jim eckstrom

I’m just like anybody else — a break from frigid arctic air like we’re getting for a couple days here, is welcome. But a high around 50 and rain in mi...

We got a quick answer about the old school bus lying overturned on the sidehill below Rock City Road: John Artlip, involved for decades with the Town ...

I strip away the old debris, that hides a shining car A brilliant red Barchetta, from a better, vanished time Fire up the willing engine, responding w...

When a mayoral candidate on the short end of the vote takes the time to drop by her opponent’s election-night headquarters to offer congratulations an...

The 2017 Olean mayoral debate was held Wednesday in the Olean High School auditorium and highlighted similarities and differences in a respectful and ...

Sometimes I hate technology. Which is a weird thing to hear from the guy in the newsroom most called on to “Fix It!” in a bind. Wednesday night was on...

Our editor — and amateur bird watcher — Jim Eckstrom is always eager to tell us of his sightings. The latest was of a double-breasted cormorant flying...

I thought the fireworks over Bradner Stadium on July 4 were great. For several years now, we have had visitors at our home on Grossman Avenue, where w...

At State & Union, we like our brick stories, as readers have surely noted the past year or so. We have another short one today — this one from our edi...

Our editor Jim Eckstrom was lazily flipping channels this past weekend when he happened upon a scene on Turner Classic Movies. Eckstrom says at the ve...

We received a note in the mail a few days ago from Michael Magnano Sr. of Allegany, with a request, “Please put this in Generally Speaking.” Mr. Magna...

Shortly after the Nov. 8 election, I wrote an “Our View” editorial that touched in part on the shocked reaction so-called elites in politics and gover...

Readers of this page have seen, from time to time, photos submitted “From the Field” after successful hunts. We’re here to tell you: Keep them coming....