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Snowy weather expected for Thanksgiving holiday
Snowy weather expected for Thanksgiving holiday
By BRIAN McCLELLAN news@oleantimesherald.com 
November 24, 2025
A significant lake-effect weather event is predicted for Western New York, just in time to potentially impact people traveling for the Thanksgiving ho...
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Napoleon, NC State win national XC title
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Napoleon, NC State win national XC title
By By J.P. BUTLER, Olean Times Herald 
November 24, 2025
After winning ACC title, A-L grad helps Wolfpack win it all In the previous six months, Angelina Napoleon had collected the titles of conference champion, NCAA podium finisher, professional league competitor, U.S. Championship runner-up and World Championship top-10 finisher. On Saturday morning, sh...
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Bonnies face Undefeated UNC in season’s biggest non-conference test
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Bonnies face Undefeated UNC in season’s biggest non-conference test
By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
November 24, 2025
OLEAN — In early September, as in-season workouts began and the Bonnies were still shaping their identity, senior center Frank Mitchell had no hesitat...
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Portville dynasty continues with 5th straight state title
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Portville dynasty continues with 5th straight state title
Panthers sweep Mount Academy in NYS Class C rematch
By SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
November 23, 2025
Mann, a former assistant and JV coach, took over for Kelly Unverdorben this season after the coach moved on to Pitt-Bradford. The program kept the lof...
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Outdoors: Angel on my shoulder
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Outdoors: Angel on my shoulder
By WADE ROBERTSON 
November 22, 2025
The headlights cut the blackness as I approached the turnoff. Leaves swirled across the road, the strong gusty wind whirling them in circles. I parked...
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Salamanca couple proudly calls historic Sears mail-order house home
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Salamanca couple proudly calls historic Sears mail-order house home
By DEB EVERTS news@oleantimesherald.com 
Nov 22, 2025
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Area Historical Society and Museum has launched its newest project, focusing on the mail-order house kits once manufactured ...
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Allegany-Limestone capital project aiming for spring groundbreaking
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Allegany-Limestone capital project aiming for spring groundbreaking
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
Nov 22, 2025
ALLEGANY — The approved $21.37 million capital improvement project at the Allegany-Limestone Central School District is aiming for a spring 2026 groun...
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Son returns to keep MDA Consulting Engineers in the family
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Son returns to keep MDA Consulting Engineers in the family
By JOHN BARTIMOLE Special to Olean Times Herald 
Nov 22, 2025
Editor's note: This is the seventh in a series of eight articles spotlighting the businesses making up the 2025 Laine Business Accelerator cohort. ELL...
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Police reports 11/20/25
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Police reports 11/20/25
Nov 21, 2025
New York State Police PORTVILLE — William E. Bailey, 43, of Olean, was charged at 12:51 p.m. Wednesday with criminal obstruction of breathing and acti...
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Police reports 11/19/25
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Nov 20, 2025
Olean Police Wednesday, 9:44 a.m. , Nichole L. Beckham, 45, of Eldred, Pa., was charged with 10 counts each of first-degree falsifying business record...
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July 29, 2025
Benjamin Morgan of Allegany earned a Bachelor of Science in computer networks and cybersecurity from University of Maryland Global Campus this past sp...
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Trump and Mamdani: Two statists in the White House
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Trump and Mamdani: Two statists in the White House
By SAL RODRIGUEZ The Orange County Register 
November 24, 2025
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — The chummy Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was truly horseshoe the...
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Burning up government’s credibility
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Burning up government’s credibility
November 24, 2025
Anyone who believes that the government can solve their problems needs to spend some time in Southern California. This month, Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla....
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Gratitude makes good citizens and heals divisions
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Gratitude makes good citizens and heals divisions
By REBECCA PRIMIS The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 
November 24, 2025
ATLANTA (TNS) — President Abraham Lincoln officially made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, during the Civil War that threatened the very exist...
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Letter to the Editor: Thinking beyond ourselves
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Letter to the Editor: Thinking beyond ourselves
November 24, 2025
I love Thanksgiving — mostly for the food — but have you ever noticed what a selfish holiday it can be? Go around the table asking each person to say ...
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