June 6, 2023
HORNELL, NY – The Department of Public Works will be milling the following streets on Wednesday June
Thacher Street
Irving Place
Kansas Avenue
Steuben Street (from the Railroad tracks to Hornell St.)
Author: wlea
June 6, 2023
CANISTEO, NY – From Canisteo Village Hall – There will be no parking in the downtown parking lot beginning Wednesday, June 7th at Noon through Saturday, June 10th for the Canisteo Crazee Daze Event. Please be aware of any additional no parking signs setup throughout the Village. Any violators to these orders will be towed.
June 6, 2023
BATH, NY – The Steuben County Public Health Department warns residents to be aware of unhealthy air quality due to wildfires across Canada. Unhealthy air quality can be dangerous for those with asthma, respiratory issues, and for children and seniors who are more vulnerable to air pollution than adults.
“We have been working with our schools to make sure children stay healthy,” said Public Health Director, Darlene Smith. “When the air quality is at an unhealthy level, it’s important for everyone to consider what outdoor activities can be rescheduled for when the air quality is better.”
Find information on local current air quality measures, updated hourly, by visiting airnow.gov. When air quality is deemed unhealthy, it is recommended to avoid strenuous outdoor activities and to generally limit active time outdoors.
June 6, 2023
CANISTEO, NY – From Canisteo Village Hall: The Village of Canisteo is celebrating 150 years along with their return of Crazee Days beginning with a Parade to kick off the three day event at 6:00 p.m on Thursday June 8. Village wide yard sales, many vendors, Monica Hall Band Friday evening, 5K/10K walk/run Saturday morning, Cuize’n Time Car Show Saturday afternoon with Pork Bellies BBQ.
For additional information, please see the Canisteo Community Support Group Facebook Page, or feel free to contact us at 607-698-4553.
June 6, 2023
HORNELL, NY – Below is an Email Sent Out By Shawn Hogan, Maple City Sound Committee Chair:
To Whom it May Concern: As you are aware I made the decision to discontinue the Maple City Sound Drum Corps Show, there were a number of reasons, but first and foremost lack of volunteers, and also shrinking sponsorship base, all the money left in the Maple City Sound Account was donated to local charities and organizations.
St. James Hospital Foundation — $2000
Hornell City School District (Music Education Programs) – $1500
Hornell YMCA — $1,000
Hornell Public Library — $ 761.35
White Sabers Drum Corps — $500
Hornell Community Theater Group — $1000
Catholic Charities (Turning Point) __ $300
Hornell Salvation Army —- $300
United Way of the Southern Tier — $300
Hornell Wind Ensemble —- $300
I appreciate the Chamber of Commerce allowing Maple City Sound to continue to operate under their umbrella, but everything has a life span, this event had run its course, as much as I will miss the event, it was time
Kindest regards
Shawn D. Hogan
Last Chairman of Maple City Sound Committee
June 5, 2023
CANISTEO, NY – Canisteo Village Police Chief Kyle Amidon reports that 24 year old Parker Ordway of Russell Street, Canisteo, was charged with Menacing in the Second Degree. That’s after allegedly threatening someone with a knife, during an alleged domestic dispute. No injuries were reported.
June 5, 2023
ARKPORT, NY – There will be a grand opening of the Arkport Village Library, on Monday, June 13, from 5:00pm-6:30pm. Arkport Public Library President/Arkport Village Board member Patty Amidon says, the Arkport Public Library have gone through some major transformations in the last couple years. Accoring to Amidon, the library went from being a book center owned by the Village of Arkport to being a Chartered Public library under the taxpayers of Hornellsville. “The board received a construction grant through the STLS (Southern Tier Library System) and have undergone a complete renovation of the building,” Amidon stated.
In other Arkport Village Hall news, there will be a retirement party for longtime Arkport Village Library Director Cathy Smith. That will be at the same time/date as the grand opening: Monday, June 13, 500-630pm.
June 4, 2023
685,000 Older New Yorkers Rely on SNAP; Gillibrand’s Bill Would Help Get Food To Those Who Need It
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Senate Special Committee on Aging, held a video press conference to announce the Senior Hunger Prevention Act, legislation that would make Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits more robust and easily available to older Americans. Despite facing high rates of food insecurity, less than half of eligible older adults are enrolled in SNAP. Gillibrand’s bill would eliminate unnecessary administrative hurdles and make it easier for them to receive benefits.
