The Salamanca Press

3 days ago | salamancapress.com | Kellen M. Quigley

The zombie pop culture boom of the 2000s and early 2010s had pretty much died off over the past several years, with spin-offs of “The Walking Dead” being the only remnant of a bygone media frenzy. Of course, just like the undead themselves, it wasn’t truly gone for good, as the video game and later TV adaptation of “The Last of Us” brought it right back into the mainstream.

4 days ago | salamancapress.com | Kellen M. Quigley

WEST VALLEY — The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) has safely completed the largest, most complex demolition of a radioactively contaminated facility at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) to date, achieving a 2025 priority for the cleanup program.

4 days ago | salamancapress.com | Kellen M. Quigley

SALAMANCA — The mayor of Salamanca and two Common Council members made the 350-mile journey to the nation’s capital early this month to make their case requesting additional federal support for the city. Mayor Sandra Magiera and aldermen John “Jack” Hill and Kylee Johnson spent June 12 and 13 in Washington, D.C., meeting with staff from Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kristin Gillibrand’s offices after nearly four years of communication. “They did say that we didn’t have to go there.

1 week ago | salamancapress.com | Kellen M. Quigley

100 YearsJune 19, 1925: (SALAMANCA —) The old stone house on the Parker Farm, about three miles south of the city in Allegany State Park and located on the new scenic road from Salamanca into the park, is no more. The “stone house” was built about 18 years ago by the late Melvin O. Parker, who was a pattern maker in the Benedict factory here, and father of C.A. Parker of the Parker Electrical Company. It was a one-story structure with a basement, containing, as originally built, six rooms.

1 week ago | salamancapress.com | Connor Jackson

Local Sports, Sports SALAMANCA — Salamanca softball got two names on the CCAA 1 all-star list, with Kenzie Crouse landing on the first-team and Skyla Dowdy making the second team. Crouse got the nod with a .342 batting average this past season.