Editorial

We have opened Pandora’s Box in trying to control gun ownership. The new law will backfire on us like Prohibition did in the 1920s and ’30s. Back then...

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo seeks to rebuild New York’s infrastructure, relieve our municipalities from crushing mandates and create jobs, he should push for...

The federal government in this fiscal year is now spending, on average, $10.45 billion per day, or about $200 million per hour! Every four seconds, th...

It’s pretty much old news by now that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his minions’ dirty little pens signed gun bill S2230 into law almost overnight, thereby ex...

One of the many buzz words for 2012 was “fiscal cliff,” a phrase used to describe the expiration of various tax provisions, namely the Bush-era tax ra...

Although I disagree with his politics, I always read Nate Smith’s letters to the editor because he expresses his ideas in a clear, thoughtful manner a...

As I read Paul Stokes letter in Thursday’s edition of the Olan Times Herald (“Is Ellicottville Central School Administration Doing End-Run?”), I thoug...

Did you know the Department of Energy plans to allow radioactive metal from weapons sites to be recycled into consumer goods like zippers, toys, watch...

During her recent Congressional testimony, outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was asked why the attack in Benghazi that killed our Ambassador...

The goals of national reform are becoming widely accepted across the country as we grapple with ways to reduce the continued growth of health-care spe...

A decade ago, I stepped on a plane headed for the Dominican Republic. I stepped on to a plane by myself, to a place I had never been, in hopes that my...

Just inside the exhibit area of the Daniel Carter Events Center in Allegany a group of men were talking. “The problem is Obama’s not going to stop at ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who outlined his agenda for 2013 in his State of the State and budget proposal addresses in recent days, put out a 213-page booklet...

On Monday, at President Obama’s second inauguration, I got a clear signal of his attitude for the next four years. Obama picked superstar singer Beyon...

No doubt it has been a difficult week for many in the administration and staff at Olean General Hospital. The admission that some 1,900 former patient...

I was recently a patient in Olean General Hopsital’s new endoscopy center. I was a patient of Dr. Chaudhry for a couple of tests required because I wa...

The boys don’t need alarm clocks on their bedstands to wake them up for school. They say the light switch in the hall outside their rooms — its dreade...

Please be aware that Mark Ward, superintendent of Ellicottville Central School District, and our elected Board of Education are backing a plan asking ...