July 2024

Belmont, NY – The Allegany County Democrats collected multiple bags/boxes of non-perishable food and personal care items when they met recently in Wellsville. The collected goods were donated to the Catholic Charities Joyce Family Food Pantry. This service project is one of the ways the Democratic Committee lives its motto: “Serving our Community.”

The final COTS for the month of July was held in the Educational Unit of the Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 

This week’s concert is scheduled for the side lawn of St Gabriel’s Catholic Church, if the weather cooperates.  The concert will feature RSVP with Joel Anderson. 

Plans are in the works for the grand opening of the Port Allegany Town Square to be held at 5 p.m., August 22nd.  The concert, sponsored by the PAWC will follow at 6 p.m. and feature the music of Randy Andreano.  Details will be announced as they become available. 

The 2024 Break the Chains Festival was held Friday and Saturday in Coudersport. 

The location was changed due to renovations at the Port Allegany Town Square.  The BTC Coalition was grateful to the Coudersport Chamber of Commerce and the entire Coudersport community for welcoming the festival on such short notice. 

The event featured inspirational speakers, music and entertainment as well as a Kid’s Corner with crafts and face painting.  BTC is a non-profit organization whose focus is drug and alcohol addiction and self harm and suicide awareness and prevention. 

The event also included food vendors and organizations with booths such as ADAS and Narcotics  Anonymous who offered hope and help to those in need. 

The Port Allegany High School Class of 1979 gathered at the VMI (Veterans Memorial, Inc.)  for the 45th anniversary of their graduation.  MC for the evening was Barry Bova.

Pictured (front row, left to right) Meg Boudon Hutton, Joanne Metz Hitchcock, Cindy Tubbs Pesock, Holly Miller Schena, Pam Hamsher Warnick; (row 2) DeAnna Ostrander, Lisa DeHaven, Pam Edgreen Rosaria, Sue Edgreen Wiseman, Sue Higby Clarke, Kate Rankin Niece; (row 3) Terry Corah, Ken Kio, Rick Bosworth, Tim Morey, Pam Parsons Schuster, Sharon Stuckey Daniels, Bill Robinson, Bill Gummo, Patty Baxter Welliver, Mike Baker, Rick Barber; (back) Norm Huey, Mark Leet, Cindy Payne Bailey, Tom Dunn, Barry Bova, Ron Stayer, Larry Shaffer and Ed Tronetti.  

OLEAN, N.Y., July 29 – Nine local students recently received Big 30 scholarships, managed by the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

Established by the Big 30 Athletic Fund Committee, the Big 30 Athletic Fund at CRCF supports the organization’s effort to provide scholarship funding to deserving student athletes in the region served by the Big 30, including Allegany and Cattaraugus counties as well as areas of northwestern Pennsylvania.

On July 29, at 5:20 pm Port Allegany Ambulance was dispatched to Carlsons Ln. for general illness

WELLSBORO – Rep. Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford) is reminding area senior citizens, their family members and caregivers of his upcoming Senior Expo this Friday, Aug. 2, from 9 a.m. to noon at Wellsboro Senior High School Gym and Commons, 225 Nichols St.

In conjunction with the expo, Owlett is also hosting a shredding event in the school’s parking lot to give area residents the opportunity to help protect themselves against identity theft by having documents with personal information securely shredded.

            Bradford, PA –The Bradford Hospital Auxiliary (BHA) hosted the inaugural Blueberry Festival at Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC), a Kaleida Health facility, on Friday, July 26. The event that was held in the main lobby of BRMC attracted around 300 community members with blueberry themed treats, prizes, and other raffles.

Ed McCrea is the President and Co-Founder of Environmental Education and Conservation Global (EECG), an international non-profit in its 20th year. EECG uses the power of education to create a global population that values the preservation of natural species. A lot of their work is now in India, Thailand and 15 different countries, two of them in Africa. Their only income is donations.

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today issued a comprehensive proposed rule and determination to more effectively reduce Salmonella contamination and illnesses associated with raw poultry products. This is the culmination of FSIS’ three-year effort to reevaluate their strategy for controlling Salmonella rates in poultry and protect American consumers from foodborne illness linked to consumption of poultry products.

Salmonella bacteria cause over 1 million human infections in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Food is the leading source of Salmonella infections and poultry is among the leading sources of foodborne Salmonella illnesses. FSIS estimates that there are 125,000 chicken-associated and almost 43,000 turkey-associated foodborne Salmonella illnesses per year. Despite FSIS data indicating that Salmonella contamination in poultry products has been decreasing, there has not been an observed reduction in Salmonella illnesses.

“Far too many consumers become sick from poultry contaminated with Salmonella, and today’s announcement marks a historic step forward to combat this threat,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “This proposed framework is a systematic approach to addressing Salmonella contamination at poultry slaughter and processing, which includes enforceable standards that will result in safer food for consumers and fewer illnesses.”

At a hearing of the House Republican Policy Committee on Thursday, July 25, two township supervisors from McKean County – Jim Trussell of Hamlin Township (left) and David McClain of Keating Township (right) – offered testimony in support of permitting local governments the ability to use conventional brine water to suppress dust on dirt and gravel roads, as well as treating paved roads in advance of winter storms. They are pictured with state Reps. Kathy Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) and Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter), who participated in the hearing as members of the committee. The hearing was held at the Drake Well Museum in Titusville.