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Nov 21, 2024 | 
edsource.org | Emily Hamill |John Fensterwald |Amy DiPierro |Rick Miller
News Brief Thursday November 21, 2024 9:15 am The Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) and Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) are partnering for the 2024 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for the L.A. region. The competition showcases talent in various creative categories, from painting to poetry and photography. An estimated 600,000 L.A. County students, grades 7-12, are eligible to participate by submitting their artwork or writing by the Dec. 2, 2024 deadline.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
toledoblade.com | Rick Miller
Maintaining a comprehensive communitywide pediatric health care system is increasingly challenging for many reasons. The economics of pediatric health care can be fragile, with reimbursement for some services below the actual cost of care. Physicians who choose to specialize in pediatrics must often train for several addi-tional years with relatively little compensation, and the number of medical students and residents seeking advanced pediatric training is declining nationally.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
salamancapress.com | Rick Miller
GOWANDA — Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio formally announced Friday he will not seek re-election in the 148th Assembly District in November. Giglio was first elected in a special election in the then-149th District in 2005 to serve the remainder of Katharine M. Young’s Assembly term after she was elected to the state Senate. “It will be 19 years in June since I was first elected to the Assembly,” Giglio said in an exclusive interview Thursday. “It’s hard to realize it went by so fast.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
salamancapress.com | Rick Miller
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has earmarked nearly $1.6 million to the Seneca Nation of Indians for affordable housing and community development. The funding was part of nearly $20 million to 11 communities through the Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) program.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
salamancapress.com | Rick Miller
GOWANDA — The growing overdose and fentanyl crisis facing communities in the region will be discussed at roundtable meeting Thursday hosted by Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio at Gowanda’s Historic Hollywood Theater. The roundtable is set for 1-3 p.m., the Gowanda Republican said. The theater is located at 39 W.
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Jan 28, 2024 | 
salamancapress.com | Rick Miller
LITTLE VALLEY — The Rev. Gerard leFeber of Olean gave his last invocation at the opening of last week’s Cattaraugus County Legislature meeting. The retirement marks the end of a more than 13-year run as county legislature chaplain. The former pastor at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Allegany, leFeber served there for 14 years before retiring in 2011. An Indiana native, leFeber served as pastor at Lutheran churches in New Orleans, La., and Fort Meyers and Melbourne in Florida.
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Jan 27, 2024 | 
salamancapress.com | Rick Miller
LITTLE VALLEY — Three Cattaraugus County Chambers of Commerce will share nearly $263,000 in revenue from the county’s 2023 bed tax receipts. People checking into hotels and motels and those who use vacation rental services like Airbnb or Vrbo are assessed a 5% bed tax. A portion goes to tourism promotion by the chambers in Olean, Ellicottville and Salamanca. The county Department of Economic Development, Planning and Tourism has calculated the amounts for each chamber and the areas they serve.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
salamancapress.com | Rick Miller
LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Legislature Chairman Andrew Burr of Gowanda announced 2024 committee assignments for the all-Republican legislature on Wednesday, Jan. 24. With 15 members, this year’s smaller county legislature has two fewer members than last year. As a result, most committees will have fewer members. Only the seven-member Finance Committee will continue with seven members. All others will have five members.
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
salamancapress.com | Rick Miller
School districts in Cattaraugus County will share in more than $252 million in state aid under Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Executive Budget for the fiscal year, up $874,548 from current levels. It includes over $171,314,526 in Foundation Aid, up from over $169 million in 2023-24. The total is $4,624,933 more than was received by districts this year — not counting building and reorganization aid. There is also a $300,000 boost for BOCES funding to $26.36 million.
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Jan 4, 2024 | 
salamancapress.com | Rick Miller
LITTLE VALLEY — A new, smaller Cattaraugus County Legislature elected Andrew Burr, a Republican of Gowanda, as chairman on Wednesday, Jan. 3. The newly redistricted legislature’s 15 members are all Republican since Democrats did not nominate any candidates in any of the five new districts. Burr was vice chairman for the past four years under Chairman Howard VanRensselaer of Randolph, who was not permitted to run for re-election after having served three consecutive four-year terms.
