Salamanca woman jailed on murder, other charges
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November 1, 2025
SALAMANCA — A city woman is facing murder and other felony charges after a death on River Street on Friday morning. The Salamanca Police Department re...
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Old Times Remembered for March 26 through April 1
Featured
March 26, 2026
150 Years March 30, 1876: CENTENNIAL TEA PARTY — The Centennial Tea Party at the Rock City Hotel, for the benefit of Rev. W.B. Holt, was the most enjo...
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Out & About
Featured
March 25, 2026
To add an event, email the details to salamancapress@gmail.com. Include "Out & About" in email subject line. March 27 – Morgan Jay: The Goofy Guy Tour...
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Local Sports, Sports
March 26, 2026
Q: No mid-major college basketball team made the Sweet 16 this season for just the third time under the current format. What were the other years? A: 1996 and 2025.
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Size keys Pennsy all-stars past New York
Basketball, Local Sports, Sports
Pennsy downs NY 108-94 for third- straight series win
By J.P. BUTLER Special to the Press 
March 23, 2026
PORTVILLE — The Pennsylvania boys all-star team couldn’t put in an offense, incorporated four players from outside the traditional Big 30 area and was...
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Pennsylvania denies NY rally, hold on 59-57
Basketball, Local Sports, Sports
By SAM WILSON Special to the Press 
March 22, 2026
PORTVILLE — A 12-point lead with eight minutes to play evaporated going into the last media timeout for the Pennsylvania girls basketball all-stars, b...
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Local Sports, Sports
March 19, 2026
Q: In 79 years of the NBA playoffs, how many teams that were not a top three seed in their conference have won the championship? A: Two. 1995 Rockets,...
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Local Sports, Sports
March 19, 2026
Saturday, March 21 CLV softball vs. Springville-Griffith Institute, 11 a.m. Monday, March 23 Salamanca boys baseball vs. Otto-Eldred, 5 p.m. Tuesday, ...
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Local & Social
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Ellicottville skier wins U18+ State Championship Giant Slalom
Cattaraugus County News, Featured, Local News, ...
By DEB EVERTS Press Reporter 
Mar 25, 2026
ELLICOTTVILLE — Western New York has a star performer in skiing this year as Coleman Carls has been crowned the New York State Ski Racing Association ...
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Police Reports
Cattaraugus County News, Crime, Featured, ...
Mar 25, 2026
Salamanca Police March 11, 9:18 a.m., Alicia D. Kindt, 37, of Salamanca, was charged with two counts of aggravated harassment of an employee by an inm...
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Superhero Training Camp returns to Salamanca on Saturday
Featured, Local News, News, ...
Mar 24, 2026
SALAMANCA — Superhero Training Camp is returning to the Seneca Nation’s Allegany Community Center (ACC) on Saturday for a free, action‑packed communit...
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East Randolph Methodist Church to celebrate bicentennial this year
Cattaraugus County News, Featured, Local News, ...
By DEB EVERTS Press Reporter 
Mar 24, 2026
EAST RANDOLPH — The East Randolph Methodist Church will celebrate its 200th anniversary this year, marking two centuries of faith, service and communi...
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What’s Cool in School: Salamanca students advocate on Capitol Hill
Cattaraugus County News, Featured, Local News, ...
By KELLEN M. QUIGLEY Managing Editor 
Mar 23, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Students from Salamanca High School’s Civics Engagement Program gained firsthand experience in advocacy and leadership earlier this...
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Salamanca’s Rohwer named Youth of the Week
Cattaraugus County News, Featured, Local News, ...
Mar 23, 2026
The Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau announces that this week’s featured Youth of the Week is Kyleigh Rohwer, the daughter of Patrick Rohwer and Heathe...
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Cornell Cooperative Extension welcomes new 4-H youth educator
Cattaraugus County News, Featured, Local News, ...
Mar 22, 2026
ELLICOTTVILLE — Eliza Schrantz has joined the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) team in Cattaraugus County as a 4-H Youth Educator. Schrantz partici...
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Crime and Courts
Police Reports
Cattaraugus County News, Crime, Featured, ...
Mar 18, 2026
Salamanca Police March 8, 1:11 a.m., Thomas S. George, 42, of Salamanca, was charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehi...
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Police Reports
Cattaraugus County News, Crime, Featured, ...
Mar 11, 2026
Salamanca Police March 3, 9:09 a.m., Jamie Jimerson, 51, of Salamanca, was charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicl...
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Police Reports
Cattaraugus County News, Crime, Featured, ...
Mar 04, 2026
Salamanca Police Feb. 18, 7:16 p.m., Karen M. Fries, 54, of Allegany, was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a stimulant, a class A-II ...
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Humanity endures in faraway space adventure ‘Project Hail Mary’
Lifestyle, Movie Review, Movie Reviews
By By KELLEN M. QUIGLEY Managing Editor 
March 24, 2026
The subgenre of near-future, hard sci-fi movies had a big bump in the 2010s with the critical and commercial successes of “Gravity” in 2013, “Interstellar” in 2014 and “The Martian” in 2015, that last one being the adaptation of Andy Weir’s debut novel with a screenplay by Drew Goddard. Now, just ov...
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Photo Galleries
East Randolph hosts Memorial Day Parade
Featured, Gallery, News, ...
Salamanca Press 
May 27, 2025
Randolph and East Randolph alternately host their annual Memorial Day Parade and ceremony. With this year being East Randolph’s turn, the parade route...
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Ohi:yo’ Art Market a huge success at casino
Featured, Gallery, News, ...
Salamanca Press 
May 5, 2025
The Seneca Allegany Event Center hosted the Ohi:yo’ Art Market on Saturday. Presented by the Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center and Visit Seneca Nation, th...
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Ski season winding down
Ellicottville, Featured, Gallery, ...
Salamanca Press 
March 7, 2025
Skiers and snowboarders were out early Friday morning on the slopes of HoliMont, leading up to the Mardi Gras Weekend in Ellicottville. Ending the win...
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Opinion
March 26, 2026
Rock history We’re in a bit of an in-between time for heavy news periods, so with nothing else jumping to mind, let’s take another trip down memory la...
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Opinion
March 26, 2026
April Fools Day April Fools Day is coming up, and it’s an outdated holiday. We’ve reached a point, especially on social media, where a great deal of i...
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Opinion
March 26, 2026
Nothing has changed This was a commentary that I submitted to The Press 10 years ago, almost to the day. I’m rehashing it because we are in the same s...
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Opinion
March 19, 2026
No power, no prob Sunday night, after the Academy Awards were over and as I was getting ready for bed, the power went out. Although the power had gone...
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