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January 21, 2018

Ex-Olean High School teacher Robert Washington and mother charged with welfare fraud

OLEAN — A former Olean High School special education teacher and convicted sex offender, as well as his elderly mother, have been charged with felonies relating to welfare fraud.

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Review: Brilliance, sadness intersect in Starlight Theatre Co.’s ‘Proof’

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Upstate New York archery season opened this week

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October 1, 2026

Hunters across much of Upstate New York are back in the woods with early bowhunting seasons for deer and bear open in the Southern Zone. The archery s...

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3 GOP states go to Supreme Court to challenge NY, 2 other states’ abortion ‘shield’ laws

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Three Republican states have gone to the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge abortion "shield laws" protecting providers in New York and two other Democra...

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