winter solstice

Spring is here! Truly, Thursday was the first day of spring — notwithstanding the overnight snow showers and low in the 20s this morning. And while cl...

December’s full moon — the Full Cold Moon — reached its peak late Wednesday. The Old Farmer’s Almanac tells us that in most of North America, the moon...

Dan Jordan, a photographer from Olean, has a passion for American bald eagles, as he has shown readers of the Olean Times Herald with his special colu...

OLEAN — The week leading up to Christmas can be a stressful time for people, with many wishful for a way to relax. Officials at the Olean Meditation C...

The winter season, which we believe unofficially begins on Nov. 1 in these parts, seemed to have been frontloaded with plenty of snow. Many of our rea...

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...

Today is the first day of December, one of our favorite months of the year. The name “December” comes from the Latin word decem, “ten,” because this h...

Gas prices have increased locally — and nationally — just in time for holiday-season travel this week. The current price for regular unleaded at most ...

Last year, we wrote about how Olean hosted an extra special Santa Claus Lane Parade on North Union Street on Dec. 6, 1940: The Jean Gros Inc. rubber b...