christmas

NORTH POLE — Sure, the holidays are a time of giving, but is it too much to ask the jolly man in red for a few gifts here and there? If you ask basket...

OLEAN – Approximately 1,000 area residents had a merrier Christmas Tuesday because of the annual Christmas community dinner, hosted by the Basilica of...

Members of the Crino family will today, perhaps more than any other day of the year, make sure their cell phones are on with the volume turned all the...

If you ask many children why we have Christmas, most answers will be to get presents from Santa Claus. This is a lovely — someone who goes around the ...

I walked outside into the chill, crisp air and gazed upwards at the stars. This particular night was cloudless and moonless and from my vantage point ...

OLEAN — There will be presents under the tree, a ham in the oven, and decorations strung across the walls. In some ways, the Genesis House homeless sh...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Santa arrived a few days early in downtown Olean. For the 37th year in a row, students from St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute in Buf...

When I watch TV it’s most often a football game, classic movie or “Law & Order” reruns — preferably older “Law & Order,” with characters like Logan, B...

Have you seen the TV commercial where the kid opens up a gift and yells, “I love you, Santa!” in a very loud and excited voice? The narrator then focu...

OLEAN — A holiday tradition — hitting the ice for some festive skating — returns this week. The 12 Days of Ice Skating Christmas begins Wednesday, sai...

OLEAN — Throughout the year, staff at Genesis House try to keep the larder full to ensure the men, women and children who reside at the homeless shelt...

ELLICOTTVILLE — After opening the day after Thanksgiving, Holiday Valley Resort is already marking its 15th skiing day today — getting the 2018-19 sea...

PORTVILLE — If you liked the Christmas lights last year at 947 Portville-Olean Road, “you ain’t seen nothing yet” — and Adam Parthemore’s got a five-y...

OLEAN — After a difficult year, the Olean Elks Lodge will once again help out needy families this holiday season. The West State Street social and cha...

OLEAN — Neighborhood School of Dance is preparing for its fourth annual Christmas dance performance scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday in the Olean High Sc...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Bob McCarthy’s friends came together for the 13th annual Bob McCarthy’s Irish Christmas fundraiser Friday night at Ellicottville Brewi...

Did you pull out last year's Christmas lights, and did they work? If you can avoid buying new lights this year, you are doing well — though you might ...

SALAMANCA — A Christmas parade down Main Street is back for another year as a way to help kick-off a month of celebrations in Salamanca’s annual Silve...