Village of Wellsville Board Meeting Tonight, Monday 7/26 at 6pm
Mayor Shayler and the Village Board will meet tonight for the agenda posted below. Longtime “Clerk of the Court,” Sammy Gilkey is retiring and will be honored for her service […]
Tom Forness Celebration of Life Planned for Sunday August 1st
The friends and family of Thomas W. Forness are invited to celebrate his life on Sunday, August 1, 2021, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the Morrison Hayes American Legion […]
Rushford Fire Department Will Hold a Street Dance This Saturday July 31st
The event will feature food trucks, raffles, and is FREE to the public!!!!
The Golden Crone: Just Right
I am on vacation. My family and I leave the ancient foothills once a year and bring our hillbilly holler to the very edge of the Great White North. I […]
“Delta Dawn,” The Latest Covid-19 Variant Emerges Rapidly as the Dominant Strain
What is the Delta variant? Will my vaccine protect me? Should I put the mask back on? These are a few questions that many people have in reaction to the […]
The End of The Oramel Volunteer Fire Department?
Michael T. Baldwin Reports, 7/25/21 The Oramel Volunteer Fire Department could possibly go away. According to a legal notice, a public hearing will be held at the Houghton Fire Department […]
William (Bill) John Timberlake Sr., 79, Former Allegany County Undersheriff
William (Bill) John Timberlake Sr. passed away peacefully on July 19, 2021, at the age of 79, while vacationing in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on December […]
New York State Police Wall of Honor: Remember Trooper Winston I. Martindale
Trooper Martindale, 40, died on July 24, 2013 as a result of injuries he received at the scene of a plane crash in Wawayanda, New York on May 9, 2011. […]
The County Beat: Part 2, Full Board of Legislators Meet at County Fair
From Amie Acton, 7/24/21 The July 22nd board meeting, held in the mini theater at the Allegany County Fair, was both a regular meeting in operations and a public lesson […]
The County Beat: Part 1, July 21st Committee Meetings
From Amie Acton, 7/24/21 Wednesday’s Resource Management Committee started with a report from Director of Soil and Water Conservation Scott Torrey. His department had been busy with grant writing and […]
Congressman Lee Zeldin Barnstorms WNY With Eye On Becoming Governor
From the Editor, 7/23/21 New York’s 1st District is the eastern half of Long Island is a long way from the Allegany County Fair, nearly four hundred miles away. Congressman […]
Genesee Valley Central School Raises over $20,000 for Free Medical Clinic
Michael T. Baldwin Reports, 7/23/21 Genesee Valley Central School (GVCS) has raised over $20,000 from area businesses and organizations to provide a Remote Area Medical (RAM) pop-up clinic in the […]
Wellsville’s Fassett Greenspace: Fresh Food For The People
From the Editor, 7/23/21, Photographs by Melanie Hunt Streeter Everything Grown is For the Public, Dozens of Herbs and Vegetables The intersection of Main Street and West Fassett Street in […]
Robert “Ozzy” Ordway, 59, Andover
Robert “Ozzy” Ordway, 59, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. He was born in Wellsville’s Jones Memorial Hospital on November 21, 1961 the son of Franklin […]
Local Community Hero Hopes For “A Gift of Life”
From the Editor, 7/23/21 Photo of Al and his wife, Nancy Al Mosher has been the epitome of what we refer to as a, “pillar of the community.” From business, […]