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November 1, 2025
SALAMANCA — A city woman is facing murder and other felony charges after a death on River Street on Friday morning. The Salamanca Police Department re...
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Jun 16, 2021
SALAMANCA — After 41 years in the same place, Rich Morton isn’t sure what’s next, but it’s time for a change. Morton is retiring this month after four...
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Apr 26, 2021
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 ...
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Feb 04, 2021
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 governm...
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Jan 27, 2021
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 enco...
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Jan 14, 2021
As the winter season finally nears for some Section 6 sports — but notably not for basketball, wrestling and hockey — a group of parents based in West...
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Dec 04, 2020
OLEAN — Twenty-one teams from area school districts recently met virtually to participate in the Virtual Scholastic Challenge, annually hosted by Catt...
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Nov 20, 2020
Since April, the Salamanca boys basketball team has done all it can remotely to prepare for this winter. Coach Adam Bennett started holding Zoom meeti...
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Oct 17, 2020
The new leader in charge of the merged Salamanca/Cattaraugus-Little Valley boys soccer team is a steady one, and a familiar face. P.J. Peterson took o...
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Sep 12, 2020
(Editor’s note: this is the second in a two-part story on the postponement of New York high school football.) Many coaches, such as Bolivar-Richburg’s...
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Aug 22, 2020
This Monday would have marked the first big date on the New York state high school football schedule. In mid-to-late August, teams would report for th...
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Aug 01, 2020
ELLICOTTVILLE — When, or how, high school sports return remained a mystery into late July. After initial guidance on the state’s school reopening plan...
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Aug 01, 2020
OLEAN — Finally, it’s game week for the 2020 NY/PA Corporate Cup Soccer Showcase. Delayed from its initial game date of May 17, organizers found a hom...
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Jun 16, 2020
The traditional Senior Night, like so many other signifiers of a high school sports season, never came for Salamanca’s spring teams. But the Warriors’...
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May 09, 2020
Marissa Hamilton always dreamed of playing Division I basketball and professionally overseas. After three years of accomplishing the first goal, she’s...
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Apr 24, 2020
(Editor’s note: This letter is the first of a continuing series in the Salamanca Press, honoring high school seniors in spring sports in their own wor...
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Apr 15, 2020
Robert Sawicki Jr. learned how to deal with disappointment before his college baseball career began. Graduating from Ellicottville High School in 2016...
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Mar 20, 2020
The CCAA East boys basketball divisions released their 2019-20 all-star teams and postseason honors Tuesday, March 10, with the completion of all team...
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Mar 17, 2020
Monday began a period without high school sports, as schools around the Southern Tier joined the many around the country shut down in an attempt to st...
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January 23, 2026
SALAMANCA — Fans will have a rockin’ good time at the Seneca Allegany Event Center when Tesla performs hits from their “Still Keepin’ It Real” Tour 20...
Cattaraugus County News, Local News, News
January 22, 2026
Steve E. McCord, director of Cattaraugus County Veterans Services, will be available to discuss Veterans Affairs benefit laws, the healthcare system o...
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January 22, 2026
150 Years Jan. 27, 1876: A NEEDED IMPROVEMENT — At the last session of the Board of Supervisors of this county, the Committee on County Buildings repo...
Opinion
January 22, 2026
Rock history Another week down, another time to look back at what happened in rock history Jan. 22, 1969 – The Beatles move their rehearsal setup from...
