Great Valley News

A Cattaraugus County man was killed Tuesday morning when the van he was driving crashed head on into a truck on Saw Mill River Road in Greenburgh, Town Police said.

Great Valley Voice by Peter F. East . If you are married by a cardinal in St. Patrick's Cathedral, he will say 'By the power vested in me by the state of New York ...' Should you choose to wed in Palm Springs, ...

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 ...

Pilot Will Parker wore a big smile Thursday morning as he surveyed the wreckage of his single-engine Cessna.

Federal aviation officials are investigating the crash of a small plane that was attempting to land at a western New York airport.

A Great Valley teen who broke into Ellicottville Central School and stole items pleaded guilty to burglary Monday in Cattaraugus County Court.

A Great Valley man who illegally collected unemployment benefits for nearly a year while he was working was sentenced as a repeat felon to time served in prison Tuesday in Cattaraugus County Court.

“I believe we have two options”

Plans for 3 percent annual raises for the head of the Cattaraugus County Human Resources Department may be put on hold Wednesday when committees of the Cattaraugus County Legislature meet. via Buffalo News

Two Erie County men have been arrested on drug charges, after Cattaraugus County sheriff's deputies said they witnessed one of the men selling cocaine to the other at the Great Valley Fireman's Regatta ... via Buffalo News

The City Council has renewed a contract for cable television with Atlantic Broadband for another 10 years with the added feature of limited high-speed Internet service. via Buffalo News

“After carefully reviewing data supplied by the state Office of Children and Family Services, and listening to the community, we decided the best solution is to keep the center the way it is for now”

Legislation approved Wednesday directs that a study compare the effectiveness of residential vs. via The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

Here are highlights of the new state budget, its inclusions and omissions: Environment Bottle bill: Once again, the ³Bigger Better Bottle Bill² was left out of the budget. via The Post-Standard

“With the reforms, there are fewer nonviolent inmates, and a greater percentage of violent inmates among those that remain”

For nearly a decade, one of New York City's major exports - criminals - has been in decline, a result of less crime. via New York Times

The Great Valley Youth Residential Center will not be closed or converted to a limited secure youth detention facility but will continue temporarily as a nonsecure foster facility to house about 25 youths. via Buffalo News

“We're carrying a bloated corrections budget of $3 billion and also not doing an adequate job of preparing prisoners for release”

As the Assembly and Senate kept working on a $124 billion budget for fiscal 2008-2009, business interests made a last pitch for lawmakers to drop plans to close corporate tax loopholes as a way to help reduce a ... via The Gazette

“They took out ads in the Ellicottville paper stating the prison was coming to the community, and this created a lot of worry and anxiety.”

Employees of the Great Valley Residential Center met with the Great Valley Town Board and about 30 residents Monday night to sort out the truth surrounding a bid to keep the nonsecure juvenile correction ... via Buffalo News

Sheriff Timothy Howard correctly calls the state's juvenile justice system a costly failure , yet he opposes cutting state funding for pretrial juvenile detention. via Buffalo News

“The Senate has proposed keeping open the Auburn youth facility, the Brace youth facility, and the Great Valley youth facility”

"It was hard for me to transition back to the community when I was upstate," said Kyle Sullivan. via Capital News 9

“We're not using that money to provide services to children.”

At the Gloversville Group Home the faucets work. The heat works too. Yes, the toilet flushes just fine and there's still soap in the soap dispenser. via News 10 Now

Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Mar. 23--As Governor Paterson races against the clock to get a new state budget in place, one issue he is sure to face is whether to see through former Governor Spitzer's plan to ... via Customer Interaction Solutions