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Volunteer work is the backbone of any community. It’s been a part of our society since America’s inception, à la Benjamin Franklin’s volunteer firehou...

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...

Before you know it, 2018 will be here. And if one of your New Year’s resolutions is to shed those few extra pounds or to start eating better, the Rich...

OLEAN — A plethora of Post-Its peppered poster boards Wednesday, as Oleanders had their first chance to offer up ideas for the $10 million Downtown Re...

Eleven service organizations at St. Bonaventure University will take part in a social media fundraising blitz on the upcoming Giving Tuesday. If all g...

This year, the Wellness Committee at Red Creek is excited to unleash the Blue Zone's Power 9. It all started with a parody video to hook staff on Open...

Contemplating a career path as a wide-eyed young adult, I was certain I was headed into the field of education, but much less certain about specifics....

Hello, everyone, and welcome to the inaugural issue of Wellness Connections. I am brimming with excitement about bringing you this digital magazine th...

As a longtime former resident of Olean, after reading Thursday’s article, "Oxford House for Recovering Addicts Denied Occupancy," I felt the need to e...

Christmas is the most commercially successful holiday in the United States. The second-most successful? Halloween. And with young people and adults se...

The 2017 Olean mayoral debate was held Wednesday in the Olean High School auditorium and highlighted similarities and differences in a respectful and ...

The Olean chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and the Southern Tier Military Support Group (STMSG) joine...

We give a lot of credit to Diana Scanlon for the beautiful photograph she sent to us of a monarch butterfly on one of her zinnias in her garden on Ole...

OLEAN — The city of Olean will receive $10 million in funding as the Western New York winner of the second round of the Downtown Revitalization Initia...

OLEAN — Olean ninth-graders and the student cast of a play centered around the Holocaust were allowed to draw insight from Sophia Veffer, a Holocaust ...

OLEAN — Public awareness about the risk of suicide was the message delivered Sunday morning by a solemn parade of walkers stretching along a mile of s...

OLEAN — A stoneware crock made sometime between 1850 and 1870 in Olean, a handmade quilt from the early 1900s and Victorian chairs from the 1890s are ...

OLEAN — A local addiction support group is aiming to bring the community together to show support for those battling addiction and raise awareness abo...