botany

ALFRED STATION — Cornell Cooperative Extension is excited to announce the Managing Transplants for the Garden workshop. Once again it’s that time of y...

OLEAN — While no formal ceremonies are planned, city officials are to mark Arbor Day with several actions — including a new official to lead tree effo...

The April full moon that appears tonight is the first full moon of the spring season, meaning it’s the Paschal Full Moon — an important moon to those ...

PORTVILLE — The power of native plants workshop will be held April 23 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Portville Free Library, 2 N. Main St. Have you ev...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension will sponsor the 29th annual Rural Landowner Workshop on March 5. The program will begin at 9 a.m. and end at ...

Barb Hamlin’s job isn’t usually disgusting, but last summer was an exception. Parts of Hamlin’s trees on her maple farm in Preble were infested with g...

CUBA — The Cuba Library will host a seed swap and house plant exchange on Feb. 12 from noon to 2 p.m. A seed swap is an opportunity for gardeners to o...

The American Cancer Society is once again ready to say goodbye to winter with the return of its annual Daffodil Days. This colorful flower, one of the...

OLEAN — Jan. 21 is National Squirrel Appreciation Day, and the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce will recognize the day this year. “Each year, wh...

Patricia Gerrity of Kentucky contacted us recently with a simple request. Her younger sister, Kate Gerrity of Olean, has been having a particularly di...

The winter solstice is again upon the Northern Hemisphere — arriving at 10:59 a.m. today — and though the year’s shortest day heralds the onset of win...

PORTVILLE — Pfeiffer Nature Center is hosting a new storybook adventure along the Storybook Reading Trail for the young readers. Read the tale “Little...

OLEAN — Turn on the news or Google “the price of Christmas trees in 2021” and it won’t take long before you hear about this year’s nationwide tree sho...

OLEAN — The Olean General Hospital Auxiliary’s annual poinsettia sale is underway, with color options including red, white, pink, marble and jingle be...

The sky darkened, light fled and an impending feeling of gloom enveloped the landscape. Across the valley swaths of rain fell, the slanting sheets obs...

NEW YORK (TNS) — A new study has pinpointed when Vikings first traveled across the Atlantic to North America: 1021, or almost 500 years ahead of Chris...

OLEAN — With more than 4,000 trees in city parks and along the streets, Olean officials updated the public on how they plan to manage them moving forw...

OLEAN – Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce held the second annual Allegheny River Running Fest on the 20th anniversary of 911, Sept. 11, 2021. The...