Do you help care for an older relative or friend? Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed from juggling your own life and the responsibilities of caregiving? If so, you may benefit from the Cattaraugus County Department of the Aging's FREE Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes.

Attached is a packet from National Grid titled "Before, During and After the Storm: Your guide to natural gas and electric outage preparation and safety"

Informational Meeting planned to prepare for Tax Auction, 6:00 pm Catt-LV School,  25 N Franklin St, Cattaraugus, NY.  Review the New Terms and Conditions, Properties to be offered, answer questions.  Pre-register, auction books available.  See more details about our auction.

Cathy Mackay, director of the Cattaraugus County Department of the Aging/NY Connects, has announced that Cattaraugus County has been awarded 840 Senior Farmers Market coupon booklets valued at $16,800. Each booklet contains five $4.00 coupons ($20.00 value), and can be used to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at participating Farmers Markets in Cattaraugus County.

Cattaraugus County Commissioners of Elections announce the county-wide Federal Primary Election, for eligible voters registered in the Democratic and Women's Equality parties ONLY, will be held on Tuesday June 26, 2018.

Polls are open between the hours of Noon until 9 p.m.

The Federal primary, the State/Local primary and the November general election will be held on the dates and times listed below. Please note that for primary elections a voter must be registered as a member of the political party holding the primary election.

Election Dates for 2019:

State and Local Primary - Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Polls Open:12:00 noon until 9:00 p.m.

Party enrollment is to be determined

Parcels 203, 207, 209 back on the list, to be sold together with a minimum bid of $100,000. 

The 2018 Property Tax auction is scheduled for June 16, and will be at Catt-LV School, Cattaraugus Campus. 

See the list here.  For general information about the live auctions, including Terms, click here.

Check 2018 auction page for updates, and new Terms and Conditions, and locations to pick up books.

SCAM: Medicare/Health Insurance Fraud

Problem

Medicare recipients will be receiving a new Medicare card between April 2018 - April 2019 free of charge, scammers will be posing as Medicare agents or health care providerstelling seniors they need to purchase a replacement card.

"The State's newest slogan Flaggers have families, toois designed to remind motorists that flagging personnel are not attempting to disrupt traffic - they are simply doing their jobs and want to get home safely at the end of each work day."  See the rest of the article here.

Please remember that it is construction season and that we have flaggers throughout Cattaraugus County who are working hard to keep our work zones safe.

The Cattaraugus County Museum and Research Library is pleased to announce that there are new displays in place for public viewing.