Local Columnists, Nation World
Mar 15, 2021
President Joe Biden has signed what may well end up being the biggest accomplishment of his presidency, an enormous $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill. W...
Local Columnists, Nation World
Dec 31, 2020
As President-elect Joe Bide puts together his agenda, he’s already signaled that he will reverse some Trump orders by rejoining the Paris climate acco...
Health
Aug 06, 2020
Cashless spending has long been a convenient way to make purchases, and that convenience became even more evident in 2020. The outbreak of the novel c...
Coronavirus, News
Apr 03, 2020
ALBANY (TNS) — Amid both a pandemic and an economic crisis, the State Legislature approved a $177 billion budget overnight Friday with special provisi...
Lifestyle, Local News
Dec 10, 2019
It’s an annual debate around the holiday season: real Christmas tree or artificial? Artificial trees have a big edge in New York state, according to t...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Nov 19, 2019
As Democratic presidential candidates stumble over one another in a headlong rush towards socialism and fiscal insanity — promising trillions in new s...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News, ...
May 07, 2019
HINSDALE — The Hinsdale Central School District is proposing spending and tax increases that officials say will offset rising costs so current program...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Mar 13, 2019
U.S. Rep. Tom Reed had some rare praise for Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his weekly media call Tuesday. “I applaud Gov. Cuomo for saying he would not sign a b...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Mar 05, 2019
OLEAN — The Olean Common Council will make its first forays into the 2019-20 city budget this week. The council’s finance committee will meet at 5:30 ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Feb 11, 2019
OLEAN — The first draft of the city’s 2019-20 spending plan will be released this week, but Mayor Bill Aiello said it likely won’t contain many surpri...
Jobs
Jan 30, 2019
Sometimes you see the warning signs coming—you got a bad performance review, or your coworkers are being laid off left and right. Whether it’s the bus...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Sep 01, 2018
President Trump took office three months and 19 days into the 2016 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1 and ends Sept. 30 each year. The federal budget de...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Jun 27, 2018
One of the core tasks of government is to promote the common good. Pope John XXIII defined “the common good” as “the sum total of social conditions wh...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
May 16, 2018
FRANKLINVILLE — Franklinville residents support $6 million in school building upgrades that will not raise their taxes, but are unwilling to take on a...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
May 04, 2018
CATTARAUGUS — The Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School Board of Education will conduct a public hearing Tuesday on the tentative 2018-19 budget of...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Apr 19, 2018
(TNS) Good news for anyone who just finished filing their taxes for 2017: Next year, when we file our taxes for 2018, we’ll send less money to Washing...
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
Apr 03, 2018
ALBANY — Lawmakers passed a $168.3 billion state budget in the early hours Saturday that includes surcharges on taxi, Uber and Lyft rides in Manhattan...
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Mar 28, 2018
(TNS) Perhaps you missed President Donald Trump’s shifty little political move last week on that massive congressional spending bill. Be assured thoug...
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...
