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I’m a skeptic when it comes to hearing about development projects. Part of that skepticism stems from years of hearing that Bass Pro Shops was going t...

ALBANY — Sen. Catharine Young and her Senate colleagues unveiled the new Young Farmers NY program this week, which will help support and encourage the...

This time, the good guys won. There are a few, so pay close attention. First in line is Sen. Pat Toomey, the pride of Pennsylvania by way of Rhode Isl...

WASHINGTON — Repeat after us: The 2016 election is more than two and a half years away. Hillary Clinton may be a candidate. If she is, Benghazi or Bil...

How much does the Russian military intervention in Ukraine “cost” the Kremlin? Both President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have made...

I found the op-ed by Brad Walters in the Feb. 28 edition of the Olean Times Herald (“Scaffold Law Hurts Economy”) to be un-Christian and irresponsible...

A blizzard-like snow flurry had just set in and temperatures were just barely above 10 degrees during a visit to Allegany-Limestone Elementary School ...

Here’s a chilly thought: We are seeing the dawn of a second Cold War between Russia and the West. But this one should be easier to manage than the fir...

Former Chief Judge of New York State Judith S. Kaye always makes necessary sense, as she did when she recently wrote this in the opinion pages of The ...

The causes of the unfolding crisis in Ukraine are many, but most fundamentally its roots can be found in an enormously consequential decision made by ...

I am compelled to express appreciation on behalf of the entire community of Portville, the Portville Football Alumni to Good Times of Olean and everyo...

I’ve been watching the Academy Awards since Bob Hope was a baby. Back then, they didn’t have a different host each year; it was always Bob Hope. Then ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: From the time he was a boy in Chicago, reading Sport magazine, Mark Plotkin had been intrigued by the attention a basketball team from ...

A recent study done by Cornell uncovers the truth about New York’s antiquated Section 240 of the Labor Law, more commonly known as the Scaffold Law. T...

As many of you may already know, I’m the new Allegany County reporter for the Olean Times Herald. What you may not be aware of is that I had rarely se...

Legislation protects current jobs, creates new opportunities ALBANY — State Sen. Catharine Young has introduced legislation that will help New Yorkers...

The headlines on the Pentagon budget unveiled by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel this week were all about austerity: the smallest U.S. Army since 1940; ...

One of our favorite political stories took place during Barry Goldwater’s presidential campaign in 1964. A friend was standing outside a Goldwater ral...