Letters To Editor

I could have sworn I have heard it repeated over and over — by Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. secretary of Homeland Security, and President Joe Biden — the ...

Next month, construction is set to begin on a permanent ADA-compliant trail to be routed parallel to the tops of crumbling 200-foot shale cliffs at th...

If I maxed out my credit cards, I would pay interest through the nose. Clawing back debt is a financial crisis many families face, but none I know hav...

It seems that two of our New York politicians caught the national spotlight last week — in stark opposition to each other. On one end we have Congress...

Nicholas L. Waddy’s column in the April 12 edition contained sarcasm, an attempt at humor, and speculation to insult President Joe Biden. His opinion ...

I applaud State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli over his concern for New York state’s government spending. Democrats want to give the governor more spending ...

Professor Nicholas Waddy is just too tenderhearted for his own good. It’s worrisome to watch him fretting in print over the plight of millionaire Serb...

On Feb. 21, I was admitted to the Olean General Hospital emergency department. If not for the immediate action of the staff working together with the ...

I read in January about our district Republican representatives in Albany not only voting no, but vehemently arguing against the bill increasing pay f...

The Olean City School District thinks reading, writing and arithmetic is reading, writing ... and football. The district wants to spend approximately ...

I, too, am writing to implore the residents of the city of Olean to contact their alderman about the 2023-24 budget proposal and the 6% tax increase o...

Say no to the proposed tax increase in the city of Olean. We don’t need an airport. We don’t need more city workers; the ones we have might work four ...

Excellent rebuttal, Patrick Vecchio, to Rep. Nick Langworthy’s comments on President Biden’s State of the Union address. More Republican rhetoric, ind...

I read the Olean Times Herald article regarding the controversy over the book “Gender Queer” in the Wellsville High School library. The article’s auth...

Thursday’s Olean Times Herald included a story in which Congressman Nick Langworthy criticized President Biden’s State of the Union address for contai...

I want to publicly thank the Olean General Hospital staff. First, the third floor and then the sub-acute rehabilitation unit: When I arrived to sub-ac...

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a “Cap and Invest” (C&I) plan during her State of the State address. This emission-reduction plan will charge high-emittin...

I see that the city of squirrels wants to make Jan. 21 Squirrel Day. The city of squirrels should take into consideration that they are killing their ...