trees

Robertson: Sap’s flowin’ — it’s maple syrup time
Lifestyles, Local, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Mar 06, 2018
It’s early March and the maple trees are tapped for gathering their thin, clear sap. It looks exactly like water, but when tasted one can just detect ...
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State & Union: Happy winter solstice!
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
Dec 21, 2017
The winter solstice is again upon the Northern Hemisphere — beginning at 11:28 a.m. — and though the year's shortest day heralds the onset of winter i...
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Hinsdale lights up holiday nights
Cattaraugus County, Here And Now, Local News, ...
CINDY WAGNER Olean Times Herald 
Dec 16, 2017
HINSDALE —It’s not clear who came up with the idea, but it was decided community trees were needed this year to celebrate all the great things happeni...
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Tree removal funding discussed by council committee
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Oct 18, 2017
OLEAN — Aldermen hope that a new plan to remove a selection of dangerous trees in rights of way may move forward in the next month. Members of the cou...
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Leaner Olean tree program may come back for this year
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Sep 20, 2017
OLEAN — Hoping for a “clean break” from the past, city officials will put out a bid to take care of the most “potentially hazardous” trees in the city...
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Franklinville board looks to village improvements
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
KATHLEEN KELLOGG, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Sep 12, 2017
FRANKLINVILLE — Several topics discussed during Monday night’s Franklinville Village Board of Trustees meeting focused on generating community partici...
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Tree removals mulled after budget cut
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Sep 06, 2017
OLEAN — Who should take care of trees in city right-of-ways, the city or the landowner? Officials on the city’s finance committee spent an hour discus...
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Everyday Hunter: Groundhogs and groundhog dogs
Outdoors
STEVE SORENSEN, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Aug 08, 2017
Soon after the snow melts, the carnage begins. Rodents that snoozed the winter away in underground burrows leave their dens soon to be hit by cars. Ye...
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