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ITHACA — A survey of farmers in four Northeast states, including New York, found that incentive payments encouraged participants to plant twice as man...

MOUNT JEWETT, Pa. — Alan Johnson will admit there was a time when he didn’t know a job with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Re...

The bar opened with little fanfare and will be closing its door for good today with little fanfare. It was a wintry night on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, wh...

ELDRED, Pa. — This will be Living History Weekend at the Eldred World War II Museum. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, meet and visit with W...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gun store owners in New York said there have been glitches in the state’s processing of background checks for ammunition purchases unde...

CUBA — The Cuba American Legion Post 655 will hold a meatloaf dinner Tuesday, Oct. 10, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. or sold out, at 5 E. Main St. The meal w...

SALAMANCA — The Jimersontown Presbyterian Church will host the 62nd annual Seneca Foods Dinner on Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Seneca-Allegany Administra...

This has been the year of the business movie. We’ve already seen “Air,” the story of Nike signing Michael Jordan and the birth of the Air Jordans; “Te...

OLEAN — Need a bike? How about some power tools? Maybe one of the many pieces of sports equipment or office furniture currently cluttering the Olean M...

OLEAN — Beat City Music, Inc. has opened a new in-house recording studio, representing a leap forward in the region’s music scene and further solidify...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers voted Wednesday to renew for two years an additional 1% mortgage recording tax that has been in effect fo...

ST. BONAVENTURE — The Olean YMCA’s annual Turkey Trot 5K fun run/walk is again bringing people together to promote healthy living this Thanksgiving. F...

CUBA — The Cuba American Legion Post 655 Auxiliary will hold a breakfast buffet from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at 5 E. Main St. The meal co...

WELLSVILLE — Robert Frost wrote, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood and looked ...

The continuing incursion of illegal border crossers into the United States is the most astonishing story in American politics. There have been days re...

OLEAN — Twenty young racers came together this past weekend with their pit crews of family members and friends for the 2nd annual Olean Soap Box Derby...

OLEAN — A change to “put more teeth” in the city’s trash ordinance was unanimously passed Tuesday. The Olean Common Council voted 7-0 in favor of a ch...

Whenever road work season comes along, it amazes me how many streets have an entire layer of history buried underneath several inches of asphalt. Each...