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An iconic sign of the holidays, right up there with Christmas trees and Santa Claus, are the red kettles and ringing bells of the Salvation Army. The ...

ALLEGANY — When the month of December rolls in, the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany will be busy hosting a number of events for the public to enjoy at ...

In 1965, Dr. Kurt L. Metzger, rabbi of Temple B’Nai Israel in Olean, was visiting Landau in what was then West Germany, where he had served as the las...

From catching a “genuine bad man” to a aerial victory for a Portville lad, from a donation to help those fighting in Vietnam to a big crowd to greet S...

OLEAN — Sitting on Santa Claus’ lap is a rite of passage and highlight of the holiday season for most kids. For other children, the experience is a bi...

PORTVILLE — Santa Claus had a busy evening Saturday night as he made duel appearances in two area communities. Prior to Santa’s arrival in a Portville...

PORTVILLE — Before Santa Claus arrived at Portville’s Pioneer Park Saturday night, he made a stop at the Fairview Avenue home of Bonnie Pilling Pillin...

OLEAN — Local residents had plenty of reasons to brave temperatures in the lower 20s and gather in downtown Olean Friday night. For Cree Hall — and li...

ALLEGANY — Officials with the Allegany Area Historical Association have announced their 35th annual Christmas Cookie Sale will be held from 9:30 a.m. ...

OLEAN — Diners, shut-ins and volunteers — they were expressing thanks for each other Thursday at the annual Thanksgiving community dinner, hosted by S...

OLEAN — After leftover turkey is comfortably tucked into refrigerators everywhere today, many minds will turn towards the gift-giving season. Here are...

BUFFALO — The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo has added two people with St. Bonaventure University connections to its board for reviewing sexual abuse all...

The clergy abuse crisis engulfing the Buffalo Diocese and the Catholic Church is horrifying, from the unthinkable scope of the abuse to the staggering...

OLEAN — Reggie Dallaire is marking his 30th anniversary at the helm of the Olean Area Toys For Tots Campaign. It was 1989 when Dallaire, who will turn...

OLEAN — For a number of years the Greater Olean Association of Churches has joined forces to ensure all of the area’s needy, or lonely, have a delicio...

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University says that the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo should not have publicly named a deceased university friar as b...

OLEAN — For the past several decades, the Olean Salvation Army has sold recycled, gently-used clothes and items to the public at the organization’s Th...

OLEAN — A meeting to recruit help in raising additional funds for a new facility to house the African American Center for Cultural Development will be...