Christian Bochicchio has won the 2008 Msgr. David M. Lee Scholarship, awarded annually by the Buffalo Diocesan Office of Communications, and named after the founder and longtime director of the communications office.
OLEAN — Assemblyman Joe Giglio, R-Gowanda, is taking part in the Cell Phones for Soldiers program to help military men and women overseas reconnect with their families and friends back home.
ALBANY — New legislation establishing spacing requirements for natural gas wells and a streamlined permitting process will help rejuvenate the natural gas and oil industry and lead to economic revitalization across the Southern Tier, predicted State Sen. Catharine Young, R Olean, who supported passage of the legislation.
By Andrew Rafferty and Stephen T. Watson NEWS STAFF REPORTERS
Updated: 07/05/08 7:55 AM
TOWN OF BATAVIA — Investigators were trying to determine why Joseph Schickler’s main parachute and backup chute didn’t deploy Thursday during a jump that was part of Batavia Boogie Act 19, a four-day skydiving event sponsored by Frontier Sky Divers.
By Donna Snyder
CATTARAUGUS CORRESPONDENT
Updated: 07/04/08 6:39 AM
LITTLE VALLEY — An Olean man named in a grand jury indictment charging him with attempted murder and assault will be arraigned July 14 in Cattaraugus County Court.
By Donna Snyder
CATTARAUGUS CORRESPONDENT
Updated: 07/04/08 6:39 AM
LITTLE VALLEY — An Olean man named in a grand jury indictment charging him with attempted murder and assault will be arraigned July 14 in Cattaraugus County Court.
BATAVIA — A fingerprint scan was used to identify a transient man found trespassing on railroad tracks, and he is now charged the with failing to register as a sex offender.
SHERIDAN — A Fredonia man was treated Tuesday for minor injuries in Brooks Memorial Hospital, Dunkirk, after being struck by a car while riding his bicycle on Route 20 in the town of Sheridan, State Police at Fredonia said.
A Jamestown man was sentenced Thursday to four years and nine months in federal prison for arranging for the distribution of crack cocaine, U. S. Attorney Terrance P. Flynn said Thursday.
OLEAN — One-way travel on East State Street will ease congestion following the Olean Firefighters’ annual fireworks display today in Bradner Stadium, according to Police Chief Terry Schnell.
CASSADAGA — A Cassadaga man was charged with driving while intoxicated Tuesday afternoon after state troopers were called to investigate a man possibly drinking in his pickup truck at a Cassadaga grocery store, State Police at Fredonia said.
PAVILION — A Pavilion man who was charged Thursday with felony attempted sexual abuse is accused of attempting to intimately touch a woman while she was sleeping, Genesee County sheriff’s officials said.
Three North Collins men showed up Tuesday at a Gowanda State Road home they allegedly burglarized over the last several weeks as police were investigating the break-ins, Erie County sheriff’s officials said.
ELLICOTTVILLE — Organizers of the Ellicottville Summer Festival of the Arts expect to see large crowds this weekend, thanks to favorable Canadian exchange rates and high fuel prices that are keeping area residents closer to home.
OLAF FUB SEZ: Attributed to novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, born on this date in 1804, “Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always just beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
