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From new ball fields at Forness Park to a grenade disposal, from the first car seen in Olean to a major bust at Allegany State Park, here’s a look bac...

From forest fires to thunderstorms, from a new fast train stopping in Olean to a canoe race on the Allegheny River, here’s a look back on the week tha...

WELLSVILLE — A mystery involving a certain gravestone was solved during Wednesday night’s lecture on Woodlawn Cemetery. Speaker Christina Wightman, wh...

WELLSVILLE — Learn about the history and the beauty of Woodlawn Cemetery at a special program at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the David A. Howe Library. Tow...

QUAKER RUN — Down an overgrown lane, across a meadow and up on a high hill in the woods lies the Wolf Run Cemetery. Mostly forgotten until now, the hi...

This Memorial Day I’ve been invited to a community near Jamestown to speak on the value and meaning of this solemn date on our calendar. I was in the ...

At a time when it seems like our society is spiraling with out-of-control selfishness, consumed with immediate gratification, self-centeredness, illib...

BLACK CREEK — The Bellville Cemetery Association will be hosting a chicken barbecue and chance auction Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the New Huds...

PORTVILLE — The Chestnut Hill Cemetery is in need of financial support. If you have a loved one buried there, or if someone close to you dies, make a ...

ALLEGANY — Aiden Mikolajczyk, 17, of Portville, a member of Boy Scout Troop 631 of the Westons Mills Volunteer Fire Department, got one step closer to...

RUSHFORD — The First Burying Ground cemetery is organizing a workday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 14. It was incorrectly reported in Wednesday’s edition...

OLEAN — On a cold, rainy Saturday, Mount View Cemetery on South Union Street, placed wreaths on the graves of veterans buried there in honor of them d...

Joel Gilfert of Portville has been the caretaker of the Eldred (Pa.) Oak Hill Cemetery since 2014 and the veterans that are there are special to his h...

OLEAN — The oldest public cemetery in the Olean area, Pleasant Valley, has been in place since the 1700s, but help is needed to ensure it is not aband...

CUBA — In the past, Wreaths Across America, a nationwide program that places wreaths on veteran’s graves in national cemeteries at Christmastime, has ...

ANDOVER — An anonymous donor has established a fund with the Allegany County Area Foundation for the benefit of Andover’s Hillside and Valley Brook ce...

RUSHFORD — The First Burying Ground cemetery in Rushford will hold its annual business meeting at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 14. The meeting will be held at the ...

Today’s edition of State & Union is courtesy of Michiko McElfresh of the Olean Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Read on: A town in...