Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break
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Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break
By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
August 18, 2026
OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...
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Olean Mall owner: Developer change, levee issues delay project
Olean Mall owner: Developer change, levee issues delay project
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
September 9, 2026
OLEAN — The failure to acquire competitive funding, the loss of a housing developer and flood-control issues have delayed work to redevelop the Olean ...
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US gasoline prices set record for Labor Day
US gasoline prices set record for Labor Day
By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
September 8, 2026
Average gasoline prices in New York rose 7.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.28/g to start the week, while most outlets in Olean remai...
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Bills to honor their northern fans by having ‘O Canada’ also performed at home opener against Lions
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Bills to honor their northern fans by having ‘O Canada’ also performed at home opener against Lions
By By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer 
September 9, 2026
ORCHARD PARK (AP) — The Buffalo Bills are honoring their fans to the north by having the Canadian national anthem performed at their home opener next week, and amid rising cross-border tensions with the United States. The team on Wednesday announced that the Toronto-based musical act Barenaked Ladie...
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Crosson’s goal lifts Olean over C-R/B-R in OT
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Crosson’s goal lifts Olean over C-R/B-R in OT
September 8, 2026
CUBA — Addison Crosson recorded a pair of goals, including the game-winner late in the first OT period, to lift the Olean High girls soccer team to a ...
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Gators girls soccer pull away from Olean for first win of season
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Gators girls soccer pull away from Olean for first win of season
By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
September 5, 2026
OLEAN — The Gators (1-1-0) patiently probed until they broke through Olean’s (0-0-1) low block on Saturday, earning their first win of the season, 3-0...
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Superintendent: Salamanca school year off to smooth start
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Superintendent: Salamanca school year off to smooth start
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
Sep 09, 2026
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca City Central School District welcomed students back at both the Iroquois Drive and Prospect Avenue campuses Thursday morning...
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Federal appeals court halts NY, NJ gas pipeline project
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Federal appeals court halts NY, NJ gas pipeline project
By CHRIS WADE The Center Square 
Sep 09, 2026
A federal appeals court has halted a proposed natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to New York and New Jersey after ruling that it violates local wa...
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Cattaraugus County CCE looking for board members
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Cattaraugus County CCE looking for board members
Sep 09, 2026
ELLICOTTVILLE — Do you work with one of the many agricultural commodities produced in Cattaraugus County, like dairy, field crops, vegetables, berries...
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JMH Auxiliary Gala & Auction coming up in November
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JMH Auxiliary Gala & Auction coming up in November
Sep 08, 2026
WELLSVILLE — Jones Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will host the annual Gala and Silent Auction 7 to 11 p.m. Nov. 14, with the theme for this year’s event...
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‘110 Stories’: Starlight Theatre Co. remembers 9/11
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‘110 Stories’: Starlight Theatre Co. remembers 9/11
By KATHRYN ROSS news@oleantimesherald.com 
Sep 08, 2026
WELLSVILLE — Friday is the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and the Starlight Theatre Company is giving a free performance of the Pulitzer Prize winning play ...
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Police reports 9/7/26
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Police reports 9/7/26
Sep 08, 2026
Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office MACHIAS — Alesha M. Hill, 47, of Delevan, was charged at 11:07 a.m. Saturday with second-degree criminal use of dr...
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Police reports 9/4/26
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Police reports 9/4/26
Sep 05, 2026
Olean Police Thursday, 4:01 p.m. , Jeremiah Willie Baskin, 28, of 212 N. 11th St., was charged with third-degree menacing, a class B misdemeanor, and ...
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Wellsville man pleads in child pornography case
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Wellsville man pleads in child pornography case
Sep 03, 2026
A 41-year-old Wellsville man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of distribution of child pornography for using a cell phone to record sex acts wit...
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Hegseth has turned the Army into a rudderless ship
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Hegseth has turned the Army into a rudderless ship
By JAMES STAVRIDIS Bloomberg Opinion 
September 9, 2026
BOSTON (TNS) — The sudden departure of Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll, following months of tension with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, is a se...
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Don’t be seduced by the language of AI
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Don’t be seduced by the language of AI
By PARMY OLSON Bloomberg Opinion 
September 8, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — The attacks on Hugging Face ran from May to late July, yet the details of what actually happened when OpenAI’s artificial-intelligenc...
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