A variety of needs of senior citizens has been advanced by Allegany County residents, from transportation to housing, increased handyman assistance and community knowledge about services, during a public hearing on deficiencies in aids for older adults. The comments came during a free Older Adults Wellness Day Friday at Genesis Bible Church in Scio, with … 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
Belmont trustees will hold a public hearing tomorrow night on a local law which will cost each village pickup unit $120 per year for garbage collection without an annual reduction in the nearly 10 percent property tax hike which went into effect with the June 1 fiscal year budget. The 7:15PM Monday hearing, to be … 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
BREAKING: Allegany County residents are being invited to comment Thursday night on a $145.5 million budget for next year, with little to go on, while county lawmakers themselves appear to be grasping for information on how to use nearly $42.5 million in surplus and avoid giving any of it back to property taxpayers. County Attorney … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Over one-third of taxpayers in Allegany County towns will pay more in county property taxes next year under a 2024 tentative budget while $16 million, or a number equal to nearly 53 percent of the entire tax levy, appears to be proposed for diversion to one or more unnamed purposes. An initial analysis of … Read more
BREAKING – EXCLUSIVE: Allegany County, NY, lawmakers, who are scheduled to vote tomorrow on a proposal to raise some department head salaries by as much as $25,000 and 25 percent annually, now are rolling out additional salary increases for county officials and non-union employee, some of which have even higher percentages. A new resolution is … Read more
Devices which provide hearing assistance, particularly at meetings, now are available as part of the Library of Things at the Cuba Circulating Library. The 39 East Main Street facility has four Pocketalkers which patrons can borrow in one-week intervals, with each kit containing the basic device along with a pair of headphones and earbuds and … Read more