frank w. higgins

From new ball fields at Forness Park to a grenade disposal, from the first car seen in Olean to a major bust at Allegany State Park, here’s a look bac...

From forest fires to thunderstorms, from a new fast train stopping in Olean to a canoe race on the Allegheny River, here’s a look back on the week tha...

From a debate on women in the workplace to a visit from U.S. Senate candidate Hilary Rodham Clinton, from a proposed new private hospital to the dedic...

From a women fined for visiting saloons to tons of free potatoes, from traffic issues on State and Union streets to the Olean Oilers season opener, he...

From a fatal buggy accident to the beginning of bicentennial celebrations, from introducing sodium fluoride into schools to a new monument in War Vete...

From a spring fishing outing to austerity budgets, from a bird house building competition to a close call with a passenger train, here’s a look back o...

From a gambling raid on West State Street to an attempted burglary at a local bowling alley, from record March snowfall to a mussel holding up a new w...

From a fatal electric railroad accident to the creation of a new fire company at Allegany State Park, from Prohibition violations in Cuba to an uglies...

OLEAN — As the Olean Historical and Preservation Society continues working toward its goal of fully refurbishing the Gov. Frank Wayland Higgins carria...

From new ski facilities on Mt. Hermann to the purported winding down of the baby boom, from youthful offenders causing havoc in a local grocery to pro...

From Frank Higgins’ road to the governor’s mansion to the Bonnies’ first NCAA tournament bid in nearly a quarter century, from new owners at the Olean...

Olean historian Steve Teachman celebrated the birthday of the only person to go from Olean to the New York governor’s mansion — Frank W. Higgins — thi...

OLEAN — Frank Higgins brought a mystery to the Olean Point Museum in the guise of a signature quilt. “Years ago, a friend of mine told me it was for s...

OLEAN — Originally expected for a fall opening, the $1.25 million farmer’s market planned for Lincoln Park should be done completely in the spring, ci...

Olean city historian Dave Deckman says he enjoyed the latest StrOlean event held downtown on June 8 — but it also made him recall that the concept is ...

OLEAN — The thought of turning Lincoln Park back into the town square drew the curious to the city building Monday evening to learn more about a propo...