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
Allegany Hope and its associated initiatives will be joining with other county services organizations Tuesday for a free public-focused community resources fair in Friendship. The Allegany County Community Collaboration initiative, hosted by the Cattaraugus-Allegany Workforce Development Board and the Southern Tier Library System, will be held from 11AM to 1PM July 28 at the Friendship … Read more
An opening reception and unveiling of a new outdoor mural on Alfred’s main street will be held Sunday. A project of the Alfred 21st Century Group (A21CG), a long-time nonprofit organization focused on community preservation and enhancement in both the village and town, will unveil the work by Chloe Smith, a Rochester-based muralist and Alfred … Read more
An attempt to clear up apparent inconsistencies related to a possible Battery Storage Energy System (BESS) north of Belmont in the Town of Angelica has resulted in even more discrepancies. Here is what we have been able to learn – and not – through Freedom of Information Law filings and other research about the location. … Read more
An attempt to clear up apparent inconsistencies related to a possible Battery Storage Energy System (BESS) north of Belmont in the Town of Angelica has resulted in even more discrepancies. The Town, which said a moratorium on construction of BESS facilities within its jurisdiction, had expired on April 24, responded to an Allegany Hope Community … Read more
An attempt to clear up apparent inconsistencies related to a possible Battery Storage Energy System (BESS) north of Belmont in the Town of Angelica has resulted in even more discrepancies, the most murky of which appears to be whether an application for the project has been filed. The June minutes of the Angelica Town Board, … Read more
A new Stewarding Allegany County Natural Resources (SACNR) group will hold its first public information meeting next week in Angelica with an initial focus on stopping a battery energy storage system (BESS) installation on Hess Road, next to the I-86 and State Route 19 interchange, north of Belmont. The Wednesday, July 15, session will be … Read more
An expanded Community of Care focus will be the effort in coming months of the What God is Doing in Friendship ny alliance of participating churches as it seeks to enhance opportunities to serve residents throughout the greater Friendship area and beyond. The alliance, which has been engaged collectively in developing initiatives which are designed … Read more
Jones Memorial Hospital today cut the ribbon on another phase of a multi-million renovation and expansion initiative. The project results in expanding the surgical clinic from one to three treatment rooms on the Wellsville facility’s third floor, consolidation of the clinic and infusion and oncology center in one location, the latter with a view overlooking … Read more
Editor’s Note: The following is the first Letter to the Editor which Allegany Hope Community News has published since its inception. Although respected local pediatrician Dr. Zahi Kassas focuses on Wellsville, we have seen at different times over the years in Allegany County, and most other communities beyond, the same “Creeping Normality” trends which he … Read more
A missionary with a focus on South Asia, whose interest in world missions started while a student at Houghton College, will return to his alma mater, now a university, this week as part of a campus missions event. Rev. Dr. Jim Truesdell will discuss Converts and Proselytes: How Anti-Conversion Laws and Persecution Impact Jesus Followers … Read more
Nearly three dozen Alfred State College Architecture and Design students have given their suggestions on positive changes which can be made to enhance the business district, parks and public spaces in the hamlet of Friendship. The three teams presented different design concepts Tuesday night during a public preview in the Friendship Central School auditorium, attended … Read more
Area individuals with disabilities and their families will be able to connect next week with dozens of local organizations and provider agencies. The Cattaraugus-Allegany Workforce Development Board will hold a free Disabilities Resource Fair from noon to 3PM, Wednesday, October 29, at the David A. Howe Public Library, 155 North Main Street in Wellsville. Community … Read more
Two community engagement sessions on mental health will be held in Hornell this week as part of a listening series being held in various parts of the state. The State Office of Mental Health will conduct the duplicate forums from 6PM to 8PM Wednesday, October 10, and 9AM to 11AM Thursday at the Hornell Community … Read more
BREAKING: Residents of the Town of Amity, which includes the Village of Belmont, and a portion of the Town of Ward will vote in two weeks on a proposal to authorize $600,000 in bonds for purchase and renovation of an existing building in Amity for a new, combined fire department and emergency squad facility. Voting … Read more
Area residents received a broad-based lesson in local government this week during a luncheon meeting in Wellsville. The Tuesdays with Grace free noontime gathering at Grace United Church hosted Mayor Randy Shayler who shared some insights into the workings of the Wellsville village board, which had met the night before. Going through the board agenda … Read more
A variety of government and nonprofit entities are adding to a list of solicitations this year for Allegany County residents to provide opinions in regard to existing and needed services. The Allegany County Planning Department and the ACCORD Community Action Program each have added online surveys and Ardent Solutions will hold a virtual community conversation … Read more
A Wellsville native and Alfred University graduate, who started Vietnam’s first business college along with a Southeast Asia church, will share his experiences next week during a free public luncheon presentation in Friendship. The What God is Doing in Friendship ny alliance of churches will host the 12PM third Wednesday of the month meal on … Read more
A monthly Seed and Garden Swap later this month will kick off a new growing season for a Cuba community garden. Grow It Forward NY will host the free exchange from 1PM to 3PM Saturday, March 22, at the Cuba Circulating Library at 39 East Main Street, with additional gatherings to be held at the … Read more
Speakers with Friendship ties will be among several local to international missionaries who will be helping to build awareness about the importance of Christian outreach during an extended Missions Marching Forward Week this month. Former 1st United Methodist Church Pastor Robert Schooley, who has conducted a 20-year outreach to Uganda, and Calum Ruxton of Friendship, … Read more