Editorial

My grandmother’s life story, like most, is quite unremarkable. Adaline Wakefield was an everywoman, but that’s where her tale gets its charm. I grew u...

Add my name to the growing number who disapprove of the plans to remake North Union Street. Many in the “over-the-fence or coffee-shop discussions” I ...

Nowhere in our Constitution do we find the words “free enterprise,” “free market” or “capitalism.” Yet, America’s economic experience has been as impo...

On Saturday, a pathetic and desperate cat came into our garage and collapsed under the car, crying. At 4:45 p.m. on a Saturday, I placed a doubtful ca...

As a member of the class of 1963 — this year’s 50th reunion class — I am writing to thank the entire Olean community for welcoming us back in such a w...

State Sen. Catharine Young and Assemblyman Joseph Giglio tout the restoration of funding for the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities as ...

In response to “Our Public Schools are Failing — Part II” by Linda Simms, the author’s explanation of the deterioration of public education is old new...

While I respect Kathy Boser’s right to express her negative opinions about the proposed wind farm in the town of Allegany, her column (“Perhaps it’s T...

With an agreement reached between New York state and the Seneca Nation, all the communities involved will see a reduction of the burden accumulated ov...

Every time I pass the trailer on Interstate 86 that lists “support the Constitution” as one of the Tea Party’s three key positions, I think, “What’s s...

The plans to renovate North Union Street from its present, beautiful, wide thoroughfare into a two-lane street with a divider down the center seems to...

Last Saturday there were protesters standing in Lincoln Park in Olean “protesting” the SPCA in Cattaraugus County. I honestly don’t understand what th...

As is the case whenever a protracted stalemate is ended, the question can be asked, “Why did it take so long?” The relative swiftness with which Senec...

If you’re looking for a belated Father’s Day gift, or a mini-vacation with the family, a trip to Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor ...

My pledge is not to a flag or country. They are but symbols, as a cross is to one’s faith. More often than not the Pledge of Allegiance is nothing mor...

The Olean Times Herald reports a possible road use agreement between EverPower and the town of Carrollton. Figures mentioned include $750 payments to ...

An article about Potter County’s Natural Gas Resource Center hosting the presentation “Emerging Markets for Natural Gas Development,” 7 to 8:30 June 1...

Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio wholeheartedly supports the New York State Senate Majority Coalition on a package of bills aimed at identifying and elimi...