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May is Older Americans Month and the Olean YMCA is emphasizing the importance of being active and involved — no matter where or when you are in life. ...

(TNS) It’s not surprising that at a time when it’s hard to trust Facebook, the president and Congress that truths we once found self-evident have give...

WASHINGTON — It has suddenly occurred to me that I am in danger of becoming "Britishized." What is good and noble and lasting about being English surr...

Some random thoughts on sports as the basketball season winds down: — It’s a reality of life that the good times fly past while the bad ones plod on b...

Already, the Trump administration is achieving great victories. Rural Americans, who voted for Donald Trump in record numbers, are being rewarded for ...

A few weeks ago, a gentleman came into my shop asking for (and receiving) sponsorship for his youth organization. On the way out he mentioned he was h...

As one who’s faced loss, and who hasn’t at one time or another, I know there are people missing from around many tables and Christmas trees during the...

When Donald Trump won a surprise victory in the 2016 presidential election, he did so largely because rural counties voted overwhelmingly in favor of ...

Christmas is the most commercially successful holiday in the United States. The second-most successful? Halloween. And with young people and adults se...

Some 50 years ago, famed sportswriter Jimmy Cannon used a signature phrase to start his bit ‘n pieces columns: “Nobody asked me, but …” That’s kind of...

W hile we’re a far cry from gasoline prices of well over $3 per gallon a few years ago, a new AAA survey reveals that nearly a quarter of consumers be...

Kudos to AP National Writer Matt Sedensky for his article on “Argument Etiquette” (front page of the Olean Times Herald, March 12). As he states, “Mos...

A Facebook friend and I have been discussing America’s future in light of the tone of our times. It’s easy to predict nothing but gloom. Washington la...

In these uncertain times, working families value the safety and security of health coverage more than ever. Some members of Congress — including Rep. ...

As new President Donald Trump took over the reins of the nation from former President Barack Obama, about a dozen residents of Bartels Lutheran Retire...

Two people who lost their tempers and made some angry remarks about President Obama are now being attacked by critics. These two men, Rob Carney of Cu...

Don’t expect Democrats to be a rubber stamp for President-elect Donald Trump, new Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in his first...

(TNS) The transition from Barack Obama to Donald Trump certainly feels like a historic moment, historically awful for some and positive for others. If...