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The little boy with a bad leg in a heavy brace stopped, bent and gasping on the steep dirt road. The road stretched ever upward, it seemed to the boy,...

GENEVA — Of all the world’s staple foods, perhaps none is as ubiquitous as corn. Each person on Earth eats an average of 70 pounds of the grain each y...

ALLEGANY — For the past five years, members of the Enchanted Mountain Garden Club of Allegany have not only beautified the downtown area with colorful...

A change in Cattaraugus County’s Solid Waste Law that took effect Jan. 1 places some limits on large loads of yard waste. The biggest change is that t...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — As 14 counties in eastern Pennsylvania are under quarantine for the invasive spotted lanternfly, New York state is doing what it can ...

ALBANY — The Cuomo administration is banning use of chlorpyrifos, a chemical that is widely used in farming. While lawmakers had earlier passed a bill...

OLEAN — Some improvements could be made to downtown landscaping, said one of the volunteers with his boots on the ground. Dr. John Balacki, who worked...

It’s an annual debate around the holiday season: real Christmas tree or artificial? Artificial trees have a big edge in New York state, according to t...

It was the second week of buck season and the great majority of hunters were back at work. The odds were those remaining would be sitting in a stand. ...

Far and away the question that I get most from readers is, “Where are my feeder birds?” Or, put another way, “Why aren’t birds coming to my feeders?” ...

SALAMANCA — The annual Silver Bells in the City Festival is comprised of a variety of community events and extends over a longer time period than most...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers on Wednesday will review a proposed change in how much yard waste residents will be able to dispose of at...

OLEAN — During a five-day period earlier this week, neighbors on North Seventh Street, and many in the community, tried to help with the rescue of a y...

If you’ve ever been a pet parent, you know animals love to explore and taste just about everything in their path. Unfortunately, there are things at h...

Weather permitting, a second round of leaf collection in the city of Olean will begin Tuesday, with city workers collecting leaves from the side of ro...

The trees were just beginning to silhouette clearly against the slowly lightening fall sky, their coal-black shapes etched ever sharper against the fa...

The city’s Department of Public Works announces that citywide leaf collection will begin Oct. 28. Only leaves — no tree limbs, branches or ornamental ...

PORTVILLE — What started out with the creation of eight holiday wreaths by a few volunteers to benefit Pfeiffer Nature Center has grown into 300 wreat...