SALAMANCA — City officials have announced the meeting schedule for the planning of the 2019-20 budget.
MACHIAS — A new exhibit, "Cattaraugus Homespun: A display of textiles,” has been opened at the Cattaraugus County Museum and Research Library in Machias.
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Rail Museum is pleased to announce its new 2019 Calendar, which features regional railroad stations.
SALAMANCA — The Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino will heat up the winter with some serious firepower when the Chicks With Hits tour, featuring country superstars Terri Clark, Pam Tillis and Suzy Bogguss, captivates the Seneca Allegany Events Center Feb. 9.
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca City Central School District Board of Education will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 18 in the High School Gymnasium.
EAST OTTO — Once again, the community Christmas Card will be on display in the heart of town wishing friends and neighbors a merry Christmas this holiday season.
RED HOUSE — Allegany State Park will hold “By the Fireside” from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Dec. 15 in the lobby of the Red House Administration Building.
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Rail Museum will hold a Christmas event Dec. 15 with the Christmas Caboose at the museum at 170 N. Main St.
SALAMANCA — The city of Salamanca Youth Board regular meeting for December has been canceled.
The 40-member community concert choir, directed by Annette Ieda, is once again gearing up to present a sensational program of narration and songs of the Christmas season.
SALAMANCA — SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Historical Society Museum will host its annual Reindeer Day from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 15 at its location, 125 Main St.
CATTARAUGUS — The Let’s Travel Club in Cattaraugus will not meet on Monday, Dec. 3 as previously announced.
JAMESTOWN — Jamestown Business College has announced the President's and Dean's Lists for the fall.
LITTLE VALLEY — Scholarship applications are available for Leadership Cattaraugus’ Class of 2019 applicants through the organization’s scholarship fund, managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.
SALAMANCA — On Thursday, Dec. 13, Cattaraugus Community Action will host its 12th annual Santa’s Carnival for the children of Cattaraugus County.
LITTLE VALLEY — The Little Valley Lions Club will once again sponsor the annual Christmas Lighting Contest in the village of Little Valley.
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Rail Museum, 170 N Main St., will be closed during the Thanksgiving Holiday, Nov. 22–25.
RANDOLPH — New Directions Youth and Family Services recently recognized various employees for their years of dedicated service to helping at-risk children in the Western New York region. Among those recognized in 2018 for their service were:
This holiday season, sites in Cattaraugus County will be among 5,000 U.S. drop-off locations collecting shoebox gifts for children overseas during Operation Christmas Child's National Collection Week, Nov. 12–19.
ELLICOTTVILLE — The United Church of Ellicottville will hold their annual Election Day Turkey Dinner from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at the church hall on Elk Street.
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SALAMANCA — City officials in Salamanca can rest a little easier now after a check from New York state in the amount of $2,350,000 arrived in the city Friday.
SALAMANCA — Two new firefighters will be joining the ranks of the Salamanca Fire Department after a month of uncertainty in the city over lack of funds.
SALAMANCA — A Cattaraugus County man has filed a lawsuit against the Salamanca City Central School District and a former teacher who did time in prison for sexual abuse.
When it comes to fundraising by organizations in rural New York, gun raffles are right up there with dice runs and ham and turkey parties.
RANDOLPH — The Randolph Fire Company will receive $81,000 through the federal Department of Homeland Security for new breathing equipment.
OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Being overweight or obese is commonly associated with diabetes, but a new Kaiser Permanente study finds the connection differs widely by race or ethnicity. Members of racial and ethnic minority groups were much more likely to have diabetes or prediabetes at lower weights -- even at normal or below-normal body mass index (BMI), according to research published in Diabetes Care.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Z Natural Foods is proud to announce their new Organic Pumpkin Powder, a fresh, healthy and natural way to enjoy delicious pumpkin all year long. Used as an alternative to traditional flour, pumpkin powder is a powerful, nutrient-dense and convenient superfood that stays fresh for multiple seasons.
KAUAI, Hawaii, Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Chef, lifestyle expert, and mom, Hollan Hawaii proudly releases her new beach-inspired vegan cookbook Good Food Gratitude: Easy to Prepare Vegan Home-Style Recipes and Beach inspired Lifestyle Tips for the Entire Family ($34.95, Deeper Well Publishing).
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent alarming news headlines have told of the sudden deaths of dogs that swam in waters that contained the deadly hepatotoxins that are found in blue-green algae. Until now the only way to be sure that waters were safe for pets was to conduct expensive tests that took days to provide results. But now 5Strands® Affordable Testing is offering a simple yet accurate and affordable blue-green algae test ($29.96) that will provide results within as little as ten minutes.
Commonly known as ALS, the condition is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, and it is always fatal. The affected motor neurons deteriorate and the brain and spinal cord lose their ability to send signals to muscles, which begin to atrophy. As muscles lose nourishment, those affected lose their ability to speak, move, eat and breathe. The average life expectancy of those afflicted with ALS is two to five years, and there is no cure.
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Public officials in Ohio say no amount of money will restore the cities that have been upended by the opioid crisis. Local police and fire chiefs say it's taken an immeasurable toll on the wellbeing of first responders on the front lines. (Sept. 12)
