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.
National News
(The Center Square) – A former clerk and treasurer of an upstate New York village has been accused of stealing more than $73,000 from the community’s public accounts.
SALAMANCA — Salamanca educator Aaron Straus has been selected as a New York State Association for Career and Technical Education fellow, a program supporting high school teachers in leadership…
(The Center Square) – A goal for New York to stop selling new gas-powered vehicles in a little more than a decade took another step toward reality with an announcement Gov. Kathy Hochul made Thursday.
(Chalkboard Review) – More than a year after the COVID-19 lockdowns, several major metropolitan school districts across the country are reporting record-level spending per student while enrollment dwindles. New York City, Chicago, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles have increased per student budget expenses in the last five years while academic outcomes have fallen considerably.
(The Center Square) – A new Siena College Research Institute poll released Wednesday shows Democrats losing support from New York independent and third-party voters.
CATTARAUGUS — The Salamanca girls soccer team avenged one of its first losses of the season and delivered a milestone for its coach Thursday night.
PORTVILLE — The Portville girls soccer team took another step toward a league title Thursday night, fending off a challenge from a red-hot Ellicottville team.
The Salamanca “Swimmin’ Women” are strong in numbers this fall, and they all figure to be a part of the program’s future beyond the season.
SALAMANCA — In the span of a week, it felt like a “whole new team” arrived for Salamanca girls soccer coach Kersten Furlong.
SATURDAY, Oct. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Allergy sufferers know that symptoms don’t just appear in spring or summer. Fall, too, can bring about sneezing and trouble breathing, as can volatile weather patterns.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Rubella elimination is likely to be achievable in all countries, but measles elimination is likely in only some countries, according to a study published in the October issue of The Lancet Global Health.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Food insecurity increased from 1999 through 2018 among patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study published online Sept. 28 in JAMA Cardiology.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Dupixent (dupilumab) as the first treatment for adults with prurigo nodularis, according to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday gave its approval to a new drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). But approval of the drug, called Relyvrio (sodium phenylbutyrate/taurursodiol), is bound to stir new questions, with some doubting the strength of data supporting its effectiveness. Patient advocate groups had strongly lobbied the FDA for its approval, however.
