Editorial

Our Founding Fathers promoted public education because they realized the survival of the United States depended on an educated electorate. For over 10...

Regarding the column that declares public schools are failing the nation ... yes, an uninformed public. Look at the presidency before President Obama’...

Farming in New York is under attack once again by people who have never set foot on a farm, but think they know best how a farm should operate. The Ne...

Responding the other day to the revelation that the National Security Agency has been spying on Americans, President Obama referenced a speech he’d gi...

NY Sentiment Climbs into Positive territory LOUDONVILLE — The New York State Index of Consumer Sentiment increased 3.3 points in May, while the nation...

My son on the autism spectrum is learning — learning that having a developmental disability is code for “invisible” disability, and the world is not g...

I am writing to inform the public how inconsiderate the Olean Police and Southern Tier Drug Task Force officers were in shooting a poor family dog for...

Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio, R-Gowanda, was to co-host a legislative hearing at 11 a.m. today in the Amherst Town Hall to discuss implementation and ...

I was astounded when Barack Obama was elected in 2008. Here was a man with no qualifications, a history of animus against the values of America and a ...

Soon, children will be out of school for the summer. This is a welcomed break for the children and provides a time for a bit more family time or leisu...

A man brought an abandoned 2-week-old kitten to the SPCA. It had no home, no mama, and I did not have a mama cat to put her on. The man’s name was Joh...

To my fellow hunters, gun owners and others willing to listen: Ever wonder why the political left is so adamant about controlling “gun crime”? It read...

When our newsroom heard that a stolen purple toilet had been taken by a person who had converted the gaudy item into a purple petunia planter, a few o...

To Gov. Andrew Cuomo: The proposed Women’s Equality Act in New York state will make legal almost the identical procedures and outcomes made infamous b...

On behalf of the Genesis House, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to all the people who helped to make our geranium sale a success. We...

This I address to the residents of Cuba. I grew up in Cuba; as a child our property bordered the Cuba Cemetery. We as children had a wonderful time pl...

In response to a recent letter written by Kenneth M. Boser II regarding hydrofracking, there seems to me to be, in the purest and most basic sense, on...

I have read numerous articles regarding hydrofracking. The fact of the matter is, we are a nation dependent on gas and oil for our energy needs. It’s ...