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F rom possible sabotage to an oversized chicken egg, from an exploding sewer plant evacuating thousands to local business being lousy with a capital “...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Steve Krzes, of Springville, is being honored by Fitzpatrick and Weller Inc. in Ellicottville for his 45 years of employment. He began...

LITTLE VALLEY — Call it the call center that broke the camel’s back. Cattaraugus County Legislator Joseph Snyder, R-Ischua, cited the recent announcem...

From a recovery of a military unit after a fire, to a sugar rationing in the midst of war, to the study of the feasibility of a new community college ...

EAST OTTO — The first part of the maple season has been a little disappointing for Jim Ellis. A small producer, Ellis was tempted to tap his maple tre...

The syrup is flowing at Sprague’s Maple Farms in Portville — you may recall our coverage earlier this week — and Pfeiffer Nature Center is inviting fo...

Alfred University may be hundreds of miles from a saltwater shore, but the university has become a crucible — literal and metaphoric — for an engineer...

When I was a young adult, I chanced upon a poster of a mama duck leading her ducklings. In bold letters beneath the drawing were the words, “Do someth...

Area sales tax receipts lagged behind the rest of New York in 2016, according to a report from the state’s fiscal watchdog. The Office of the State Co...

On a cold January day in 1931, the tannery works of the England, Walton Leather Co., makers of sole leather for shoes, was destroyed by a fire in Olea...

BELMONT — Allegany County officials are still seeking a new tenant for the Lufkin-RMT site in Wellsville. Executive Director Craig Clark of the Allega...

OLEAN — Mike John, owner of MJ Painting Contractor Corp., has come a long way from working out of his home and garage in the 1980s. The company’s mode...

A visit with relatives in South Africa led Stephanie Wilkins to an extremely satisfying, relaxing and rewarding hobby. In some ways, she says, it’s th...

(TNS) I recently followed a drone through the ruined Syrian city of Aleppo, courtesy of YouTube. The destruction was sobering, to say the least. The c...

As we settle into the first month of the year, let us take a look today at some of the “firsts” of Olean. FIRST HIGHWAY. By act of the State Legislatu...

The employees of a credit union that has implemented an incentive-laden health and wellness program developed by Ottawa Kent are listening, and pocket...

BELMONT — The head of the county Board of Legislators greeted his colleagues at the annual reorganizational meeting looking toward the future after a ...

OLEAN — With one Olean Common Council meeting left in 2016, city leaders have begun looking ahead to next year. Some matters will require prompt atten...