Portville News

BAKE SALE: Goodiefest Bake Sale to benefit the Food Bank of WNY will be held beginning at 5 p. m. Saturday at the Erie Canal Harbor, Central Wharf.

A majority of Cattaraugus County legislators decided not to wait for the State Senate to vote on a ban of text messaging while driving.

Cattaraugus County Legislators have agreed to move quickly on a proposal to pay $3,768 to a summer intern to help map infrastructure for municipalities and assist with other geographic information systems projects.

WALK LIKE AN ANIMAL: Pfeiffer Nature Center will offer an interactive night nature walk from 8 to 10 Saturday at 1420 Yubadam Road, Portville.

" Ground is expected to be broken soon for a heavy truck repair and towing business on Route 219 near Route 6 at Lantz Corners.

Bernice T. Shaffer, formerly of Fulton Street, passed away Monday , at Heritage Village, in Gerry N.Y., after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by her loving family.

Transactions At A Glance Allegheny Mountain Network's Farm & Home Broadcasting Co.'s WFRM-FM/Portville, N.Y., and an FM Translator Station to Colonial Radio Group Inc for $275,000 a Against the Wind Broadcasting's KWSA-FM and KSLL-AM/Price, Utah, to AJB Holdings, LLC.

You could rent "The Grateful Dead Movie" and watch it at home, but nothing compares to seeing it on the big screen.

Sierra Smith posted one of the fastest times in the 400 meters for Jamestown High School in the McDowell Invitational on Saturday.

After a swing and a miss than ended with an FCC approved deal falling short of settling, veteran radio broker Ray Rosenblum has brought in another buyer for Farm And Home Broadcastinga TMs WFRM in Portville, N.Y. -- Jeffrey Andrulonis' Colonial Radio Group, Inc.

Two Portville men were pistol-whipped at about 10:30 p. m. Thursday during a robbery in a West River Street home, Cattaraugus County sheriff's officials said.

The Town of Cuba's tentative 2009 tax roll was sent to the Allegany County Real Property Tax Office on Friday, moving a town-wide revaluation toward completion and ending some taxpayers' hopes of scuttling the yearold project.

More than 4,600 visitors came to the 38th annual Greater Olean Area Home and Garden Show over the weekend in the William O. Smith Recreation Center, the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce reports.

Officials from the towns of Olean and Allegany told Cattaraugus County legislators Wednesday they are happy with their tax assessment service contracts, but they feel the price is too steep for their municipal budgets.

How did a Southern tier grandmother manage to unravel a multi-million dollar scam affecting victims across the country? A A A It happened because she was able to turn to someone in authority who trusted her.

A company hired to serve debt collection lawsuits to thousands of cash-strapped New Yorkers didn't bother to deliver the papers much of the time, leaving many people unaware they had been sued until the case was over and their bank accounts were frozen, authorities said Tuesday.

A southern tier Grandmother blew the whistle. Call 4 Action reports her alert may have allowed thousands of New Yorkers to recover some of the millions they lost in default judgements.

The Cattaraugus County Legislature's Strategic Planning Committee has taken up the torch for fair and unified property assessments countywide.

Assemblyman Joe Giglio, R-Gowanda, announced the grants that have been awarded to five local libraries totaling more than $85,000. The five libraries that will be receiving these grants are: Cuba Circulating Library, $2,771; David A. Howe Public Library, $44,000; Olean Public Library, $8,335; Portville Free Library, $4,300, and; Randolph Free ...

The Buffalo Niagara Association of Realtors, a trade organization representing nearly 3,000 area real estate professionals, named Bobbie Kagle president-elect and E. Alice Miranda vice president for 2009.