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OCTOBER 23 - 29, 2015
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Ready, Set, Go! EVL Half and 5K This Weekend The EVL Half and 5K makes its way into town for the second year in a row this weekend for a fun-filled event, sure to get feet movin’ and hearts racin’. On Saturday, Oct. 24, the village will be filled with decked out runners competing in races of two distances. Both the half marathon (11 a.m. start) and the 5K (11:15 a.m. start) begin and end in the heart of town at 5 Monroe Street. While the scenery in itself gives competitors something to look at along the way, add in an array of cool, scary and just plain fun costumes, and you’ve got yourself a memorable race and a great way to enjoy fall, Ellicottville-style. Runners will follow it up with a post-race party at Ellicottville Brewing Company (EBC), where the 5K awards will be given at 12:30 p.m., followed by the half marathon awards at 2:30 p.m. For the top runners, prizes include custom designed medals, as well as men’s and women’s shirts for the top half marathon and 5K finishers in a variety of age groups and categories. In addition, costume awards will be given by Watson’s Chocolates for best group, best individual, funniest, scariest, most girly, best kid and best in show. If you’re signed up, you can pick up your race packet Friday evening and Saturday morning at EBC. The 5K is sold out, but there may be open spots left for the half marathon. Online registration is open until midnight on Friday, Oct. 23, or stop by registration Saturday morning to see if there is still space. For more info, visit www. evlhalf.com.
Fri • RT Live • 9pm Sat • West 9pm Tues • The Hick Ups 6:30pm Wed • Wagner & Winston • 8pm Thursday • Fred ‘N Tuck • 8pm 20 Washington St • 699-2530
Fri • Joseph Michael Mahfoud• 7pm Saturday •Randle and the Late Night Scandals • 4pm 20 Monroe St • 699-4162
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Upcoming Events Now Through Oct. 31 Pumpkinville Weekends Through November 1 Nightmare Hayrides October 24 EVL Half and 5K Ellicottville November 6 Brewmasters Dinner Holiday Valley November 7 Beer and Wine Festival Holiday Valley November 27-29 Christmas in Ellicottville See Third in the East page 9
Burrell Presents ‘State Village/Iskalo Discussing Development Options of the Town’ Report Short-Term Rental Violations at Issue Again
Board Reviews Insurance Coverage
By Jennie Acklin
Iskalo Development, which owns the former Signore metal manufacturing plant site at 5557 Jefferson Street, is ready to start talking about its options for use of the property. The site, designated by
By Jann Wiswall
Town Supervisor John Burrell prepared a “State of the Town” report, which he read in full during the Town Board’s meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 21, and its message was that the “state of the town is good.” The report noted that, “Financially, we are in very good shape. Our total fund balance at the end of our last fiscal year was $1,902,921.” Seven years before, the fund balance stood at $763,829. “During the same seven year See State of the Town page 5
Reviving a Gathering Place Rowland’s Country Kitchen Opens in GV By Colleen Mahoney
Keeping family together is important to Dawn Rowland, as is giving her community a place to gather. So much so, that she opened Rowland’s Country Kitchen in Great Valley. In the same location as the former Sandy’s Bakery, Rowland’s Country Kitchen brings back a place for residents to come together while giving Rowland some much needed family time. Staffed by Rowland, her husband Steve, and their three children, Steven, Clayton Rowland’s Country Kitchen hopes to give the community a place to gather and chat.
See Rowland’s page 6
the DEC as a brownfield in 1986, has been undergoing environmental remediation ever since, and Iskalo has continued its clean up of the site since its purchase in 2007. Mayor Charlie Coolidge See Village Board page 5
Mansfield Passes 2016 Budget Fire Protection Districts Approved By Jann Wiswall
The Town of Mansfield’s board held a public hearing on the preliminary 2016 budget on Monday, Oct. 19. With no one present to comment, the board closed the hearing and
approved the budget as final. The final budget shows projected revenues for 2016 as $361,245 for the general fund (compared to $352,845 in 2015) and $794,628 for the highway department (compared to $966,927 in 2015 – which included FEMA
monies). Projected expenses in each category are the same to balance the budget. The general fund expense budget is an increase of $8,000 over 2015, due primarily to increases in workers’ compensation and property See Mansfield Board page 5
Local Authors: Passions on Paper
Jonathan Raab Pays Tribute to Catt Co in New Book By Alicia Dziak
Sci-fi! Horror! Conspiracy! And all set in Cattaraugus County! It’s all part of a new 306-page novel, The Hillbilly Moonshine Massacre, by Jonathan Raab. It’s fall (actually, and also in the book). When the arrest
of known moonshiner (and possible alien abductee) Larry “Bucky” Green goes south, several cops are left dead and Bucky goes on the run. His latest batch of moonshine is driving the locals mad— literally. Anyone who drinks See Local Author Raab page 6