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Many years ago, but not really so long, somebody surely looked up and said, “I wonder if man could ever fly like a bird?” I think 17th century Galileo...

Like most Americans, Julie Buckles, the owner of Honest Dog Books in tiny Bayfield, Wis., has had to be flexible in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic....

Does anyone miss the good old days of dropping something on the floor or ground and eating it as long as you stayed within the five-second rule, or wa...

It hasn’t always been easy, finding myself as a father with two grown sons, both very much into their own lives and futures. I’m still there to give a...

Recreational marijuana will someday be legalized in New York state; there’s too much momentum in that direction with progressive-minded Democrats in f...

If success in life means getting to do something you want to do, my brother-in-law Gary Wuethrich was very successful. He wasn’t famous—at least not i...

The Supreme Court ruled this week against a federal law that banned offensive trademarks. The ruling revived the debate about the NFL’s Washington Red...

In his weekly phone call with local media — as reported in Wednesday’s Olean Times Herald — U.S. Rep. Tom Reed described what he wants to see in a rep...

When the communities of Allegany and Limestone approved the merger of their two school districts in May of 1995, the naysayers in Limestone predicted ...

(TNS) It’s become clear with his scorched-earth campaign in the homestretch of the presidential election that Donald Trump is preparing to lose. And l...

Donald Trump has had a spectacular career playing a business executive on TV. His actual business career was less great — stiffing contractors and cus...

Everyone has been talking about Donald Trump, including a $916 million loss on his 1995 tax return. This resulted from his four bankruptcies caused by...

Approaching my seventh decade, I believe I have garnered some perspective on our nation’s political history. While a lifelong registered Republican, I...

Do you ever think about the people who helped shape you as a person? There are many across a lifetime, and I believe God puts every family member, fri...

I avoid the TV news channels these days — I can’t take the nauseating coverage of the presidential race. But I did happen to catch a clip of Hillary C...

In the Olean Times Herald back on March 21, U.S. Rep. Tom Reed expressed his support for Donald Trump. He indicated that Trump “brings a vision” to Am...

The Olean Times Herald’s article in Friday’s edition, “City Seeks Vegetation Remedy,” regarding North Union Street contains yet another misleading sta...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — More than half of college students surveyed feel intimidated to share beliefs that differ from those held by their professors, acco...