Editorial

As the month of March — Women’s History Month — was winding down, I received a new book in the mail. The title was “Remarkable Women in New York State...

Thank you, Jeff Belt, for bringing Dan Burden of Walkable and Livable Communities to Olean to explain how “Streets Bring People.” I went to the event ...

Let’s say we have a mythical congressional leader who makes $223,500 annually. This person spends $393,442 each year causing an ongoing shortfall of $...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s health assessment of hydraulic fracturing should include an evaluation of the radioactive shale rock that is harmless while restin...

Reed touts benefit of gas development to NY homeowners and businesses U.S. Rep. Tom Reed highlight touts a utility plant report concluding how plentif...

ROME — The pope, petting a seeing-eye dog? It happened at Pope Francis’ media conference the Saturday morning after his election. As a blind man appro...

I recently read an article in the Olean Times about Olean’s North Union Street. Some people seem to think that our current North Union needs to be com...

The overwhelming approval of the capital project on March 19 certainly reflects the value our community places on the education of our children. The i...

Martin Schram’s column in Friday’s edition of the Olean Times Herald (“An Iraq Invasion Anniversary We Forgot to Mark”) would have been more accuratel...

Every year, at about this time, I’m overwhelmed by a sense of, well, annoyance. You see, I’m the guy who gets to hunt down election results. And when ...

When Henk Merison spoke of growing up in Holland when it was under the control of the Nazis, the memories brought a look of fear to the 81-year-old’s ...

I am writing in response to the commentary by Earl McElfresh in Tuesday’s edition of the Olean Times Herald, “For a Region That’s Dying, Salvation is ...

I’m writing in regard to Peg Bothner’s Reader’s Turn to Write column in the March 10 edition of the Olean Times Herald, “N. Union St. is Not Olean’s P...

A series of rather innocuous articles in the past couple of days in the Olean Times Herald tell an alarming local story. The cumulative conclusion is ...

NEW YORK — U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., has a modest proposal for the House GOP leadership: Keep Democrats constantly astride the horns of a di...

When Dolley Payne Madison became first lady in 1809, she instituted Wednesday evening gatherings at the White House where political rivals could meet ...

I am writing in response to Larry Mack’s column that was printed in the Saturday edition of the Olean Times Herald. Mr. Mack’s personal opinion and di...

March is Red Cross Month, and the American Red Cross of Southwestern New York would like to take this time to thank the everyday heroes. Red Cross vol...