A month-long Field of the Forgotten Fallen display will be dedicated on the front lawn of the Allegany County Office Building in Belmont Wednesday in recognition of the number of suicides which occur daily among the nation’s veterans. The Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month event, starting at 10AM September 2, at 7 Court Street, not … Read more
EARLY ALERT: An elevated potential for severe weather, including isolated hail and tornadoes, along with excessive rain starting today which can lead to flash flooding, are in the forecasts for this afternoon into Thursday. Various components of the National Weather Service (NWS) are alerting to a strong high pressure over the central part of the … Read more
Two county roads will be closed next week in the Allegany County Towns of Hume and New Hudson for more summer culvert replacements in the county. From 7AM to 4PM Monday, August 31, through Wednesday, September 2, County Road 4, between Bottsford Hollow and Crotty roads, east of Fillmore, will be closed during the days … Read more
BREAKING WEEKEND WEATHER ALERTS: Risk levels for damaging winds, hail and flooding in Allegany County, particularly in the southeastern section south and east, have increased overnight as potential adverse storm forecasts have expanded in a northwesterly direction from eastern New York. The National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has now placed the line … Read more
EARLY ALERT: The potential for a few isolated severe thunderstorms will be with Allegany, Cattaraugus and Livingston counties east and south again Thursday with the primary danger being localized strong wind gusts as showers and a few scattered thunderstorms cross the area, with large hail also possible in the southeast sector. The National Weather Service … Read more
A popular Allegany County music group will be accompanied by a second band this Sunday for its return to the free Second Annual A Greater Hope Music Festival and Community Picnic for individuals and families in the extended Friendship area. A Band Called Hope, headed by former Houghton area resident John Wise, will be joined … Read more
BREAKING: A standing room only crowd was in attendance last night for an Angelica Town Board public hearing on proposed battery energy storage systems (BESS) regulations, a week after a Connecticut company filed documents that it had entered into a 49-year land lease and easement nearly a year ago on more than three-and-a-half acres immediately … Read more
The Angelica Town Board will hold a public hearing Monday night on some version of a proposed local law to regulate battery energy storage systems (BESS) while it continues its evasive activities in answering questions about a potential project on Hess Road, adjoining the I-86 and State Route 19 interchange north of Belmont. A notice … Read more
UPDATE #1 – 1:20PM Saturday: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH has been issued for Allegany County, along with others in Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania, until 9PM today. The National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC) also has raised the level of potential for strong to severe winds to a Slight Risk from this … Read more
A large, underage drinking party, members of which had a hard time giving up when trying to be dispersed, kept state police and a forest ranger busy in the Town of Almond last weekend, with a medical emergency also resulting in an illegal drug possession citation. A DEC Forest Rangers – Week in Review report … Read more
UPDATE #1 – Wednesday: The ACDOH says, in response to an Allegany Hope WNY Community News query, that the four additional presumed cases, are in the Town of New Hudson. When queried about social media speculation as to various groups from which measles may be originating, the Department said that: “Infectious disease can affect people … Read more
All of the weather risk levels and alerts which have been reported this year can be confusing as one attempts to determine the chances for rain, wind and other potential adverse conditions and how to prepare. To help decipher common language used by National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters, the following terms have been published by … Read more
A Band Called Hope will return to Friendship this month for the second year of The Greater Hope Music Festival and the fourth year of a free Community Picnic for individuals and families throughout the area. The event is scheduled for noon to 3PM, Sunday, August 30, at Island Park, 29 West Water Street in … Read more
SUNDAY WEATHER UPDATE: The chances of excessive rain, which could lead to flash flooding, continues to move north and south across the New York-Pennsylvania border this morning with the latest National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Prediction Center (WPC) forecast showing it along the states separation, with a 25-mile variation from any point. The WPC map … Read more
A single Allegany County measles case two weeks ago now is experiencing a significant expansion, apparently in the New Hudson area, north of Cuba. The County Department of Health (ACDOH) says that routine contact tracing and proactive monitoring now have identified two confirmed cases and ten presumed measles positives with “(a)ll current cases ….. localized … Read more
Motorists will need to find other means of through traffic for approximately three months, starting next week, in the Town of Belfast due to replacement of a bridge over Crawford Creek. Allegany County Public Works Superintendent Thomas Windus says construction will occur at the Crawford Creek Road site, located some three miles southwest of State … Read more
Measles cases from a single source continue to grow slowly in Allegany County, with its health department working to contain the situation. The department is reporting that it has identified an additional confirmed positive for the highly contagious airborne disease, bringing the total in a week-and-a-half to two confirmed and two presumed positive cases. The … Read more
Required registrations are underway for a second free summer Allegany County Pop-Up Pantry for those 60 years of age and older. The event will be held on Thursday, August 27, starting at 3PM, at the BOCES Education Center at 5536 County Route 48, just north of Belmont. Reservations are being scheduled for 15-minute intervals by … Read more
MONDAY WEATHER ALERT: Chances for severe weather have increased today for Southern Tier counties, particularly along the Pennsylvania border south, with potential for excessive rain, which could cause isolated flash flooding, continuing into Tuesday. The National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC), in its latest maps show a Slight Risk (second level on a … Read more
EARLY AND UPDATED WEATHER ALERTS: Showers and thunderstorms for Allegany County residents, moving from southwest to northeast this morning are expected to lessen in chances as the day goes on, although a Marginal Risk of excessive rain and flash flooding continues today in isolated areas. The National Weather Service (NWS) is forecasting sunny skies on … Read more