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For the past 75 years, Lionel and Alice Sayers have never gone to bed angry and have stuck together even when the going got tough. The couple shared t...

PORTVILLE — The Portville Arts, Crafts and Antiques Show attracts thousands of people looking for holiday bargains from more than 100 vendors and shop...

OLEAN — Common Council approved a new sexual harassment policy on Tuesday to bring the city into compliance with new state mandates. “In 2018, it is a...

OLEAN — Even with temperatures in the 80s, officials are already looking forward to the annual Santa Claus Lane Parade downtown. The annual parade to ...

ELLICOTTVILLE – Neither the lack of color on the hills, the cloudy skies or the threat of rain appeared to thwart the tens of thousands of people who ...

FRIENDSHIP — Hundreds of people flocked to the annual Friendship Cheese Festival on Saturday to enjoy the products — and cheese — that 52 vendors had ...

ALLEGANY — Allegany-Limestone had to adjust on the fly for its annual Southern Tier Classic cross country meet Saturday. Instead of a typical 3.1-mile...

Great Valley dairy farmer Dan Brown got a couple of phone calls Friday about a quote from U.S. Rep. Tom Reed on a $2 increase in the price of milk. Th...

Dog ownership comes with expected expenses such as licensing fees. Fines may be incurred if the dog is not licensed or found running at large. Owners ...

ALLEGANY — Tim Hite remembers a time when he tried to help a man who was choking on a sandwich, but couldn’t save him. Hite, a professional firefighte...

ELLICOTTVILLE — The annual Fall Festival takes over Ellicottville this weekend and there will be plenty of fun in the village and on the slopes. Ellic...

OLEAN — The owners of Tweety’s Bird’s Nest, 1003 W. State St., want everyone to know it’s not a pet store. “We’re an antiques and collectables store w...

OLEAN — How are local economic development efforts working? According to federal observers, better than many other communities in the region. Tim Thom...

FILLMORE — From book sales to book clubs, from local writer meetings to the departure of library volunteers, here’s a rundown of what’s happening at t...

LITTLE VALLEY — There was a last-minute request for funds Wednesday to help pay for a new Cattaraugus County emergency mobile command post. Emergency ...

U.S. Rep Tom Reed and the New York Farm Bureau both recently praised the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement as good for New York farmers. But one...

Readers of State & Union should be familiar with the myriad homefront efforts to support the troops and industry during World War II — from bond drive...

Have you ever thought about when or where you learned the value of money? Your “cents-ability?” Did someone teach you to save or did you pick it up on...