Editorial

After walking several city blocks through the bustling crowds of shoppers and visitors at the Gallery at Market East mall at the Pennsylvania Conventi...

If you are the person whose pickup truck had engine problems on the Olean-Portville Road July 9 — and you asked me for a ride to the Kwik Fil gas stat...

If you want to find a good place to eat while driving on the road, see where the truckers eat. If you want to find a good nursing home to care for you...

So many of the names encountered in this business are just names, even covering a small town where it’s tough not to know everyone. In just the past y...

When the Energy and Security Act of 2007 was passed, “renewable energy” proponents claimed that they would be producing one billion gallons of cellulo...

One of the blessings of living here in this valley are the beautiful hills. They change daily, with the light, with the seasons. They accent storms co...

We appreciated the Olean Times Herald’s coverage of the Machias pool reopening. We thought the article did a great job covering the history of the poo...

There are an estimated 23,000 “gun-control” laws on the books across America. They range from mandatory ownership of a gun (Kennesaw, Ga.) to restrict...

Barry Gan does us a service by noting the logical problems involved in trying to relate economic policy to economic performance. It is true, as Linda ...

Our community was provided with the opportunity to comment to the state Department of Environmental Conservation and federal Environmental Protection ...

I can understand Sandra Sheldon’s frustration with conservative finger-pointing (“Just in Case We Forgot...” in Saturday’s edition), but saving Americ...

I finished shopping with my sister in Walmart and was checking out when fear rushed into the pit of my stomach. I told my sister that I had lost my wa...

I was disappointed that House lawmakers defeated the 2013 Farm Bill. However, I appreciate the fact that Congressman Tom Reed voted for the bill. He r...

I want to thank the Olean Times Herald for its continued encouragement to senior citizens. Your edition for seniors is read by many in our area and ap...

A “Repeal NY Safe Act” sign was stolen from my property on Route 305 while I was in Gettysburg, Pa. This does provide yet another example of the funda...

The Board of Genesis House of Olean and I would like to thank all the donors and participants who supported the Re-Use Auction on June 15. A special t...

A recent op-ed piece (Saturday, July 6, “America Drowns in Debt, Dependency”) blames the level of poverty in the U.S. on government spending, especial...

The November 2011 town of Allegany elections made clear that the majority of the electorate disapproved of the Allegany Wind LLC turbine farm. Every a...