspiring to a career in football scouting, Damond Talbot knew he needed to find a unique angle into the industry.
Where, Talbot thought, could he find the players no one else could identify? As the 2000 Salamanca High School graduate ventur... |
| Sep 26, 2020 | 6th Cattaraugus County resident dies of COVID-19 | LITTLE VALLEY — A sixth Cattaraugus County resident has died from complications related to COVID-19, the county Health Department reported Friday.
The Health Department identified the victim as a 74-year-old woman from the southeast part of... |
| Sep 25, 2020 | Talbot has grown a following as Bills beat reporter | (Editor’s note: This story is the first in a multi-part series on football media members from the Salamanca area.)
Ryan Talbot had a pinch-me moment in January.
A Salamanca native, Talbot grew up in a decidedly partisan Buffalo Bills househ... |
| Sep 24, 2020 | Catt County seeking $15 million for broadband from Coronavirus CARES Act | LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers didn’t have to think twice Wednesday before voting to apply for $15 million in federal CARES Act funding to expand broadband services.
The resolution authorizes Legislature Chairman Howard VanRen... |
| Sep 10, 2020 | Cattaraugus County lawmakers approve changes in refuse disposal fees | LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to approve changes in the county’s solid waste law designed to help close a $600,000 budget deficit.
The changes will be in effect Jan. 1, 2021.
In addition, the Publi... |
| Sep 7, 2020 | Work underway at Cattaraugus bridge site damaged by floodwaters | CATTARAUGUS — The night of July 16, floodwaters from a micro-storm washed through a Cattaraugus County bridge construction site on Tannery Street in the village.
The $2.1 million bridge and a series of concrete step-down pads to dissipate t... |
| Sep 4, 2020 | Pumpkinville set to open Sept. 12 with coronavirus safeguards, lower capacity | GREAT VALLEY — Like other agri-tourism fall destinations, Pumpkinville got the go-ahead this week to open under strict COVID- 19 protocols and limited capacity.
Pumpkinville opens daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., beginning Sept. 12.
Owner Dan P... |
| Sep 4, 2020 | County voters may request an absentee ballot online | LITTLE VALLEY — New York state has developed a one-stop absentee ballot web portal where voters can request mail-in ballots no matter where they live.
Postcards are being mailed today to more than 45,000 Cattaraugus County voters notifying ... |
| Sep 3, 2020 | Catt County COVID-19 cases jump 11 | Cattaraugus County’s public health director, reporting to the Board of Health on Wednesday, announced six more positive COVID- 19 test results, saying “we are going in the wrong direction.”
Before the day was over, five more positive cases ... |
| Aug 31, 2020 | Jackie Robinson Day takes on extra meaning for Jays | BUFFALO — Given the chance to celebrate Jackie Robinson through the weekend, and not just one day, the Toronto Blue Jays didn’t hesitate.
Following Friday night’s league-wide celebration of Robinson, the baseball world’s salute to him conti... |
| Aug 28, 2020 | Cattaraugus County village elections set for Sept. 15 | LITTLE VALLEY — After COVID-19-related delays, village elections are set for next month.
Cattaraugus County Board of Elections Commissioners Kevin Burleson and Cortney Spittler reported that village elections, originally set for March 18, w... |
| Aug 28, 2020 | Football coaches still frustrated by lack of guidance | Slowly but surely, the signs have begun to point back toward this cherished September custom.
They’re leading toward a high school football season.
Across the state border, teams are close to wrapping up their first week of official practic... |
| Aug 27, 2020 | Public hearing set on Cattaraugus County waste disposal prices | LITTLE VALLEY — The public will get a chance to sound off on new fees aimed at raising $600,000 for the county’s waste program.
The Cattaraugus County Legislature approved a public hearing for Sept. 9 for residents to sound off on a new fee... |
| Aug 26, 2020 | Allegany County attorney Ross Scott running for 148th Assembly seat | INDEPENDENCE — W. Ross Scott had thought of running for the New York State Assembly, but not this year.
