Olean Times Herald

10/21/2025

Sponsored by the Enchanted Mountain Garden Club, dozens of families, businesses and other Allegany organizations have created 40 scarecrows that will be on display along Main Street.

ALLEGANY — With fall in full swing and Halloween less than two weeks away, downtown Allegany has been transformed into Scarecrow Row for the month of October. Sponsored by the Enchanted Mountain Garden Club, dozens of families, businesses and other Allegany organizations — including several St. ...

10/21/2025

From Portville dominating the gridiron and expert home advice to the Crusade for Freedom, from a great start for Off Track Betting to a $50 million Dresser-Rand upgrade, here’s a look back on the week that was 125, 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago in this edition of Turning Back the Clock.

From Portville dominating the gridiron and expert home advice to the Crusade for Freedom, from a great start for Off Track Betting to a $50 million Dresser-Rand upgrade, here’s a look back on the week that was 125, 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago in this edition of Turning Back the Clock. 1900 Oct. 2...

10/19/2025

Danielle Kielar of Olean, a kinship caregiver social worker employed with Catholic Charities of Buffalo, is the 2025 winner of the Cura Award for Outstanding Kinship Professional.
https://www.oleantimesherald.com/2025/10/17/olean-resident-honored-work-kinship-caregiving-families

10/19/2025

During Fire Prevention Week, the nationally observed week of safety and fire education held Oct. 5-11, students in schools across the region had the opportunity to meet their communities’ local firefighters.

During Fire Prevention Week, the nationally observed week of safety and fire education held Oct. 5-11, students in schools across the region had the opportunity to meet their communities’ local firefighters. The firefighters and other emergency responders mainly talked with elementary-level classe...

10/19/2025

Organizers of the "No Kings" protest in Olean Saturday report over 600 people gathered in Lincoln Park to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump during his second administration.

Organizers of the "No Kings" protest in Olean Saturday report over 600 people gathered in Lincoln Park to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump during his second administration. Dozens of participants held signs with slogans such as "No Kings Since 1776," "Melt Ice" and "Hate Will Never Ma...

10/16/2025

“All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” a play based on books by Robert Fulghum, is being presented at the Palmer Opera House, 12 W. Main St., Cuba, tonight at 7 p.m. and running through the weekend, with performances Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

CUBA — “What is the meaning of life?” is not just a question asked at the end of the Palmer Opera House’s performance of “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” but an encompassing theme of the play based on books by Robert Fulghum. “Kindergarten” takes a comforting lo...

10/16/2025

The Olean Theatre Workshop’s production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” is set for tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the 702 Washington St.

OLEAN — The Olean Theatre Workshop’s production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” offers a thoughtful and emotionally charged interpretation of Tennessee Williams’ classic drama. Performing tonight through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the 702 Washington St. theater, the show w...

10/14/2025

A local man turned his back on a career in computers to start his own business in fitness training.

Editor& #039;s note: This is the first in a series of six articles spotlighting the businesses making up the 2025 Laine Business Accelerator cohort. OLEAN — By his own admission, two decades ago, David Preston was an overweight computer guy with little, if any interest, in physical fitness. Now...

10/10/2025

Three women veterans from Allegany County are taking part in an Honor Flight to Washington this weekend.

WELLSVILLE — In March a call went out for women veterans to join the first Buffalo-Niagara Honor Flight for women who served in the U.S. military. Just as they did when they were in their teens, three Allegany County women answered the call. They were set to leave Friday to spend Saturday and most...

10/09/2025

Tonight, the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce is presenting Mari Howard with the L.O.U.I.E. (Love of Olean, United in Enterprise) Award.

OLEAN — “If you work hard enough, you can have anything you want in life kid, but you have to work for it,” is the advice the late Louie Marra gave 7-year-old Mari Howard when she was having lunch with her mother at the Downtown Deli. Growing up, Howard’s family was close friends with the Ma...

10/09/2025

Olean Intermediate Middle School and Olean High School have partnered with the Olean Sports Boosters and local businesses to raise funds to support Sophia Laborde, a 10th-grader battling hepatocellular carcinoma for four years.

OLEAN — Huskies are joining together to pull Sophia’s sled in a teen’s cancer fight.Olean Intermediate Middle School and Olean High School have partnered with the Olean Sports Boosters and several local businesses to raise funds to support Sophia Laborde, a 10th grade student who has been batt...

10/09/2025

Bysiek CPA PLLC will receive The Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2025 Enterprising Business Award tonight during the Chamber’s annual dinner at the Olean Armory.

OLEAN — Every schooling and job experience that Edward “Ed” Bysiek has ever had has been within a 10-mile radius of downtown Olean. From kindergarten to high school and studying at St. Bonaventure University, to starting his career and launching his own business, this community is his home —...