Editorial

Teachers aren’t the only ones who keep the wheels of New York state’s schools turning. Thousands of bus drivers, teacher aides, cafeteria workers, cus...

In early December of 2010, my family had lived in our Grossman Avenue home for just a couple of months. Some might recall the severe flooding that occ...

Imagine this: It’s almost lunch time. You’re hungry. A basic peanut butter and jelly sandwich, pretzels, apple and water usually await you during your...

Perhaps more annoying than losing an election is the post-election advice liberal pundits feel compelled to offer the Republican Party. The essence of...

I received the Olean Times Herald Thursday to find a picture of the president with a white, criss-crossed line through him. Disgusting of anyone, but ...

CORRECTION: Due to a typing error, an incorrect passage appeared in a letter to the editor, written by Michael C. Jenkins of Port Allegany, Pa., in Tu...

The American Red Cross has joined with national and state partners to undertake a massive response to Hurricane Sandy, with a mission to prevent furth...

Oprah Winfrey once said, “Lots of people want to ride in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks do...

We had always heard about Uncle Ken’s heroics as a paratrooper during World War II but had never learned all of the details of how he was killed durin...

President Barack Obama earned another term in the White House with a powerful share of the Electoral College votes — 332 to Mitt Romney’s 206. The pre...

Apparently, the signs had it wrong ... it was America for Obama. Gabriel Phillips Cuba

It is a relief to have the right man as president again for another term. I think it would help if President Obama took a few pages of history back to...

On behalf of the city of Olean, we express our gratitude to Crandall’s Memorial Group for the very excellent job done on restoring the Maj. Robert Hoo...

It’s Election Day. You know, that day in the middle of the week when about six out of every 10 non-felon citizens over the age of 18 go to the polls a...

The EverPower wind farm proposes 29 turbines, 494 feet tall, towering over homes on Chipmonk Road, Four Mile Road, Knapp Creek and Birch Run. Many oth...

So it all comes down to Tuesday. After the conventions, the debates, the polls, the news shows, the political ads, perhaps the tightest presidential r...

My second vote for Barack Obama will fulfill a longtime hope for a president who will have been honored with the Nobel Prize for Peace. President Obam...

It has always been my belief that a person’s politics is his own affair and that everyone — especially in a democracy — should be free to vote accordi...