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Old-time rides are a bicentennial hit
Crowds lined city streets Wednesday as they have across Cattaraugus County to welcome the county's Bicentennial Wagon Train and Stage Coach Run.
The Morning Read: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Meanwhile, John McCain will announce his pick in Dayton next Friday - ' the day after Obama's acceptance speech.
With a "giddy-up," the Cattaraugus County Bicentennial Wagon Train and Stagecoach Run got under way Saturday morning.
Centennial caravan hits the trail
An ample sprinkling of blessings dusted the heels of impeccable but impatient draft horse teams Saturday morning.
Group will perform 'The Music Man' in concert
Olean Community Theatre will perform Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" in a concert format at 7 p. m. Thursday in the Ellicottville Gazebo.
Cattaraugus legislator puzzled over losing Planning Board seat
The week after someone else was appointed to fill the Cattaraugus County Planning Board seat he held for 15 years, Legislator Bill Sprague, D-Yorkshire, said he doesn't want to make a big deal out of it but ...
Tourism expert tells county to sell the experience before the location
A group of elected officials and planning board members from Cattaraugus County demonstrated a new level of image-consciousness Monday night as a sometimes- humorous presentation on attracting tourists drew to ...
IDA approves aid to finish improvements to ski resort
The Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency met Tuesday to approve aid to assist Win- Sum Ski Corp.
Contest winners named for wagon train ride
The 2008 Bicentennial Wagon Train and Stagecoach Run's Horses for Youth Contest winners were recently drawn from 47 entries.
Grand jury indicts 7 on traffic, drug charges
Seven people were indicted Tuesday by a Cattaraugus County grand jury. The report was made to Judge Larry M. Himelein, who will schedule arraignments in upcoming weeks.
Cattaraugus County man charged with DWI
Cattaraugus County sheriff's deputies arrested a Leon man early Sunday morning on a driving while intoxicated charge following a routine traffic stop in the Town of Dayton, authorities said today.
Polling places get grants to increase accessibility
The Kill Buck Fire Department is one of 12 polling places in Cattaraugus County to share in $34,594 in state and federal grants to make facilities handicapped-accessible. Kill Buck is the only fire department ...
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The Salamanca Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons is sponsoring a trip to the - - Greg Frewin Magic Show'' and a buffet lunch in Niagara Falls, Canada.
Ischua man killed in farm accident in Dayton
An Ischua man was killed this morning when a machine struck him in the head, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office reported.
Man Killed While Trimming Cow Hooves
The Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Department says a 55 year old man was killed Thursday morning while trimming cow hooves on the Ken Wood Farm in Dayton, NY. via WGRZ-TV Buffalo
Pope Will Find Diverse Church in US
“Problems aren't being solved, but people are yelling at one another.”
In his visit this month to the United States, Pope Benedict XVI will find an American flock wrestling with what it means to be Roman Catholic. via Newsday.com
Layoff of Extension agent draws calls
“Tell them to go back to the board of directors of Extension”
Cattaraugus County legislators have fielded so many calls on the termination last week of Joan Petzen, the business educator for Cattaraugus/Allegany Counties' Cornell Cooperative Extension, that they have ... via Buffalo News
Lyndonville church supports pastor found in Ohio strip club
“He and his family are in our prayers.”
It was a Sunday without their troubled pastor. A western New York church is moving on after their leader went missing, and was then found in an unexpected place. via WIVB-TV Buffalo
Missing Upstate Pastor Found at Ohio Strip Club
Police say a pastor who was reported missing from his home in western New York has been found at an Ohio strip club. via WINS-AM New York
Bessie T. Berry, 76, recalled as 'citizen of her community'
“Being first doesn't faze me at all. ... I don't think of it one way or another.”
Being first didn't seem to matter much to Bessie T. Berry. In a 1966 interview with the Star-Gazette's Peggy Gallagher, Berry, the first black person elected to the Elmira school board, said, 'Being first ... via Star-Gazette