Several thousand students from around the country and many parts of the world will start classes Monday at Allegany County’s three institutions of higher learning, swelling the resident base and the economy. An outside student-led Koinonia worship service was held tonight at Houghton University, with other weekend activities also occurring at Alfred State College and … Read more
BREAKING: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo is changing its structure Wednesday, with a consolidation from a dozen regional vicariates to seven geographic areas, plus one for campus ministries, which places nine Allegany County churches in the new Southern Tier East Vicariate. The action, to take effect February 1, will place Rev. James Hartwell, pastor … Read more
A Chinese Festival will be part of the Alfred Farmers Market this coming Sunday, October 2. The event, which will include Chinese music, recipes and children’s activities, will be held from 11AM to 3PM at the Alfred University bandstand area at Main Street and Saxon Drive.– – – – – – – – – –For … Read more
WEEKEND HEALTH ALERT: There appears to be community spread of COVID-19 cases in three new areas of Allegany County this week as residents move into weekend activities. The Belmont zip code has experienced 10 new reported positives for the first five days of this week, compared with three in each of the last two full … Read more
BREAKING – EXCLUSIVE: New reported COVID-19 cases moderated slightly last week but Alfred college positives continued at significant levels. Weekend hospitalizations at Wellsville went up. The Allegany County Department of Health reported 98 new cases pursuant to Allegany Hope’s Freedom of Information Law daily filings for localized information, compared with 106 the week before. These … Read more
BREAKING – EXCLUSIVE: Another COVID-19 fatality, surges in cases among students at Alfred colleges which appear to be spilling over into Allegany County communities, and continuing high levels of positives as people move indoors during cooler weather are being identified among data so far this week. The State Health Department reports the death of an … Read more
BREAKING – EXCLUSIVE: New COVID-19 cases in Allegany County jumped by more than 20 percent last week, with half the increase from Alfred and Wellsville, while in the meantime, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she won’t be extending the state of emergency pandemic order when it expires at midnight today. New positives rose from … Read more
BREAKING – EXCLUSIVE: Seeming COVID-19 outbreaks at both Alfred college campuses, and possibly Wellsville, have pushed Allegany County, NY, into a Medium Risk for spread designation by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Fragmented information from various tracking sources shows elevated levels of new positives county-wide for the past two days, adding … Read more