Outdoors: Having some fun with ‘history’
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
By By WADE ROBERTSON 
March 20, 2026
As a public figure — hunter, fisherman, shooter, writer and occasional speaker — I receive my share of criticism on a variety of issues. One of the most common is my love of hunting. This necessitates killing and many people have difficulty with this fact. It has been proven and seen the world over ...
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Drake, Parker’s game winner help Bonnies get first playoff win since 2016
Basketball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
March 19, 2026
ST. BONAVENTURE — In many ways, the Bonnies’ performance during their first playoff win since 2016, 69-67 in the first round of the WNIT over Drexel, ...
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Local & Social
A Managers’ Playbook: When you lose your spark
Local News, News
By JOHN B. STEVENS and BRITTANY THIERMAN 
Mar 20, 2026
There comes a point in every leadership/management journey where the spark fades. Not the passion for the job, but the way it’s being done. The urgenc...
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Advocates pouring on pressure for NY state alcohol reform
Local News, News, NY State News
STEVE BARNES Times Union, Albany 
Mar 19, 2026
ALBANY  (TNS) — On Friday, the day before the city's St. Patrick's Day parade would bring thousands of celebrants downtown to McGeary's Pub and other ...
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Kolkowski picked for Allegany mayor as villages voted Wednesday
Local News, News
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
Mar 19, 2026
ALLEGANY — A new mayor was elected in Allegany on Wednesday as village voters statewide went to the polls. John Kolkowski, on the Republican and indep...
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Cattaraugus Co. producers to host open houses during Maple Weekend events
Business, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
By DEB EVERTS news@oleantimesherald.com 
Mar 19, 2026
Maple season is underway, and producers across Western New York have been busy tapping trees, collecting sap and boiling the liquid gold in their evap...
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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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Confronting youth nicotine risks in New York state
Commentary, Opinion
By JONATHAN CHAFFEE 
March 19, 2026
Tobacco-Free CCA joins communities across the country in observing National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW), March 16-22, to empower young people wi...
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Ideas for more oversight of New York Medicaid
Commentary, Opinion
By BILL HAMMOND 
March 19, 2026
ALBANY — As the Trump administration cracks down on fraud, waste and abuse in Medicaid, New York is a logical place to start. New York spends far more...
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