Gowanda Small Town Times

Jamestown Community College has announced their full-time Dean’s List for the Spring 2026 semester. To be eligible, a student must achieve a minimum grade point average of 3.50 while enrolled in at least 12-degree credits. Several local students were included in the list. They are:

Collins: Zachary Boos, Andrew Halbert, August Krebs, Christian Merrill, Deshaun Santos

Gowanda: Madalyn West

Monday, June 29

Collins Public Library – 10:30 am
LapSit with Miss Abbie – best for ages 6 months to 3 years. Call 716-532-5129 for more

Collins Public Library – 5 pm
Summer Reading Kick off. Call 716-532-5129 for more info.

Tuesday, June 30

Collins Public Library – 5:30 pm
Lego Club. Call 716-532-5129 to register.

Wednesday, July 1

Gowanda Free Library - 10:30 am to 6:30 pm
Patriotic Hats Craft

Collins Public Library - 3:30 pm
Kids Craft – Wooden Flag. Call 716-532-5129 to register

Thursday, July 2

Gowanda Free Library - 2 pm
Red, White & Blue Tie-Dye Shirts craft

Collins Public Library - 3 pm
Family Movie & popcorn. Call 716-532-5129 for title

Gowanda Area Chamber of Commerce - 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Music In The Park at Chang-Hu Park
band: Bad Management

Friday, July 3

Gowanda Free Library - 10:30 to 11 am
Me and My Kiddo AM StoryTime

Collins Public Library – 1 pm
Free movie and popcorn. Call 716-532-5129 for title.

Sunday, July 5

GoWanda Brewing at the Wicked Glen - 4 pm
Ace Social

* Southern New Hampshire University has reported their Spring 2026 President’s List. The spring term runs from January to May. That list included Marisa Lopez of Gowanda. Alyssa Sanchez of Gowanda earned dean’s list.

* Rowan Mentley-Peters, of Gowanda, was among more than 150 SUNY Oneonta students who participated in the 2026 Student Research and Creative Activity (SRCA) showcase on April 22 in the Hunt Union Ballroom. The annual showcase gives students the chance to share their scholarly and creative work with the campus community through academic conference-style presentation sessions. This year’s single-day event featured 112 projects, making it one of the largest showcases of Student Research and Creative Activity ever presented at SUNY Oneonta. Students presented research for completed and ongoing projects on topics representing a wide variety of academic disciplines such as science, history and art. Mentley-Peters presented “Evaluating Genetic Divergence of Elliptio complanata in New York State Watersheds.”

Mondays, June 22

Gowanda Free Library - 10 am to 4 pm
Weekly Crafts

Collins Public Library – 10:30 am
LapSit with Miss Abbie – best for ages 6 months to 3 years. Call 716-532-5129 for more

Gowanda Free Library - 5:30 to 6:30 pm
Crochet Club

Thursday, June 25

Collins Public Library – 5:30 pm
Family Movie. Call 716-532-5129 for title.

Collins Public Library – 5:30 pm
Evening Crochet – learn and work on crochet projects – Call 716-532-5129 to register.

Friday, June 26

Gowanda Harley-Davidson - 5 to 8 pm
Finally Friday Rock & Rumble Bike Night
Band: Speedy Parker Blues; Food truck: The Lab / Feeding Grounds

Gowanda Central School - 7 pm
High School Graduation

June 19, 026

Crew at work with downed tree on Route 39 hill. Gowanda Small Town Times photo.

The afternoon of June 18, 2026 saw many disruptions caused by a windstorm that swept through Gowanda. A Facebook post from Gowanda Fire detailed the damage from storm which downed trees, many of which took out power lines disrupting service to many parts of the village.

According to the Gowanda Fire Department, there were “a total of 15 different locations where power lines and trees came down”. Many roadways were closed for an extended period of time, including Route 39 above Prospect Street and Route 62 at Sand Hill. Power outages started shortly after 1 PM and were mostly resolved by 11 PM. The cleanup effort gave fire departments, electric crews, tree crews and highway crews a busy day. Besides the Gowanda Fire Department, fire companies from Collins and Dayton were involved with traffic control while the fallen trees were cleared and power was being restored.

This Gowanda Fire department photo shows damage near the top of Sand Hill.