James Raptis Day proclaimed during Wellsville village board meeting
By KATHRYN ROSS news@oleantimesherald.com 
March 24, 2026
WELLSVILLE — Mayor Ed Fahs signed an official proclamation Monday evening designating March 25 as James Raptis Day in the village. The framed proclama...
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Performances of comedy ‘The Foreigner’ begin Thursday at OCT
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
March 24, 2026
OLEAN — The Olean Community Theatre will present its production of the comedic play “The Foreigner” with performances starting Thursday in the South B...
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Salamanca’s Rohwer named Youth of the Week
March 24, 2026
The Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau announces that this week’s featured Youth of the Week is Kyleigh Rohwer, the daughter of Patrick Rohwer and Heathe...
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With core back and ace healthy, Olean baseball eyes big 2026
Baseball, Local Sports, Sports
By Henry Buchan 
March 24, 2026
OLEAN - After a 2025 season defined as much by what could have been as what was, Olean High School enters 2026 with something it didn’t fully have a year ago: health, experience and belief. The Huskies finished 8-9 overall and 5-5 in CCAA Division I play in 2025 in one of the area’s toughest leagues...
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Bonnies’ turnaround season ends in second round of WNIT
College Sports, Local Sports, Sports
By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
March 23, 2026
A resurgent St. Bonaventure women’s season ended in the second round of the WNIT on Monday night, as the Bonnies fell at Middle Tennessee, 69-50. The ...
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Pennsylvania denies NY rally, hold on 59-57
Basketball, Local Sports, Sports
BIG 30 GIRLS SENIOR CLASSIC
By SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
March 23, 2026
“We definitely had to control the tempo, get offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds,” Eisenhower’s Clara Steinberg said. “They had a really good te...
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Size keys Pennsy all-stars past New York
Basketball, Local Sports, Sports
BIG 30 BOYS BASKETBALL SENIOR CLASSIC
By J.P. BUTLER, Olean Times Herald 
March 23, 2026
FOLLOWING A slow start from both teams, Pennsy took a double-digit lead midway through the first half, pushed it to 51-28 with 2:11 left and, after a ...
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Local & Social
State & Union: Turning back the clock on Olean
Local News, News
Mar 24, 2026
From sugar that can’t be "beet" and record camping at Allegany State Park to bottling history, from a tough go for the Owls to saying adieu to Coach B...
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Olean, Bradford gasoline prices edge toward $4/g
Local News, News
By Olean Times Hwerald staff 
Mar 23, 2026
Prices at gas pumps flirted with $4 per gallon in the Olean area and Bradford, Pa. on Monday as average gasoline prices in New York state rose 24.3 ce...
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Police reports 3/23/26
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
Mar 23, 2026
Olean Police Saturday, 1:46 p.m. , Dakota J. Tilley, 33, of 712 W. Greene St., was charged with petit larceny, a class A misdemeanor. The charge stems...
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10,000th oil change at Allegany’s Take 5
Local News, News
Mar 23, 2026
ALLEGANY — Staff at Take 5 Oil Change on West State Road in the town of Allegany marked the 10,000th oil change at the site on Friday. Allegany town S...
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Crime and Courts
Police reports 3/18/26
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
Mar 18, 2026
Salamanca Police  March 11, 9:18 a.m. , Alicia D. Kindt, 37, of Salamanca, was charged with two counts of aggravated harassment of an employee by an i...
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Energy costs demand change in energy policies
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
March 23, 2026
It’s difficult to pinpoint one single issue, above all others, which must be addressed in the new state budget currently being negotiated by Gov. Kath...
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A bipartisan defense of the Fourth Amendment
Commentary, Opinion
March 22, 2026
While many Americans have grown complacent about the federal surveillance state, the United States Constitution is clear. If law enforcement agents wa...
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US can’t become a nation of emigrants
Commentary, Opinion
March 22, 2026
Since its earliest days, the U.S. has been a nation of immigrants. Increasingly, it’s also a nation of emigrants — a trend that should alarm elected o...
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