Cattaraugus News

Education and labor leaders from Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties were honored recently for service to their unions and local communities at the New York State United Teachers Southwestern NY Regional Office's 2009 annual awards dinner at the Premier Banquet Center in Olean.

A New York man appeared in federal court in that state Wednesday to answer charges that he lied about his role in the sale of untaxed cigarettes at the Blue Stilly Smoke Shop in Arlington.

Erie County sheriff's deputies arrested two women Thursday after they were called to a disturbance at a home on Route 438 on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation.

A discussion about this fall's planned mass immunization against swine flu, the need for more planning and the capability of health professionals to treat large numbers of people dominated Wednesday's meeting of the Cattaraugus County Board of Health.

The KOLE Airport Support Group of the Cattaraugus CountyLOlean Municipal Airport will host the annual Open House and the Southern Tier Aero Radio Society's 32nd annual Scale Model Air Show from 7 a. m. until dark July 16 at the airport, 5420 Hatch Hill Road.

The Community Blood Bank of Western New York and area hospitals are urging all eligible donors to donate blood during the summer months as these are typically difficult times to collect sufficient blood amounts that meet hospitals' blood-supply demands.

Ever since Toni Hooper took in her young niece and nephew because of family issues, she has been having a hard time making ends meet.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 508 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS NY .

Two men accused of stealing 30 cartons of cigarettes from a smoke shop on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation have been arrested, the Erie County Sheriff's Office reported Monday.

SOUTH?DAYTON?- Music in the Park today from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the South Dayton Village Park Gazebo there will be music by The Gold Tones.

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Steve Culton on 2009-06-15.   The Salmon River Anglers June meeting will take place Thursday, June 25 at the former Fireman's Field pavilion downstream of the Route 16 bridge in East Hampton.

Following a freeze in May that significantly impacted grape farms in Western New York, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, the first New York Senator in nearly 40 years to serve on the Senate Agriculture Committee, today urged New York State to request a disaster declaration for the counties of Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Erie ...

The merger of Red Cross chapters in Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany counties will not affect the services which the agency provides, according to Vincent Horrigan, executive director of the Chautauqua County chapter.

Once again, the Bemus Point Central School District has been named the top school district in Chautauqua County by Business First, which released its 2009 rankings recently.

The Little Valley United Methodist Community Preschool is currently accepting applications for the 2009-2010 school year.

New York is targeting another potential invasive species, a tree-eating beetle named the Emerald Ash Borer.

Three years in the making, the Central Business Office is ready and able to assist participating school districts to achieve efficiencies and economies of scale, the Brocton School Board learned Thursday.

The state Office of Children & Family Services on Friday notified 39 full-time employees at the Tryon Residential Center that they either will be or may be laid off June 30.

A fire at a home owned by John Miller at 9537 Pigeon Valley Road in Napoli destroyed the house and an adjoining building that included a barn early Wednesday morning.

A retired state trooper is on trial for an alcohol-related crash in western New York that killed a Pennsylvania woman last year.