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OLEAN — Over the past few years, Pfeiffer Nature Center of Portville has encouraged bird enthusiasts to gather during the cold weather and build birdh...

New York muzzleloader season rolled around and the best news was the forests were white with snow. Snow makes life so much easier for the deer hunter,...

SALAMANCA — While some people are wrapped up in blankets by a hearth or hustling away from the cold and into their homes, guides at Allegany State Par...

Let’s be honest. It’s easier to eat healthy when there are loads of delicious, freshly harvested fruits and vegetables available. In Ontario County, t...

Christmastime, a holiday built on traditions, is one of the more perfect times to reminisce. In that spirit, locals of a certain age from the Olean ar...

GREAT VALLEY — A tree lighting in the memorial park at the corner of Route 98 and Humphrey Road will help celebrate the holidays in Great Valley, the ...

Bill Steckman never seems to run out of creative ideas. When the 70-foot, 70-year-old pine tree in Steckman’s yard on Broad Street in Salamanca starte...

LITTLE VALLEY — When everything is added up, removing ash trees and select other species from Cattaraugus County-owned forests could net the county up...

(TNS) Currently western Georgia from Columbus to LaGrange is experiencing an explosion of color like many have never seen. Every maple species seems t...

So just how early is too early to put up your Christmas tree? The Olean Times Herald asked that question earlier this month in a poll on its website, ...

Like many kids growing up in northern Pennsylvania in the 1960s, I had close relatives who worked in the oil fields, spending long hours in the woods ...

WELLSVILLE — This year’s Jones Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Queen Candidates raised $12,906 by selling tickets to the auxiliary’s grand raffle. Chloe N...

The snowy ridge stretched before him, tree trunks dark against the snow, occasional green hemlocks boughs giving a touch of color to the black and whi...

OLEAN — A second round of leaf collection in the city of Olean will begin Tuesday. Leaves can be placed in the roadway starting today in preparation, ...

This year has certainly been different as far as weather goes. First, we have a virtually frostless spring — all spring turkey season the weather stay...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Erik Carlson, a graduate student in plant science and biotechnology at the State University of New York College of Environmental Scien...

(TNS) Several herbal remedies have been studied as a treatment for anxiety, but more research is needed to understand the risks and benefits. Here’s w...

It has not been a very spectacular fall in terms of the colors of leaves on the hills across much of Cattaraugus County. While the brilliant fall colo...