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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proclaimed Sept. 18-24 Sheriff’s Week in New York state. This celebration is in honor of the significant traditional and contemp...

On Sunday a motorcycle poker run was held, launching and ending at Good Times of Olean and making stops in Eldred, Coudersport and Galeton in Pennsylv...

We are writing this in response to the unexpected, overwhelming care we received from nearby witnesses to our bizarre, extraordinary accident at an Ol...

Good grief, what was the city of Olean thinking? Does no one in authority have a sense of design? Recently, I took note of the new street lights on No...

So much for the gentlemen’s agreement, which allows the party of the departing Cattaraugus County Legislator to choose his successor! I fully understa...

I feel I have got to step up and fight for the Pines nursing homes. My mom, Edna Kenyon, was in the Pines in Olean and they literally saved her life. ...

The Olean Area Summer Garden Walk Committee thanks those who participated in our Summer Garden Walk on July 9, as well as our ticket vendors, corporat...

War Veterans Park seemed like the perfect place for Art in the Park and Taste of Olean on July 24. It was large enough and the shade trees helped. I w...

In an era when “herd” mentality seems to be the norm for health care, I’d like to take a moment to reflect upon my polar-opposite experience with Eden...

Once again some of our Cattaraugus County legislators are considering the sale of our two county-owned nursing homes. Family members, employees and ev...

In the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama defeated John McCain. In the 2012 election, Obama defeated Mitt Romney. McCain was a former prisoner o...

Amidst the violence, anger and hatred in our world there is some peace. There is a small, beautiful town nestled at the bottom of the Allegheny hills,...

Fellow black belt candidate Scott O’Brien and I organized a community service project for AKT Martial Arts Academy that included the painting of 130 o...

A news item recently detailed the groundbreaking for a new track at the Oswayo Valley School District in Shinglehouse, Pa. The track is being financed...

I am a retired radiologist and was mostly hospital-based in my 30 years of active practice. Radiologists are closely involved in most hospital patient...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved synthetically modified organism (SMO) salmon for human consumption last November. This is the first tim...

The recent announcement that Upper Allegheny Health System will become part of the Kaleida network represents a win for healthcare in Olean and Bradfo...

“The best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.” — Andy Rooney June is Elder Abuse Awareness Month, an opportunity to share crit...