editorial

Some years ago they decided to build a bridge across Chautauqua Lake. They out all the pilings in, then the “environmentalists” put a stop to the brid...

Perhaps you, like many of us, are feeling somewhat overwhelmed by the unrelenting TV and print media advertising that threatens to turn the Christmas ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — There’s absolutely no excuse for this one. None. Arkansas State appears on St. Bonaventure’s non-conference men’s basketball home sc...

On the evening of Nov. 10 there was a public forum held concerning the elementary school future in Olean. This meeting was held at the middle school. ...

Some random thoughts about three current sports controversies: IT WAS an interesting afternoon with Bills’ wide receiver Stevie Johnson during Wednesd...

What in the world is taking place in our local justice system and the United States? The family court system as a whole is ineffective and refuses to ...

I am writing to thank John Stengel for his enlightening column, "A Modest Proposal for the Nation's 'Occupiers,'" in the Nov. 22 edition of the Olean ...

This is in response to the letter written by Earl McElfresh appearing in the Nov. 26 edition of the Olean Times Herald (“Who’s Going to Heat Your Home...

Lost in the spotlight of Stevie Johnson’s ill-considered touchdown celebration and his drop of the potential game-winning TD pass, was the performance...

I would like to make a few comments regarding Bob Burkett’s letter to the editor published in the Nov. 10 edition of the Olean Times Herald (“Landowne...

It took about 100 years to clean up the mess left behind by the first round of drilling in Pennsylvania and New York. What’s wrong with making sure th...

There’s the glass half-full outlook to the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team’s 73-64 loss to Virginia Tech on Sunday night in Blacksburg. Bona hun...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — How dumb can you be? When stupidity costs your team a football game — and in the NFL you get only 16 chances per regular seaso...

BUFFALO — The score, if you noticed, was a 4-3 shootout loss, the Sabres’ second consecutive defeat. Not that it mattered, really. Despite the cliches...

In the last 24 hours, the general sentiment seems to be more concern than satisfaction. The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team, on Monday night, ne...

I read editor Jim Eckstrom’s recommendation for the Occupy Wall Street people to go home. He indicated that they might be a “public nuisance” and a “p...

The Bills did it again, lost to the Dolphins, 35-8. I think I have it figured out. The NFL owners got together in the beginning of the season. They de...

Get out the embalming fluid. The Buffalo Bills might not be dead in this once-promising season, but they’re surely on life support. After they were ma...