The Allegany County Landfill, north of Belmont, will re-open today following Tuesday’s closure due to a reported hazardous materials incident in a dumpster which sent two individuals to the hospital for smoke exposure and apparently caused evacuation of the immediate area as a precaution. Official details of the incident remain sketchy but a one-paragraph 3:55PM … Read more
It appears the Angelica Town Board is planning no action Monday night on a proposed local law in regard to regulation of battery energy storage systems (BESS), following an outcry by a number of citizens at a public hearing last month and at several previous meetings demanding immediate action to stop placement of such facilities, … 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
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
The Friendship Town Board last night indicated it will become one of the latest Allegany County local governments to declare a moratorium on Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to obtain time to develop strong regulations governing any placements which may be proposed. During a special information gathering meeting, attended by some three dozen town residents … Read more
The Friendship town board is holding a special meeting Tuesday night “to discuss BESS/Large energy Battery Storage Systems,” although details are lacking as to whether it is associated with a possible nearby Angelica project or, as a conservation group is saying, about a potential project in the town itself. The session, scheduled for 6PM August … Read more
UPDATE #3 – 4:56PM Saturday: The Air Quality Alert for Sunday has been downgraded to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups in Western and Central New York State, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The impact could be seen changing in Allegany County this afternoon at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency site, https://tinyurl.com/Air-Now-Map, as the … Read more
UPDATE #2 – 2:43PM Thursday: The Air Quality Alert levels for Friday have been reduced by NYSDEC to Moderate for Allegany, Livingston and Monroe counties east and Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups to their west. BULLETIN – UPDATE #1 – 9:23AM Thursday: The Unhealthy Air Quality Alert for all populations has been elevated once again to … Read more
BREAKING ALERT: The Air Quality Alert has been elevated this morning to Unhealthy for all populations in Western and Central New York as northwest winds carry the smoke from massive wildfires which erupted in Ontario, Canada and Northern Minnesota Monday across the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic today and tonight. The National Weather Service (NWS) … Read more
The Angelica Town Board, possibly due to pressure from attendees at its monthly meeting last night, apparently has partially relented on its position of secrecy in regard to a proposed local law governing Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), with a project having been proposed for construction on property immediately northwest of the I-86 and State … 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. Casey Jones, editor of Allegany Hope Community News and author of this story, filed a comprehensive state Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request for government … 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 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
UPDATE – 11:49AM Tuesday: The Town of Angelica this morning provided records in response to the Freedom of Information Law request after initial attempts yesterday afternoon and this morning were thwarted, apparently due to the amount of material being forwarded. The information was received by Allegany Hope WNY Community News when it was broken up … Read more
Angelica area residents turned out in force this week to protest a possible battery energy storage system (BESS) facility on Hess road, immediately north of the I-86/State Route 19 interchange north of Belmont, at the same time as the Town Board of Amity, with boundaries just south of the site, was declaring a moratorium on … Read more