Letters To Editor
May 23, 2023
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 ...
Daily Headlines, Letters To Editor, Opinion
May 19, 2023
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...
Letters To Editor
May 02, 2023
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...
Letters To Editor
May 01, 2023
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...
Letters To Editor
Apr 28, 2023
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 ...
Letters To Editor
Mar 29, 2023
I applaud State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli over his concern for New York state’s government spending. Democrats want to give the governor more spending ...
Letters To Editor
Mar 20, 2023
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...
Letters To Editor
Mar 17, 2023
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 ...
Letters To Editor
Mar 17, 2023
I read in January about our district Republican representatives in Albany not only voting no, but vehemently arguing against the bill increasing pay f...
Letters To Editor, Opinion
Mar 12, 2023
The Olean City School District thinks reading, writing and arithmetic is reading, writing ... and football. The district wants to spend approximately ...
Letters To Editor
Mar 10, 2023
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...
Letters To Editor
Mar 07, 2023
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 ...
Letters To Editor
Feb 17, 2023
Excellent rebuttal, Patrick Vecchio, to Rep. Nick Langworthy’s comments on President Biden’s State of the Union address. More Republican rhetoric, ind...
Letters To Editor
Feb 13, 2023
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...
Letters To Editor
Feb 10, 2023
Thursday’s Olean Times Herald included a story in which Congressman Nick Langworthy criticized President Biden’s State of the Union address for contai...
Letters To Editor, Opinion
Feb 09, 2023
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...
Letters To Editor, New York, Opinion
Feb 08, 2023
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...
Letters To Editor
Jan 12, 2023
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 ...
Local News, News
June 30, 2025
A chance of rain and thunderstorms persists through today, leading up to the remainder of a Fourth of July week and then a weekend that, for the most ...
Cattaraugus County, High School, Local News, ...
June 30, 2025
WEST VALLEY — West Valley Central School honored the graduating Class of 2025 Friday in a commencement ceremony held in the school auditorium. Led by ...
Local News, News
June 30, 2025
BOLIVAR — Bolivar-Richburg Central School honored the achievements of the 50 members of the Class of 2025 during its 31st commencement ceremony on Sun...
Commentary, Opinion
June 30, 2025
It’s difficult to determine who was more enthusiastic about the results of New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary last week, the party’s progressi...
Commentary, Opinion
June 30, 2025
The great American author Ernest Hemingway once wrote, “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” Once again this summer, I am happy to be joining my co...