“Skyrocketing grocery prices have left too many older Americans struggling to keep food on the table,”said Senator Gillibrand. “Help is available in the form of SNAP benefits, but the current application process is complex and deters many seniors from making use of this critical resource. The Senior Hunger Prevention Act would streamline and simplify the SNAP application process for seniors and increase the monthly benefit available to them. I’m proud to be leading this legislation and I look forward to getting it passed.”
The Senior Hunger Prevention Act would:
Increase the minimum monthly SNAP benefit for all participants by between $23 and $95 to help older adults afford more and better quality food.
Streamline and simplify the SNAP application and certification process for older and disabled individuals.
Expand SNAP food delivery options for homebound individuals and those with disabilities.
Support outreach efforts to enroll more older adults and adults with disabilities in nutrition programs.
Provide grants to nonprofits and local aging and disability service providers to bring fresh, local food to accessible locations.
The Senior Hunger Prevention Act is co-led by U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) and cosponsored by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Rafael Warnock (D-GA).
The legislation is endorsed by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, ADvancing States, Alliance to End Hunger, the American Public Health Association, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Feeding America, Food Research & Action Center, Generations United, the Gerontological Society of America, Meals on Wheels America, Meals on Wheels, the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs, the National Association of RSVP Directors, the National Council on Aging, the National Down Syndrome Congress, Share our Strength, and USAging.
June 3, 2023
From State Senator Tom O’Mara
To kick off the 2023 legislative session – one that we believed represented a pivotal session with New York at a crossroads in so many areas – the Senate Republican Conference put forth a comprehensive set of goals to help rebuild and strengthen local and state economies, focus on the financial challenges facing many middle-class families and small business owners, and make public safety a top priority.
At that time back in early January, I said, “New Yorkers across the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions, and statewide, are worried about making ends meet. They see this state becoming less safe, less affordable, less free, less economically competitive, less responsible, and far less hopeful for the future. Albany Democrats acknowledge that New York State has an affordability crisis causing the exodus of our citizens to more affordable states, however the Democrats are intent on raising taxes to increase handouts to their base. They have no interest in reining in out-of-control spending, eliminating taxes, lowering costs, cutting burdensome regulations and mandates, or restoring public safety. We need to rescue New York by restoring the right priorities to turn things around, rebuild stronger and safer communities, and work toward a more responsible and sustainable future.”
We called it “Rescue New York” and we began rolling it out at the very start of this session — a session that New York’s Democrat legislative leaders will bring to a close later this week — with a focus on fiscal responsibility and affordability for all taxpayers, rebuilding and revitalizing New York’s local economies, and addressing rising crime and public safety.
Albany Democrats have gone in a completely different direction. It continues to put this state’s future on high alert. Their direction for New York is producing billions upon billions of dollars of short- and long-term spending commitments requiring billions upon billions of dollars in new taxes, fees, and borrowing for future generations of state and local taxpayers.
The overriding goals of our Rescue New York agenda would have:
● Offered a safer and better quality of life for all New Yorkers by repealing bail reform and supporting law enforcement and crime victims;
● Made New York more affordable for every resident by cutting the state’s highest-in-the-nation tax burden and taking other actions to lower the cost of living in New York;
● Improved the state’s business climate and expanded economic opportunity by cutting burdensome regulations;
● Moved more responsibly and sensibly toward a cleaner energy future without ignoring affordability, feasibility, and reliability like the strategy currently set in motion under Governor Hochul is doing; and
● Restored accountability and local decision making to state government in the aftermath of rampant abuses of executive power throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
But that’s not where we have gone this session under continued one-party, all-Democrat rule. The size of the state budget continues to skyrocket. There was no turning back from this explosive tax-and-spend path this year. Far from it, in fact. The new state budget, as I have detailed in previous columns, took yet another huge leap in size and will burden state and local taxpayers for years to come.
The same goes for law and order. Albany Democrats are turning criminal justice on its head. Most reasonable New Yorkers recognize that rising crime and violence, and weakened public safety and security, are the direct result of the pro-criminal policies being enacted and pushed by this governor and a State Legislature under one-party control. They have emboldened the criminal element throughout this state through failed bail reform, lenient parole policies, an out-of-control Parole Board, cowing to the “defund the police” movement, and an overall careless approach to criminal justice.
In short, our calls to make New York more affordable, responsible, safer, and sustainable have, once again, gone unheard this session. Nevertheless, the fight goes on to rescue and restore a more reasonable approach to governing this state.
It’s more urgent than ever.