Kathryn Ross

Eight strangers gathered to help rescue the tiny orange kitten, who now goes by “Juice.”

WELLSVILLE — Good news about Saturday's 250th celebration and the receipt of a state cybersecurity grant took second place Monday evening during the village board meeting to concerns about housing and the partial collapse of the Phuntner building. Part of the old Phuntner building on a Railroad Avenue collapsed in April, causing the closing of part of that street. The street is still closed pending demolition of part of the...

WELLSVILLE — What is a tussy mussy, and who signed the Declaration of Independence? Learn, see, hear and taste what life was like in 1776 when Wellsville hosts its America 250th Anniversary celebration Saturday at the David A. Howe Library. The event will get started at noon on the library lawn when Benjamin Franklin opens the event with a ceremonial reading of the Declaration of Independence followed by a recitation...

WELLSVILLE — Under sunny skies with high summer temperatures, the Wellsville celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States went off without a flaw Saturday. Hundreds of people attended the event, which was held on the David A. Howe Memorial Library lawn from noon to 4 p.m., with the greatest number of people coming out to hear the Genesee Valley Chorus perform. Descended from the original Bicentennial Chorus of...

WELLSVILLE — The mayor opened the village board meeting Monday evening by addressing the arrest ea... Olean Times Herald Local & Social

ANGELICA — Members of a group opposing a proposed battery energy storage system (BESS) facility in the town of Angelica are not satisfied with a proposed town law regulating such facilities. On Monday, Angelica Town Board members listened to town and Allegany County residents regarding the project involving lithium-ion batteries for energy storage on 3.64 acres at 9863 Hess Road in the town. The land is owned by Christopher R....

WELLSVILLE — While communities around the county will observe the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States, two commemorations will recall the way their community came together. A few hours following the attack on the World Trade Center, its collapse, and the deaths of nearly 3,000 people, Allegany Arc was called to help. The agency, through its PWI Services, routinely assembled DNA identification kits for New...

WELLSVILLE — Friday is the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and the Starlight Theatre Company is giving a free performance of the Pulitzer Prize winning play “110 Stories” by Sarah Tuft at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the David A. Howe Library's Nancy Howe Auditorium.

The David A. Howe Library is the beneficiary of funds left over from the town of Wellsville's 250th anniversary celebration. The sunny afternoon of Aug. 15 proved to be an outstanding success for the celebration. Thanks to an outstanding group of just six volunteers, the event proved to be both fun and educational. A great part of the success of the event is owed to the staff of the David...

'Big brother' remembered for smile, selflessness Scio’s Medal of Honor recipient Jason Dunham was a little over a year out of high school when terrorists attacked the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and destroyed the tranquility of a rural Pennsylvania town on Sept. 11, 2001. Shortly afterwards, Dunham, who had been serving in the U.S. Marine Corps since graduating from Scio Central School in 2000, changed his PMOS (primary military occupation...