Daily Headlines, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
May 10, 2023
The Common Council voted to borrow $1.6 million to build a splashpad. The vote was 5-2. This will cost the taxpayers $100,000 a year for years. In the...
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
May 02, 2023
Retired after decades as a teacher and administrator in the public school system, my move to become President at Archbishop Walsh/Southern Tier Cathol...
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
Mar 20, 2023
The Attorney General’s office waited. And waited. The bell tolled on the appeal deadline, and as the bell struck, Attorney General Letitia James filed...
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
Mar 10, 2023
In Wednesday’s edition of the Olean Times Herald, two letters to the editor in regard to the proposed city tax increase piqued my interest. Much of wh...
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
Nov 15, 2022
In the last two weeks there have been letters to the editor regarding caps on insulin prices. The first letter correctly referenced a $35 per month ca...
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
Oct 31, 2022
A dear young friend had been married for three years when she shared the exciting news: her first baby was on its way. Everyone was over-the-moon happ...
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
Oct 20, 2022
I am, as many are, concerned about where we are heading as a country in which government, both federal and state, controls more and more of our lives....
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
Aug 16, 2022
OLEAN — Common Council can afford a $1.5 million (and we all know it will cost more) splashpad but it rejected the city firefighters’ contract because...
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
Mar 29, 2022
I was astonished to read in Kellen M. Quigley’s “Seneca Mothers Stand in Solidarity with Ukraine” (Olean Times Herald, March 9, 2022) that “prior to t...
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
Dec 24, 2021
Many people ask the very fair question: “How do mask mandates undermine your freedoms?” This is a reasonable question and deserves a thoughtful respon...
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
Dec 20, 2021
I thank the Cattaraugus County Legislature for having the courage to state that they will not use county resources to enforce the governor’s misguided...
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
Dec 19, 2021
When the New York Department Health ordered that masks would be required indoors everywhere, our store mobilized to comply with the regulation. We pre...
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
Dec 17, 2021
The role of local government is to provide critical services that protect our community and foster our well being. This is true with policing, fire pr...
Local Columnists, Opinion, Readers Turn To Write
Oct 06, 2021
We have become addicted to funding. “We” means you and I, the People. “We” means school districts. “We” means town and county governments. Perhaps the...
Local Columnists, New York, Readers Turn To Write
Dec 04, 2020
As I prepare to leave office, after four fun-filled, enjoyable years, I wanted to say thank you to all the residents who have allowed me to serve as m...
Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
Nov 12, 2020
By mid-October 1968, I had arrived in Vietnam to begin my nearly 400-day odyssey. Basic training at Fort Dix, military police school in Georgia and th...
Commentary, Readers Turn To Write
Jun 27, 2017
In his weekly phone call with local media — as reported in Wednesday’s Olean Times Herald — U.S. Rep. Tom Reed described what he wants to see in a rep...
Commentary, Readers Turn To Write
Oct 14, 2016
The Olean Times Herald’s article in Friday’s edition, “City Seeks Vegetation Remedy,” regarding North Union Street contains yet another misleading sta...
Local News, News
June 14, 2025
OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
