OP-ED: Stop the Battery Energy Storage System in Angelica NY
“Let’s not make Angelica or Allegany County a sacrifice zone” A OPINION By Emily Zimmer, Angelica NY The recent article in the Wellsville Sun of the proposed Battery Energy Storage […]
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Pollock: Maxx Yehl brought excitement back to college baseball with the West Virginia World Series run
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist It’s been 24 years since I spent any appreciable time watching the College World Series. That was June of 2002 when Port […]
Local Artists help create world record setting beach artwork in Ireland
Picture perfect day for sand art on Ballybunuion Beach in County Kerry By Stephen Walker, photo GALLERY by Nick Davis, Genesee Valley Media Five local craftsmen joined with twenty international […]
New York Focus: JUNETEENTH Q&A
Lessons from New York’s Underground Railroad From NYFocus.com, Pictured: Stephen and Hariet Myers by visual artist Marcus Anderson. The image of Stephen Myers is based on a photo of him […]
Joyce Shields, 90, Bolivar
Joyce E. Shields: Loving Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother Joyce E. Shields, 90, of Bolivar, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at the Wellsville Manor Care […]
Pollock: With the Buffalo Bills off for a few weeks weeks, Evert and Navratilova film and more trouble for Santos
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist Some bits and pieces while enduring the five-week hiatus before the Bills reconvene for training camp at Pittsford’s St. John Fisher University […]
This Saturday June 20 in Corning: The 30th Annual American Pride Ride & Set the Sky to Music
Motorcycle ride followed by America250 fireworks show! From event organizers, The 30th Annual American Pride Ride hits the streets this Saturday to raise money and toys for local kids and […]
Frank L. Cook, 77, Bath
Frank L. “Josh” Cook – 77 – of Birch St., Bath, formerly; of Lattimer Hill Road, Arkport, died Sunday morning (June 14, 2026) at St. James Hospital, following a long […]
VIDEO: Alfred State honors distinguished alumni during Alumni Weekend
Cassandra Bull, founder of Fassett Greenspace in Wellsville, recieves Outstanding Young Alumni Award From Alfred State Cassandra Bull, ’16, Katelyn Miller, ’22, Paul Pebbles, ’90, and Ann Pettibone-Domingos, ’01, were […]
Franciscan friars gather to mark 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi
St. Bonaventure University hosts “Transitus in an Era of Epochal Change” From St. Bonaventure, photo from FranciscanMedia.com More than 70 Franciscan friars from the three branches of the First Order […]
Del W. Jackson, 67, Andover
Del W. Jackson, 67, passed away on Tuesday ( June 16, 2026) at Jones Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. Del was born on March 24, 1959 in Hornell to […]
Snakehead Alert in NYS
Invasive species can survive out of water for days and is already in the Delaware River Basin From the NYS DEC, photo by Jason James The northern snakehead (Channa argus) […]
Wellsville girls’ track and field team ran past expectations and vaulted to a sectional championship for Dunbar
By JOHN ANDERSON In track and field, a lot can be pre-determined based on how individuals finished in events, right down to the last second. Looking at numbers from 2025, […]
Melody Lee Dickinson Fanton, 77, Wellsville
Melody Lee Dickinson FANTON, 77, of Wellsville, NY, passed away surrounded by love on June 15, 2026. Born May 31, 1949, in Wellsville, she was the daughter of Virginia “June” […]
NY 23 Candidate Aaron Gies announces new endorsements ahead of June 23 Primary
Organized Labor, Students, and Grassroots Leaders All Rally Behind Aaron Gies Ahead of Congressional Primary WNY Council of the Communication Workers of America (CWA), College Democrats of New York (CDNY), […]