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If Gov. Andrew Cuomo succeeds in tamping down the COVID-19 outbreak, he’ll be criticized for over-reacting. But if we fail to heed his leadership, man...

Around 165 AD, an unknown epidemic swept through the Roman Empire, killing 5 million to 10 million people in a 15-year span. The illness devastated th...

Hey, lookout! The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment released its recommended decision on Invenergy’s proposed 340...

I took some time off work last week, mostly to take a break and spend some time with my daughter. My mind, however, didn’t rest. My daughter and I wen...

It was a cold Easter weekend back in the mid-1960s when we traipsed along after Uncle Lawrence to his sugar shack to see first-hand how he had made th...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The drive to political revolution has hit a big speed bump. In the first coast-to-coast, multistate primary of the 2020 campaign, f...

Three weeks before the New York mayoral election in November 2001, I got a call from Mark Mellman, the pollster working on my race against Mike Bloomb...

It’s kind of interesting watching the presidential political campaigners vying for the position of who cares more about “ordinary Americans.” Like mos...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. Roughly one in four deaths, or 630,000 Americans, are due to heart disease every y...

Because of its importance, black history is worthy to be thought about and celebrated throughout the year. But February, as Black History month, offer...

ALBANY (AP) — With New York's presidential primary now 10 weeks away, state Democrats are grappling with internal bickering and sniping among supporte...

By CHRIS STANLEY Special to the Olean Times Herald Lovers of the U.S. Constitution should be concerned — very concerned — about the arguments that Pre...

Editor’s Note: In April, Concerned Citizens of Allegany County will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the “Bump the Dump” protest, a multi-year citize...

For many of us, a New Year ushers in a breath of hope that “things” — however personal, communal, national, or global they may be — can and will impro...

The recent interest regarding the new majority of the Farmersville Town Board’s alleged violation of the open meetings law, for meeting with an attorn...

Nations at war. We can go back to ancient times and watch how it happens. An aggressive tribe or nation attacks and pillages another. Sometimes the ta...

It is amazing to me at times, when I am thinking of one thing, how my mind segues on to something else, and sprints down a whole ‘nother’ line of thou...

New York state’s criminal justice reforms are so fraught with unintended consequences and second-guessing that the State Legislature has little choice...