150 Years

100 Years

50 Years

● April 1, 1975: RED HOUSE — Over 3,500 fishermen descended onto Allegany State Park to wet their lines for today’s trout season opener, described as “one of the best in memory.” Mild weather, near-perfect stream conditions and good conditions at all three park lakes brought the army of anglers to the park. More than 100 boats were rented at Quaker Lake this morning and thousands of fishermen lined the banks.

25 Years

● March 27, 2000: LITTLE VALLEY — Although a student from Amherst took the top prize at the Buffalo News Spelling Bee, Jeremy Fuller is a winner in the eyes of his family and friends at Little Valley Central School. Jeremy, an eighth grade student, represented Cattaraugus County at the annual spelling competition at the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. It was his second consecutive appearance as a finalist and he was the only repeating competitor this year.

● March 31, 2000: SALAMANCA — Long-awaited renovations are finally in progress at Hillview Homes, which is undergoing its first major upgrade since it was built in the 1940s. All 100 apartments are being gutted and refurbished.

“After 14 years, I’m quite happy to see it come to fruition and look forward to the day the last blade of new grass needs mowing, said Ronald Yehl, executive secretary of the Salamanca Housing Authority, which oversees Hillview homes. “It will be nice for a long time, and it will save us money over the next couple years that we won’t have to spend on maintenance.

10 Years

● April 2, 2015: SALAMANCA — Although the city voted to move ahead with the State Park Avenue project last month, the Seneca Nation of Indians says it needs more information before it can give its approval.

Jody Clark, manager of the Nation’s department of transportation, along with Sandy Hill, on behalf of the president’s office, made a public appeal at the city’s last pre-council meeting for increased cooperation on the project.

“Whether it is this project or any other project, especially those roads that are (federal aid eligible) — the Nation is definitely going to be involved. There isn’t a project that has happened on one of those roads without the Nation’s approval,” said Clark.

● April 2, 2015: SALAMANCA — The Seneca Nation of Indians held an inaugural Ohi:yo’ Spring Fling event Saturday at the Allegany Community Center. The event, sponsored by the Seneca-Iroquois National Museum, First Nations Convenience and the Redrum Motorcycle Club, is the first of three community events planned for the Allegany Territory in 2015.

“One of our main missions for the event is to bring back older styles of our traditions,” said David George-Shongo Jr., acting director of the Seneca-Iroquois National Museum.