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In the nearly 30 years I have covered or looked up past history about the city governments of Olean and Bradford, Pa., one thing that seems to get flo...

I’ve always been something of a newspaper junkie. Whenever we traveled, I’d feed coins into boxes to absorb the culture of the surrounding community. ...

Summer in Olean can’t be matched. The cool nights, lovely days, perfect for swimming, biking, sitting outside with friends and family. We have great c...

Have you ever thought about when or where you learned the value of money? Your “cents-ability?” Did someone teach you to save or did you pick it up on...

When President Donald Trump was touting the accomplishments of his administration before the United Nations last week, there were some guffaws from th...

Photo submitted The Olean General Hospital rapid response team, celebrating five years of service, has performed nearly 3,000 cardiac catheterization ...

Were you one of those kids whose parents believed you should sit quietly at a desk to do your homework? Maybe you were also one who sat in front of th...

I cherish a small, grainy photograph of my grandfather standing in front of a cook shack with five other young men, all in shabby overalls, who compri...

I was glad to see psychological “projection” mentioned in Dr. Nicholas Waddy’s column (Aug. 7, 2018), “Is Trump the grown-up in the room?” Another phe...

In a recent edition of the Times Herald, Eric Miller wrote in this space on behalf of the company he works for, Invenergy Wind, that the Cattaraugus C...

With some glee, Democrats are celebrating what they presume is the demise of President Trump's nominee to be the next Justice of the Supreme Court, Br...

A couple thoughts after a busy week: Once again I find myself writing about journalism and covering the news — this after the New York Times published...

In the aftermath of any dramatic showdown, a natural reaction is to weigh who are the winners and losers. In the showdown between Olean General Hospit...

Happy Labor Day! To most of us at this moment in history, the arrival of Labor Day simply signals the end of the sultry days of summer. Vacations beco...

President Trump took office three months and 19 days into the 2016 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1 and ends Sept. 30 each year. The federal budget de...

(TNS) In the moments before, during and just after Wednesday's gubernatorial primary campaign, candidates and campaign workers sought to spin the even...

My grandfather, William O. Smith, was mayor of Olean for 16 years and the strongest supporter of our community that I have ever known. I keep thinking...

Recently we witnessed the tragic and grossly illegal toppling of the “Silent Sam” statue on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel H...