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OLEAN — Maple Grove won the boys and girls meets in a high school cross country meet Tuesday afternoon at Forness Park, topping a five-school field. O...

State Sen. George Borrello joined 69 fellow senators and assemblymen Tuesday in sending a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul urging her to sign the Cannabis ...

Black trees stretched their gnarled limbs toward the barely discernible dawn as I silently stole into the forest. Today was the first day of squirrel ...

Know’st thou not at the fall of the leaf How the heart feels a languid grief Laid on it for a covering, And how sleep seems a goodly thing In Autumn a...

ALBANY (TNS) — Jeanette Miller’s comments to the Cannabis Control Board last week were raw, unfiltered and brutally honest. “I feel like I’m going to ...

Be sure to take a look at today’s supplement in the Times Herald, “Let the Adventure Begin!” which highlights fall-season activities in the Twin Tiers...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cattaraugus County’s Master Gardener Program plans several new free upcoming classes. In the Master G...

GENEVA — Sam Peachey, who started raising free-range chickens and eggs in 2015, found himself financially strained by 2019. “I invested a lot in a hen...

WARREN, Pa. — As part of the Walk in Penn’s Woods event, the USDA Forest Service announced a free guided walk on the Laurel Mill Cross-Country Ski and...

M.L. Wells, a master gardener volunteer with Cornell Cooperative Extension in Allegany County, writes this week: As Kermit the Frog often lamented, “I...

CUBA — While garlic is the mainstay of this upcoming weekend’s Cuba Garlic Festival, there is still plenty to do for those who don’t have an all-consu...

Hunting in our area is generally conducted at shorter ranges. Hunting from a 20-foot tree stand over a 10-year period I averaged the range at which I’...

GREAT VALLEY — Dan and Diane Pawlowski are busy readying Pumpkinville for opening for its 28th year at its current location on Sept. 16. The Sugartown...

Yes, it was in the high 80s earlier this week, and daily highs will still reach the 70s for the next several days. But there are already early hints o...

PORTLAND — What’s contained in the 2023 Farm Bill was on the minds of more than 120 people who attended a House Agriculture Committee listening sessio...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center is kicking off the Third Annual Fall Music and Art Festival on Saturday on Festival W...

On the 10th of November not long ago only one deer moved past my stand, a 6-point wandered by at 40 yards, never stopping, obviously with a destinatio...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cattaraugus County’s Master Gardeners will present their free upcoming hybrid Lunch & Learn mini-seri...