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Gun owners in the area could feel the impact of several anti-gun bills that have passed through the Assembly, including the possible ban of .50 caliber firearms.
The summary for Assembly bill 3211A, sponsored by State Assemblywoman Patricia Eddington, outlaws all .50 caliber firearms and larger weapons.
According to the proposed legislation, “The .50 caliber weapon is one of the most dangerous weapons in the U.S. military’s arsenal. These weapons are used for long-range tactical assassinations and assaults in the U.S. military.
“These weapons of war are readily available on the Internet and in gun stores,” the bill reads. “Investigators found that some of these weapons ended up in the hands of domestic and international terrorist organizations, religious cults, international drug traffickers, and violent criminals. These weapons serve absolutely no legitimate non-military purpose.
The Olean High School girls’ swim team’s 200 medley relay team had recorded plenty of firsts this season, but none will ever top the finish the Huskie foursome had Saturday afternoon.
Posting a time of 1:49.36, the team of Summer Sawaya, Rachel Bantelman, Grace Williamson, and Emily Simon tied for first at the New York State Championship meet held at Webster-Schroeder High School.
The team will share the state title with a foursome from Brewster High School (Sec.1), which had entered Friday’s preliminary competition as the top-seeded team in the state.
That quickly changed, though, when Olean took to the pool and recorded a 1:49.34 – an All-American consideration time that proved to be the best of the weekend.
Cleveland State came out like a men’s college basketball team that lost three starters off last season’s NCAA Tournament squad, a team without benefit of senior leadership, a team that will require time to establish an identity.
The Vikings trailed by as many as 21 to St. Bonaventure of the Atlantic 10 on Friday night during a first half in which they were devoid of offensive continuity and defensive tenacity. To the relief of coach Gary Waters, flashes of stability emerged in the second half. The glimpses weren’t ample enough to reverse the pending result, but they gave Waters positives to latch onto following a 72-62 loss to the Bonnies before 4,860 at the Reilly Center.
“I don’t think we played basketball well at all, but I thought we didn’t quit,” Waters said. “When you got a young team — only two guys had ever been out on the floor — you can’t complain about that. There were times we had an opportunity to get back in it, and then they turned up the energy level and made some plays, and we were back out of the game at that time.”
One city alderman is looking to prohibit public use of the paved lot that Mayor Carucci is eyeing for a park-and-ride.
Frank Steffen, D-Ward 7, will bring legislation to the Public Safety Committee meeting Tuesday that will prohibit any public use of the lot. Mr. Steffen, who chairs the committee, opposes the lot and said that he raised concerns about the lot to the mayor before it was paved.
The lot, on the corner of West Fall Road and Buffalo Street, is being transformed into a parking lot for carpoolers. The lot has been paved by workers from Man O’Trees, the firm that has been working on the now completed Two Mile Sewer project. Mayor David Carucci has said that the lot has cost $40,000 and is part of the restoration from the sewer project.
Allegany town residents heard new proposals for a wind-turbine farm that would effectively reduce the number of turbines built by three, and shift their locations to more remote areas in the community.
During Monday’s meeting for the Town of Allegany Planning Board, a gathering of 15 to 20 residents at the Allegany Senior Center heard a short presentation by Kevin Sheen, senior director of development for EverPower Renewables. The New York City-based company has been interested in constructing a wind-turbine farm in the Chipmonk area for the past couple of years and had initially proposed the construction of 32 wind turbines in the community. The new plan calls for the construction of 29 wind turbines.
Mr. Sheen told the board that the new layout of wind turbines would place the towers 2,500 feet from non-contracted landowners’ properties.
“We think this layout addresses some of the concerns” of the landowners along the eastern ridge of the proposed project, Mr. Sheen said. He said several wind turbines initially proposed for the Chipmonk Road area in the northern and southern ridges of the community were taken out of the plans and shifted to the western ridges of the project near Nichols Run.
As news broke last week of each town’s portion of taxes due to the county, which showed almost a 5 percent increase for Portville, town officials are wondering why.
The town will hold a public budget hearing starting at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Weston’s Mills Community Center, where officials will propose the same tax levy for 2010, $509,999, that residents saw in 2009.
“There’s no reduction in service and we will remain fiscally sound,” Town Supervisor Terry Keeley wrote in an e-mail.
But what’s with the county’s proposed tax hike for Portville?
“Our basic question is, if we can do it, why does our county portion of taxes have to rise to 4.8 percent?” he asked. “More specifically, why should the county budget rise at all? It is curious why various towns, cities and the county continue to raise taxes in this volatile economy and pose increased risk to our property owners and citizens.”
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The St. Bonaventure Diversity Action Committee will host a Multicultural Film Festival Nov. 9-12 in Dresser Auditorium of the John J. Murphy Professional Building. The schedule of films is as follows:
Monday, Nov. 9: Native American
7 p.m. – “Mohawk Girls,” a documentary in which filmmaker Tracey Deer intimately captures the lives of three exuberant and insightful Mohawk teenagers as they face their future.
8:30 p.m. — With her documentary “Club Native,” director Tracey Deer – herself a member of this tribe – presents enduring biographical profiles of four Mohawk women who found their lives immeasurably altered by the presence of local rules about interracial (and inter-tribal) dating and marriage. Read the rest of this entry »
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