editorial

From the moment Chan Gailey hired old friend Dave Wannstedt a year ago January, this scenario seemed to be a case of when and not if. When Wannstedt w...

ST. BONAVENTURE — This one really hurt. What could have been Mark Schmidt’s biggest win in his five seasons as St. Bonaventure basketball coach turned...

Hats off to the Olean Times Herald. It is so great to see on the front page something nice and in color. I am referring to the article and picture of ...

I am writing as a handicapped ALCO Credit Union (paid) member, living on a fixed income in Allegany County. The other day I went to the ALCO branch of...

I would like to respond to a letter to the editor, “Rushford Can Pay for School,” in Sunday’s edition of the Olean Times Herald. I have children in th...

BUFFALO — Thomas Vanek said he noticed Erik Cole on his radar as he was cutting through the middle of the ice last Tuesday in Montreal. That left the ...

When the news came out Monday afternoon that the No. 25 St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team was finally in The Associated Press Top 25 poll, it wa...

This letter is about the Jan. 22 passing of John R. Bloise, formerly of Olean. He was a remarkable man and a truly professional musician. He had won s...

BUFFALO — Brad Boyes is trying hard not to sweat the upcoming NHL trade deadline. Having been dealt four times at the cutoff, including last season wh...

There has been talk of closing Rushford Elementary School. I believe that is a mistake for many reasons. They are saying that by closing Rushford it w...

I am retired and living on proceeds from my IRA and Social Security — and I’m angry. The Jan. 25 edition of the Olean Times Herald included an article...

The last two Jay Ambrose columns published by the Olean Times Herald concerned some rather interesting topics: (1) He excoriated the critics of those ...

A coward. Despicable. He abandoned his ship. You may well think I am writing of Francesco Shettino, the captain of the ill-fated Costa Concordia, a cr...

It first came to my attention last fall. Makayla Sargent, the Portville eighth-grader who swims for Olean High, had won just a single event in a meet ...

As the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team tries to remain undefeated in Atlantic 10 Conference play tonight at Duquesne, the suddenly struggling ...

About a week ago, I had a discouraging conversation. I was keeping the scorebook during one of my younger son’s basketball games, and I was sitting ne...

ALLEGANY — When we walked up to Roger Raglin’s table at the Daniel Carter Event Center this weekend, he looked up, smiled and began speaking with us a...

Before I start, let me say that I worked for the Olean City School District for more than five years and I loved my job. Three years ago, when Mark Wa...