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RED HOUSE — A blue-green algae bloom around the Red House Lake shoreline has temporarily closed Red House Beach in Allegany State Park. The bloom, bel...

A popular vacation rental search engine has ranked Letchworth State Park the No. 1 state park in the United States. HomeToGo says it researched Americ...

ALBANY — The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation marks the beginning of the summer season by launching a new mobile a...

SALAMANCA — As parks and playgrounds opened Monday in the city of Salamanca, the Common Council has made one thing perfectly clear: play at your own r...

Social distancing has changed the way people live. But as many areas began to reopen on a limited basis, returning to some semblance of normalcy becam...

RED HOUSE — Allegany State Park and other state parks across New York will start accepting reservations for camping on Monday. Camping at limited site...

OLEAN — The city of Olean is closing its doors to walk-in traffic and has declared its playgrounds off-limits to limit the spread of coronavirus. On F...

OLEAN — It has been years since the Allegany/Olean area has had a public skate park, but a group of dedicated volunteers are working to change that by...

RED HOUSE — Rick Rupprecht of Ashville is the guest speaker for Saturday’s monthly meeting of the Allegany State Park Historical Society. The meeting ...

With winter here, there are plenty of ways to enjoy the outdoors. If you are a fan of the mountains, skiing, snowshoeing and other snow-centric sports...

ORCHARD PARK — Making the playoffs is the goal of every NFL team … and the sooner the better. There’s no personnel strategy when it comes to the seaso...

With snow on the ground, it was time to head out and document the 90th year of Santa Claus Lane decorations in Lincoln Park and along North Union Stre...

ALBANY — Western New York state parks have seen more than 121,000 overnight camping stays in 2019 as the state parks system overall has set an all-tim...

Food, art, entertainment, and a mostly dry day for the 2019 Taste of Olean and Art in the Park in War Vet's Park Sunday afternoon. The William O. Smit...

After waiting for winds to die down, balloonists were able to safely launch from Island Park in Wellsville Saturday evening at the 44th Annual Great W...

QUAKER RUN — The Hootenanny at Allegany State Park will kick off its summer season at 8 p.m. Thursday at the park’s Quaker Amphitheater. People arrivi...

When was the last time you tried something new? In early January, I met a friend for coffee and when I told her I was going to a trampoline park for m...

The 2019 New York State budget contains more than $2.5 million for several projects in Allegany State Park, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this week. “St...