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September 27, 2025
SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...
Editorial, Sports
Feb 03, 2012
BUFFALO — Brad Boyes is trying hard not to sweat the upcoming NHL trade deadline. Having been dealt four times at the cutoff, including last season wh...
Editorial
Feb 02, 2012
There has been talk of closing Rushford Elementary School. I believe that is a mistake for many reasons. They are saying that by closing Rushford it w...
Editorial
Feb 02, 2012
A coward. Despicable. He abandoned his ship. You may well think I am writing of Francesco Shettino, the captain of the ill-fated Costa Concordia, a cr...
Editorial, Sports
Feb 02, 2012
It first came to my attention last fall. Makayla Sargent, the Portville eighth-grader who swims for Olean High, had won just a single event in a meet ...
Editorial, Sports
Feb 01, 2012
As the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team tries to remain undefeated in Atlantic 10 Conference play tonight at Duquesne, the suddenly struggling ...
Editorial
Jan 31, 2012
About a week ago, I had a discouraging conversation. I was keeping the scorebook during one of my younger son’s basketball games, and I was sitting ne...
Editorial
Jan 31, 2012
ALLEGANY — When we walked up to Roger Raglin’s table at the Daniel Carter Event Center this weekend, he looked up, smiled and began speaking with us a...
Editorial
Jan 31, 2012
Before I start, let me say that I worked for the Olean City School District for more than five years and I loved my job. Three years ago, when Mark Wa...
Editorial, Sports
Jan 31, 2012
Some quick thoughts on the Bills’ coaching staff, the NFL playoff overtime rules plus the Colts’ firing of Bill Polian through the eyes of Buffalo GM ...
Editorial, Sports
Jan 30, 2012
ST. BONAVENTURE — It was the final reminder of what kind of night it had been for the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team, what kind of night it had...
Editorial, Sports
Jan 27, 2012
The question came from, of all people, Bob Ryan. In the aftermath of the Bonnies’ overtime men’s basketball victory over Rhode Island on Wednesday, Ry...
Editorial, Sports
Jan 26, 2012
ST. BONAVENTURE — Whenever this unprecedented St. Bonaventure women’s basketball season ends, those who followed it will remember last night at the Re...
Editorial
Jan 25, 2012
I would ask the Olean Board of Education to please consider the following as a possible solution to the district’s money problems: Olean and Hinsdale ...
Editorial
Jan 25, 2012
My dad would sometimes remind me that for a home to withstand the test of time, it first needs a good foundation. While many experiences combine for c...
Editorial
Jan 25, 2012
Writing on the national holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. and having completed another reading of his “Beyond Vietnam” sermon of 1967 in New ...
Editorial
Jan 25, 2012
Our community is so blessed to have so many wonderful attributes abound. Southern Tier Catholic School is an absolute gem to the greater Olean area. T...
Editorial
Jan 25, 2012
I read with interest and a great deal of humor a rather vicious attack on hunting and hunters. The attitude and lofty stance of the author indicated s...
Editorial
Jan 25, 2012
A year or so ago I was channel-surfing when I clicked on ESPN Classic. I was instantly taken back to that great night on Jan. 2, 1987, when Penn State...
Local News, News
October 1, 2025
OLEAN — United Way of Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties announced the recipients of the 2025 Bill and Cathy Fraser Grants, with $9,219 in funding awar...
Local News, News
October 1, 2025
CUBA — Cuba Circulating Library has been awarded the Children’s Book Project grant award from the Pilcrow Foundation, receiving 65 books from the orga...
Commentary, Opinion
October 1, 2025
What makes you nostalgic? Now it’s true, nostalgia can be a downer for some. It can be a longing for long-gone moments you’ll never get back — and mak...
Commentary, Opinion
October 1, 2025
There were at least 235,502 retirees across the country who collected a public pension of $100,000 or more in 2024 — costing taxpayers $30.6 billion —...
Allegany County News, Business, Local News, ...
October 1, 2025
BELFAST — Armstrong presents the 6th annual Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at 6661 Route 305, featuring free fun for everyone. This yea...
Commentary, Opinion
October 1, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Republican rush to add congressional seats in Texas and other red states reflects the bipartisan consensus that the main 2026 b...
