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It’s early March and the maple trees are tapped for gathering their thin, clear sap. It looks exactly like water, but when tasted one can just detect ...

PORTVILLE — Maple syrup production so far this season has been interesting, according to Randy Sprague, owner of Sprague’s Maple Farms. “We started ea...

Mike Smalley knows a lot about food. And he should, as he is in his 15th year working as a chef. He also knows about diets, as a man who’s tried — and...

There is something to be said for being proactive rather than reactive. That was the mindset of Shakia Robinson as she crafted a new wellness program ...

ALLEGANY — Everything from antique clocks to beautiful historic music boxes will be auctioned beginning at 10 a.m. today at the Robert A. Livingston F...

OLEAN — Olean High School senior Max Morton had hoped to collect $1,800 for local food pantries. It was a figure roughly double what he collected the ...

Happy Fitness Friday Almost two years ago, York science teachers Heather Kent and Renee Webb devised a plan to play awesome music, wear comfortable wo...

Marcus Whitman School District invites and urges any and all staff to partake in the numerous wellness events scheduled year-round. As part of the sch...

They flocked together by the hundreds, each carrying a varying degree of burden. Some saw it as a way to lose weight, others a way to kick-start a hea...

ALLEGANY — Husband and wife Alex and Elida Green wish they could have been each other’s prom dates. Elida, an Archbishop Walsh Academy Class of 2000 g...

Time is pulling its usual tricks and rushing on by at breakneck speed. I can’t believe it’s deep into February and on the 22nd I’ll be 29 years old. …...

Are you on mushrooms right now? If not, you should be. It’s not what you think. Yes, some people use them to enhance chicken marsala, and some use the...

There’s an old adage from the 1800s that begins, “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” Over decades, that adage turned into what m...

The snow came pelting down, relentless and seemingly determined to bury the man behind the shovel, in this case me. Wednesday’s snowstorm was pouring ...

Be their Valentine — to benefit historic sites in the Portville area. Members of the Portville Historical and Preservation Society are planning for a ...

The Ladies Auxiliary to the Pulaski Club will host its annual Pączki Day social at 2 p.m. Sunday in the clubrooms. A luncheon will be served and enter...

I was only 13 or 14 at the time. Uncle Phil had been kind enough to bring me along on a weeklong excursion to the family farm. Uncle owned a beagle by...

The more I observe nature on the fringes of my village, the more I learn about human nature as well. Things that happen in my almost-rural backyard of...