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OLEAN — After 14 years at the helm of the Genesis House homeless shelter, executive director Linore Lounsbury has decided to step down. On Monday, Lou...

OLEAN — When Crystal Boyles was informed by her landlord in August that her apartment building was being sold and she would have to move, she turned t...

OLEAN — Some new fundraisers and activities, and changes in a long-standing event, are in the works for the Genesis House homeless shelter in Olean, o...

OLEAN — Sunny skies instead of the forecasted rain greeted dozens of volunteers who delivered thousands of flowering plants to customers during Thursd...

OLEAN — After Al Bernstein joined the Genesis House homeless shelter board of directors a few months ago, he was asked to head up fundraising efforts ...

OLEAN — After Al Bernstein joined the Genesis House homeless shelter board of directors a few months ago, he was asked to head up fundraising efforts ...

OLEAN — Roughly 4,000 candles in white paper bags decorate Lincoln Park and local businesses on Thursday during the Genesis House annual luminaria fun...

OLEAN — Throughout the year, staff at Genesis House try to keep the larder full to ensure the men, women and children who reside at the homeless shelt...

OLEAN — When the days grew shorter and cooler, staff at the Genesis House homeless shelter in Olean began finding more and more people on the doorstep...

From marching to fund the fighting to raising even more for the next, from promoting Route 219 to a new approach to young learning, here’s a look back...

For nearly a decade, the Genesis House homeless shelter in Olean has given back to the community through its annual Agency and Ministry Fair at the Ol...

OLEAN — The glow of hundreds of candles in white paper bags in and near Lincoln Park Thursday caused many volunteers and pedestrians to pause and enjo...

OLEAN – An attorney on the Genesis House board stated Saturday that a men’s homeless shelter on South Second Street, which had been ordered to close b...

OLEAN — When staff at Genesis House look back on the homeless people they’ve helped over the past 22 years, they think of people like a mother named S...

OLEAN — As a local educator, Katie Ralston has seen children who come from homes without enough food, or from families who are homeless. Ralston, who ...

OLEAN — With the temperatures dropping outside, it’s more crucial now than any other point in the year for the homeless and underprivileged to have ac...