More than a dozen area organizations and initiatives, including Allegany Hope and Allegany Hope Community News, will be providing information to the public next Thursday in Cuba as they seek to acquaint residents with available services, many of them free. The Allegany County Community Collaboration, coordinated by the Cattaraugus-Allegany Workforce Development Board, will be at … Read more
Jones Memorial will be working with Cuba Memorial Hospital as a partner and is not replacing any of the latter’s services when the Wellsville facility opens its new $4.1 million Western Allegany County medical office building next summer. James Helms, president of Jones Memorial, and Carrie Walker, its vice president of professional services, described plans … Read more
A German musical comedy will be presented this week in three locations, with those in Cuba and Wellsville being free to the public. The Houghton University Greatbach School of Music Lyric Theatre group will provide free general performances of Mozart’s The Impresario (Der Schauspieldirektor) from 7PM to 10PM Thursday, September 24, at The Palmer Opera … Read more
Allegany has been replaced by neighboring Steuben as having the most confirmed measles cases in the state but is in second place based on numbers per population and tied with all of New York City in total cases. A new tracking website from the State Health Department reports that Allegany County, with six confirmed cases … Read more
Some dozen Allegany County churches are participating this coming weekend in a national Back to Church annual observance, with the number posted to date believed to be the most per population of any county in New York State and beyond. The designation, occurring this year on Saturday-Sunday, September 19-20, was created many years ago to … Read more
Spiritual revival is on the lips of many throughout the area, and even internationally, this month and over the coming year, with at least three otherwise unconnected events over a two-week period starting yesterday in different parts of Allegany County. A group of residents and students, along with visitors from the Rochester area, were joined … 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
TUESDAY WEATHER UPDATE: A Marginal Risk for excessive rain and flash flooding continues for Allegany County and the region today and Wednesday following a Severe Thunderstorm Warning overnight in the western part of the county, and flash flooding in the Olean area along with Northern McKean County in Pennsylvania. More than an inch of additional … Read more
UPDATE – 12:52PM Friday: The hospital has provided an architect’s rendering of the new medical facility, which will include seven exam rooms, and says it anticipates opening the new offices next summer. The multi-million dollar cost includes site development, new building construction, furnishings and equipment, information technology integration with Jones Memorial and University of Rochester … Read more
4-Hers from three communities have been judged winners in this year’s Market Poultry Show hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension Allegany County. The event, showcasing ready-for-market chickens raised by the youth over a six-to-eight week period and turkeys for 12-to-16 weeks, was held at the Allegany County Fairgrounds in Angelica this week, with Rick Freeman of … Read more
Republicans and Democrats go to the polls until 9PM today to choose their party candidates for a variety of national, state, county and local positions, with some likely to be elected as a result of Primary Election balloting due to no inter-party contests in November. There have been 391 votes already cast in Early Voting … Read more
Early voting by both Republicans and Democrats will continue through the coming weekend in Allegany County at polling places in Belmont and Wellsville, for primary elections to be concluded on Tuesday, June 23. Party enrollees can vote from 8AM-4PM today through Thursday, June 18, and from 9AM-5PM Friday through Sunday at the Wellsville Village offices … Read more
Through traffic on North Shore Road (Allegany County Road 7), on the north side of Cuba Lake, will be closed for two days next week to enable replacement of a culvert. The Allegany County Department of Public Works reports the closure on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 12-13, from State Route 305 to the intersection of … Read more
The New York National Guard will present a Citizen Preparedness Training this week in Cuba, with attending households receiving a free preparedness kit. Required registrations are being accepted at https://tinyurl.com/NYS-Preparedness-Training for a 5PM presentation Thursday, December 4, at the Cuba Library, 39 East Main Street. The hour-and-a-half long sessions teach residents to have the tools … Read more
Local polling places across New York State are open until 9PM today, with Allegany County mostly featuring contested local government races for 18 positions, seven others which may be filled by write-ins, three local propositions to change elected offices to appointed, and a statewide environmental referendum. Early voting, which ended over the weekend, resulted in … Read more
Early voting gets underway in Allegany County this weekend for the November 4 General Election which mostly will feature contested local government races for 18 positions, seven others which may be filled by write-ins, and three local propositions to change elected offices to appointed. Voting will be available from 9AM to 5PM this Saturday and … Read more
The Allegany County Sheriff’s Office will have a busy Saturday this week, hosting both its twice-a-year Prescription Drug Take Back Day at two locations, together with its annual Trunk and Treat in Belmont for children and families. The unused prescription drugs disposal, a national U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration effort to keep the substances out of … Read more
Area residents will have the opportunity at the end of the month to rid themselves of unused prescription drugs, keeping them out of the hands of unauthorized users, including children, and public water supplies. The Allegany County Sheriff’s Department again will take part in the semiannual U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Prescription Drug Take Back Day, … Read more
Those interested in gardening will gather in Cuba Saturday for a pot luck dinner in combination with the final plant swap of the season. The event, hosted by the Grow It Forward NY initiative, will be held from 11AM to 2PM, September 20, at the Matteson Square Community Garden site at Medbury Avenue and Maple … Read more
Getting to Know and Love Your Neighborhood was the theme as the state American Baptist Churches gathered in Cuba for a weekend installation of its new executive minister. Rev. Jerrod Hugenot of Albany, who had been associate executive since 2013 of the denominational association which serves 264 self-governing churches across New York State, will participate … Read more