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OLEAN — Dr. Colleen Taggerty didn’t want to be a superintendent. The lifelong educator had served as a teacher and principal, but felt a role at the v...

ALLEGANY — Although a new school year is on the horizon, staff with the Allegany summer recreation program said there is still a couple more weeks for...

After spending roughly nine months together, sometimes teachers and students are ready for a break from one other. In East Rochester Union Free School...

Over the course of nearly 10 hours and 100 miles of riding Rochester area pavement, bicyclists are showered with words of praise, encouragement and co...

It’s no cliché to say cancer is a disease that knows no boundaries and can have a devastating impact on families and communities. More than 10 years a...

There’s an inescapable excitement that comes with the end of each school year. It’s as if the previous nine months of classroom pressures accumulate i...

If you don’t use it, you lose it. That statement is nothing more than absolutely true in regard to maintaining healthy and strong bodies and minds. Yo...

PORTVILLE — From Riceville in 1829 to the Portville we know today, the Portville Heritage Day Festival and Alumni Weekend started Friday with a class ...

OLEAN — The 118th annual Portville Alumni Banquet honored graduates young and old Friday with dinner and awards presented to various alumni of Portvil...

Nancilee Burzachechi can recall the date almost immediately. More than 16 years ago, on Jan. 20, 2001, Burzachechi quit smoking, a feat she had attemp...

Students aren’t the only ones preparing for their futures at the Community College of Allegheny County. Faculty, staff and administrators at the schoo...

OLEAN — While most new high school graduates are enjoying their summer before starting college in the fall, Jordan McLaughlin is learning navigation, ...

ALLEGANY — Megan Silvers and her brother, Bradley, could barely spare a minute to look up from their digging Wednesday as they helped Dr. Steve Howard...

HINSDALE — Hinsdale Central School District officials on Wednesday night presented early details of their revised capital project plan, which they say...

OLEAN — Rick Moore will be paid a salary of $170,000 in his first year as Olean City School District superintendent. While the three-year contract wit...

ALLEGANY — A presentation on the girls’ soccer team invitation to attend a state tournament in September was the highlight of Tuesday’s Allegany-Limes...

GREAT VALLEY — As a lifelong resident of Ellicottville and an active member of the community, Erich Ploetz called becoming an administrator at Ellicot...

OLEAN — Andrew Marshall spent several weeks without electricity and running water while meeting young orphans living in poverty. He calls it the best ...