Editorial

As of this writing, there was no information on who triggered the bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon finish-line area, nor did we know why. But the aw...

With Tax Day having passed on Monday, 46 percent (up from 43 percent last year) of New York residents say they paid too much in taxes this year while ...

Let’s put North Korea’s recent pronouncements about nuclear weapons and war in some perspective. Imagine that you are an alien hovering in a spacecraf...

When Tim Roudebush died last week in his home near Kansas City, he left an important legacy to McKean County. During the 1990s, the Kansas businessman...

Although I decided to receive treatment at Roswell Park, I am deeply grateful to the nurses and doctors who cared for me during my stay at Olean Gener...

After reading the many letters of opposition to the wasting of taxpayers’ money by altering North Union Street, I, too, believe it would be a horrible...

I am writing to offer our support for the North Union Street project and to affirm two points that have been made in the public discourse regarding sp...

The Southern Tier counties of New York state have been languishing in a politically induced limbo over hydraulic fracturing’s future for close to five...

I am a life-long resident of Olean and have been a patron of the Olean Public Library all my life. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of Miss C...

I continue to question why so many among us refuse to acknowledge the arrogance emanating from Washington and the failure of leadership to actually do...

The time has come for the voters and taxpayers of Cattaraugus County to ask for detailed accountability of the reported $30 million surplus in the cou...

While in my search for an apartment or house, I have encountered over and over the statement that pets are not allowed. I have made several appointmen...

As a long-term reader and subscriber of your publication, I wish to inform you that I take great exception to the editorial “cartoon” in Thursday’s ed...

Well, spring is in the air, the snow is finally melting, robins are back in our yards — and motorists are driving like lunatics along the 417 corridor...

Recent articles in the Olean Times Herald regarding the Allegany Park and Shop have prompted me to write. This would be a great opportunity for the co...

During April, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) will observe the Month of the Young Child. The week of April 14-20 ...

I defy anyone to convince me that the inane debate in Washington concerning gun control is anything but disarming American citizens. We are supposed t...

Young children here in Allegany County deserve the best that we can give them. April 14 – 20 is the Week of the Young Child. During the entire month o...