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November 4, 2025
OLEAN — The 28th mayor of the city has been selected. Surrounded by officials from both the Republican and Democratic parties, first-time candidate Am...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Mar 17, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed directly to Congress Wednesday to establish a no-fly zone over his country — a request that the Biden...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Mar 17, 2022
I find myself awed and somewhat shamed by the moral authority and enormous courage of Marina Ovsyannikova, the woman who materialized on the set of Ru...
Letters To Editor, Opinion
Mar 02, 2022
Since the Olean YMCA will build the Erick Laine Outdoor Center with five outdoor venues — an airnasium, splash park/winter play park, fire pit area, w...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 25, 2022
The Ukraine crisis makes me miss Ronald Reagan. More to the point, it makes me better appreciate his combination of moral clarity and realism: He unde...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 24, 2022
Any illusions about Vladimir Putin’s objectives should have vanished on Monday, when Russia invaded Ukraine for the second time in a decade. The Russi...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 18, 2022
Sherlock Holmes fans love a locked-door mystery, so it was inevitable that the accidental death of TV comic Bob Saget in a Florida hotel room would ge...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 18, 2022
VILNIUS, Lithuania — The military and political games Vladimir Putin is playing with all of Europe will continue, whether Moscow invades Ukraine or no...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Feb 17, 2022
We cannot support Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to expand housing by taking zoning powers away from municipalities. Hochul has announced a proposal designe...
Local Columnists, Opinion
Feb 16, 2022
English writer William Penn once said, “Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” That is, I’m afraid, often true. We can get so caught up th...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 15, 2022
States across the U.S. have dropped their mask mandates this month, worrying Americans who think they’re still needed and cheering people who are read...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 15, 2022
WASHINGTON — The pictures from Ottawa over the last two weeks have defied every American stereotype of Canadians. We think of our northern neighbors a...
Letters To Editor, Opinion
Feb 14, 2022
This means so much to me. Please comment to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission asking them to deny National Fuel’s request for a new extension o...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Feb 05, 2022
Former NBC sportscaster Bob Costas called it perfectly. The International Olympics Committee’s decision to award China the 2022 Winter Olympics deserv...
Local Columnists, Opinion
Jan 28, 2022
Decades may have passed since I graduated from high school, but I made a discovery this week. I guess it was more of a rediscovery. It’s not the first...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 20, 2022
Last week the White House accused Moscow of sending saboteurs into eastern Ukraine to create a provocation that would give Vladimir Putin an excuse to...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 20, 2022
Bill Clinton used to say that all elections are about the future. It’s true. Voters want to know what candidates will do in office — how they will fix...
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Jan 20, 2022
In unveiling her executive budget, Gov. Hochul kept her remarks brief and let Budget Director Rob Mujica handle the details. The message was clear: Sh...
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 19, 2022
Top-ranked tennis star Novak Djokovic finally got his comeuppance for reckless behavior unbecoming of a global sports ambassador. Australia’s governme...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
November 4, 2025
Mobilizations to collect food items — as well as cash donations — for food pantries to benefit households cut off from federal nutrition benefits cont...
Local Sports, Sports, Volleyball
November 4, 2025
OLEAN — Wednesday and Thursday are packed with local high schools competing in sectional finals, demonstrating a very successful season for teams in t...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
November 4, 2025
ALLEGANY — Finding others who understand your grief can make all the difference. HomeCare & Hospice invites community members to take part in its free...
Football, Local Sports, Sports
November 4, 2025
ORCHARD PARK — There was a flip to Keon Coleman for a first down. Jackson Hawes caught one for 18 yards later in the game. On a day he went 23 of 26 a...
Local News, News
November 4, 2025
OLEAN — Christina Torrey, a Bolivar mother of three, received life-changing news last July: she was diagnosed with breast cancer. “I kind of told a co...
Local News, News
November 4, 2025
Olean Police Monday, 10:30 a.m. , no injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident on North Union Street near Laurens Street. A vehicle oper...
