By RICHARD LEE
Rock ’n ’roll is old enough to have its share of Christmas classics. You know it’s the holiday season once you start hearing John and Yoko’s “Happy Xmas (War is Over),” Springsteen’s “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” and any of the tracks on Phil Spector’s classic Christmas album.
But rock ’n’ roll also has produced some ...
By SAM HOEFLING
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY – Two Franciscan high schools from Ohio made their way to the university on Nov. 9 for a four-day retreat emphasizing Franciscan values.
A total of 12 students from Padua Franciscan High School in Cleveland and Roger Bacon High School in Cincinnati attended the retreat led by St. Bonaventure students, by the Rev. Ross Chamberland, O.F.M., who is the ...
By DONOVAN MOFFAT
What started out as the season of hope has made a turn for another depressing year for Buffalo Bills fans.
Last season, the Bills finished the season at 9-7 under first-year head coach Sean McDermott. The Bills would make the playoffs thanks to a Week 17 win against its AFC East division foes, the Miami Dolphins, and a last-second touchdown pass from Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy ...
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday urged New Yorkers to prepare for multiple storm systems that are forecasted to bring significant snowfall as well as bitter cold and dangerously low wind chills. The first system will move into the state Thursday afternoon and will blanket much of upstate in snow, while the southern Mid-Hudson Valley, New York City and Long Island regions should expect more ...
HINSDALE, NY -- The Redding family of Hinsdale recently decided to give a special gift to the community causes that matter most to their family, in the form of a fund to support a local fire department and elementary students at two local schools.
The Redding Endowment Fund, established at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation, will make possible annual grants, beginning at $300 ...
PORTVILLE, NY -- The phrase “Eva Strong” may have resonated most during Eva Taggerty’s battle with cancer, but those who knew her know that she lived her entire life Eva Strong.
The recently established Eva M. Taggerty Memorial Scholarship Fund will ensure that the “Eva Strong” mentality lives on by supporting area students that share Eva’s perseverance, ...
By NICHOLAS YOUNGS
PORTVILLE, NY – A whiteboard with dozens of destinations and vehicle numbers written in various colors sits inside the Portville bus garage, ready to be changed at any moment. David Youngs, the transportation supervisor of the Portville and Olean School Districts, knows that before 2 almost every afternoon, he is likely to receive an email changing the entire meticulously planned ...
By KELLY HABERSTROH
OLEAN, NY – When Della Moore walks down the street, she greets everyone she passes and makes sure to ask, “How are you doing?”
From the moment I joined her at the 7-Eleven on a cloudy, cold December morning until we finished making our stops along State and North Union streets, she remained ...
By LUCAS SPERDUTI
OLEAN, NY -- For Justus Elliot, time and pace are essential. As a warehouse selector for Olean Wholesale Grocery Co-Op, most of the 21-year-old’s job calls for efficiency.
“Everything is time-based," Elliot explained. "One hundred percent is the norm, and it’s what we work for every day. If our score is less, then we are moving too slow, and we kick it into ...
By NATHANIAL DISCAVAGE
What began as an attempt to boost her GPA soon turned into a 22-year career for my mom, Ramona Lee Discavage.
On the first day of her freshman year at St. Bonaventure University in 1989, members of the Army ROTC Seneca Battalion helped incoming freshmen move their stuff into their dorm rooms. Afterward, they invited all of the freshmen to a lunch.
“When they described the ...
By CASEY CAYA
Lynn Kemp is nearing 95 and knows he has lived a good life.
“The good Lord has been awful good to me,” recalled the lifelong resident of Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania. “I never refused an order. I tried to be the best soldier I could be. I don’t know what your relationship is with God, but mine is pretty close.”
Born Oct. 29, 1920, Lynn grew up in a home on Turkey ...
By CASEY CAYA
When Steve Appleby asks area students if they know Snoop Dog, Eminem, Kanye West, the Kardashians, Parris Hilton or Miley Cyrus, they answer yes. Then Appleby will ask which of them knows Jason Dunham is, and the students will not have a clue.
Appleby will explain that Jason Dunham was a Marine from Scio, in Allegany County, New York, who was killed in Iraq in 2006 after jumping on a grenade ...
