Olean’s Chauhdry named Youth of the Week
November 3, 2026
The Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau announces that this week’s featured Youth of the Week is Lina Chauhdry. She is the daughter of Tahir and Shabana C...
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Portville rallies to top Chautauqua Lake in sectional semis
Local Sports, Sports, Volleyball
November 2, 2026
PCS, Ellicottville punch tickets to sectional finals PORTVILLE — Gaitley Maiolo recorded a massive double-double of 19 kills, 20 digs and a pair of aces as the top-seeded Portville girls volleyball team survived a scare from No. 4 Chautauqua Lake to reach Thursday’s championship match. The Panthers ...
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Local & Social
Worth W. Smith opens third store location in McKean County
Business News, Local News, News
By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Nov 02, 2026
MOUNT JEWETT, Pa. — Worth W. Smith Co. Hardware opened its seventh location Monday, bringing general hardware, farm supplies and heating fuels to a fo...
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State: Local sales tax collections up through third quarter
Allegany County News, Business News, Cattaraugus County News, ...
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
Nov 02, 2026
Most local sales tax receipts are up so far this year, but lag behind the state’s results to date. The Office of the State Comptroller reported that l...
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Olean school’s Community Thanksgiving Dinner set for Nov. 14
Local News, News, Student News
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
Nov 02, 2026
OLEAN — The Olean City School District is inviting everyone to come together with a hungry appetite for the 33rd annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner,...
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Report: NY budget gap shrinks amid robust tax collections
Business News, Local News, News, ...
By CHRIS WADE The Center Square 
Nov 02, 2026
New York state government is flush with money with the latest data showing a nearly $9 billion budget surplus in the current fiscal year amid a Wall S...
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Police reports 11/2/26
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County News, Crime News, ...
Nov 02, 2026
Olean Police Thursday, 5:15 p.m. , Tyrone Long, 30, of Buffalo, was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and third-...
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More unseasonal warmth in the Olean area this week
Local News, News, NY State News
By BRIAN McCLELLAN news@oleantimesherald.com 
Nov 02, 2026
More unseasonably warm weather is expected this week — even flirting with record highs mid-week — before some unsettled weather arrives as the weekend...
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Strength in numbers
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County News, Local News, ...
Nov 01, 2026
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Crime and Courts
Olean man convicted of unlawful surveillance, awaits sentencing
Cattaraugus County News, Crime News, Local News, ...
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
Oct 29, 2026
LITTLE VALLEY — An Olean man was convicted of second-degree unlawful surveillance, a class E felony, in Cattaraugus County Court earlier this month, D...
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Police reports 10/28/26
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County News, Crime News, ...
Oct 28, 2026
Olean Police Oct. 22, 1:50 p.m. , one injury was reported following a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Buffalo Street and Constitution Aven...
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Love, Sophia: The hometown mission behind Sunday’s Bills flyover
News, News
By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
October 2, 2026
When U.S. Air Force Maj. Matt Blue's C-130 flies over Highmark Stadium on Sunday, he will do it with a mission central to the community that raised hi...
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Police powers don’t eclipse Bill of Rights
Commentary, Opinion
November 2, 2026
The midterm elections have largely overshadowed the U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent term, which began this month — and the justices missed a prime op...
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Climate change suffers a rude collision with reality
Commentary, Opinion
By J.T. YOUNG RealClearPolitics 
November 2, 2026
Democrats’ climate change agenda has taken a backseat to politics. Although this is clear in general, nowhere is it more so than on Democrats’ focus o...
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