folklore

ELLICOTTVILLE — The Ellicottville Historical Society has a spooky month in store for those willing to take a walk on the haunted side. First, the hist...

MACHIAS — The Cattaraugus County Museum and Research Library’s Summer at the Stone House event series continues Thursday with a discussion of the supe...

NEW YORK (AP) — People across the United States celebrated Irish heritage at several major St. Patrick’s Day parades Saturday, marking the holiday a d...

WELLSVILLE — It was the best half-hour in Wellsville on Friday when the second annual World’s Shortest Saint Patrick’s Day Parade marched the 12-foot ...

The backstory of Stephen Walker’s Celtic jewelry career had an unlikely beginning — he spent a couple of years in Europe as a street performer with hi...

WELLSVILLE — The shortest Saint Patrick's Day parade is getting bigger. For the second year of the Ancient Order of Hibernians' parade to celebrate th...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Pull out the masks and break out the beads because Mardi Gras and Winter Carnival Weekend in Ellicottville is just around the corner, ...

WELLSVILLE — After the success of last year’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the Allegany County Ancient Order of Hibernians is getting ready to a...

ALLEGANY — An unknown man allegedly robbed the Community Bank on Route 417 near the Walmart Plaza around 4 p.m. Friday and fled the scene. The suspect...

While the Twin Tiers region experienced a stronger taste of the winter season the last couple of days, the relatively mild weather returns for the nex...

OLEAN — The Olean Area Farmers Market invites the public to its fifth annual December holiday market this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The market w...

In December 1966, the CBS special “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” premiered. At the time, it was “the most expensive half-hour ever put on TV” due to...

SALAMANCA — As the fall winds sweep away the falling leaves, and before you sleep off your turkey dinner, if you listen closely you can almost hear th...

WELLSVILLE — After celebrating Small Business Saturday on Nov. 25, the Wellsville Area Chamber of Commerce urges visitors to stay downtown for the ann...

CUBA — The Cuba Chamber of Commerce is planning the annual Small Town Christmas parade for Dec. 2, while also adding the Christmas Tree Sparkle campai...

OLEAN — Olean’s best-known Santa will be honored during this year’s Santa Claus Lane Parade. On Tuesday, the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce re...

OLEAN — The sidewalks were filled with princesses, superheroes and the stuff of nightmares as children and their families hit the lit porches of homes...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The power went out on my block the other day, and even though it meant being without electricity, the internet and heat on a chilly m...