Democrats in the 148th Assembly District had already nominated Great Valley Supervisor Daniel Brown to run against Assemblyman Joseph Gi... |
| Aug 26, 2020 | Cattaraugus County Legislature to set public hearing on solid waste law changes | LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers are expected to vote later today to set a public hearing for Sept. 9 on proposed changes to the county’s solid waste law.
First, however, the County Legislature’s Public Works Committee will meet... |
| Aug 25, 2020 | Cattaraugus County budget preparations begin amid pandemic uncertainties | LITTLE VALLEY — Even amid a pandemic, it’s time to start preparing the 2021 Cattaraugus County budget.
With county revenues down between $6 million and $7 million so far this year, officials note that sales tax receipts are down about 11% a... |
| Aug 25, 2020 | 3 new COVID-19 cases in Catt County Tuesday as Cuomo throws ‘caution flag’ for region | LITTLE VALLEY — Three new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Cattaraugus County on Monday as Gov. Andrew Cuomo reported that a spike in cases in Western New York indicates a “caution flag” for the region.
To date, 149 cases have been report... |
| Aug 22, 2020 | Five new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Catt Co.; fifth death listed | Five new cases of COVID-19 — including a man who reports traveling to the Sturgis, South Dakota, motorcycle rally — were reported Friday in Cattaraugus County, a new one-day high.
County health officials were also notified by the state Depa... |
| Aug 21, 2020 | Catt County eyeing some refuse fee increases to close deficit gap | LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County homeowners may want to look into getting a mulching lawn mower or starting a compost pile for yard wastes.
The provisions in the proposed new fee schedule county lawmakers are considering include charges o... |
| Aug 21, 2020 | Reed, Schumer urge halt to changes, assistance for post office | The region’s delegation to Congress is in favor of stopping changes to the U.S. Postal Service ahead of the 2020 election.
U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., on Thursday each noted the importa... |
| Aug 20, 2020 | Cattaraugus County health chief: Schools’ reopening plans will work | Cattaraugus County’s public health director said Wednesday he thinks local school reopening plans will work.
Speaking to members of the Cattaraugus County Legislature’s Human Services Committee, Dr. Kevin D. Watkins said as schools ramp up ... |
| Aug 20, 2020 | Ag group has advice for farmers concerned over decreased hay yields | It’s been an abnormal growing season for many Southern Tier farmers.
From a cool, wet spring that hampered planting to hot, dry conditions that stressed crops and cut into yields, a lot of farmers are worried if they’ll have enough forage f... |
| Aug 19, 2020 | Borrello urges Cuomo not to sign bills to change voting | State Sen. George Borrello is urging the governor not to sign bills that would change the voting process over coronavirus concerns — similar to the changes by executive order he made for the June primary.
In order to avoid what Borrello cal... |
| Aug 15, 2020 | In-person visits resume at Catt County nursing homes | In-person visits have resumed at both of Cattaraugus County’s nursing homes. The visits are outside under a tent.
After closing to family and friends of nursing home residents in March, both Pines Healthcare and Rehabilitation Centers in Ol... |
| Aug 15, 2020 | County IDA reaching out to Amazon developer on site for facility | ELLICOTTVILLE — When the developer of the proposed Amazon facility on Grand Island pulled out of the project earlier this week, Cattaraugus County development officials went into action.
“This is something we have been paying close attentio... |
| Aug 14, 2020 | Randolph man charged in federal child porn investigation | RANDOLPH — Federal prosecutors have levied charges against a Randolph man for allegedly producing child pornography in Jamestown.
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday that Alexander Carnahan, 27, of Randolph, was arrested a... |
| Aug 12, 2020 | Virtual Cattaraugus County 4-H animal auction raises nearly $50,000 | ELLICOTTVILLE — With the cancellation of the Cattaraugus County County Fair due to coronavirus concerns, the 4-H Market Animal Auction went online this past weekend.
The auction, run by Peterson Auctions, Frewsburg, netted 44 participating ... |
| Aug 12, 2020 | Late positive COVID-19 test result complicates contact tracing | Cattaraugus County received word Tuesday of a positive COVID-19 test of a man from the southeast part of the county — three weeks after the test was administered. It was the 136th positive rest of a county resident.
Dr. Kevin D. Watkins, co... |
