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    Letter to the Editor: Bolivar Library requests support for budget vote
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor, Local Columnists
    Letter to the Editor: Bolivar Library requests support for budget vote
    May 16, 2025
    Residents of the Bolivar-Richburg Central School District will vote on the 2025-26 school budget. Along with the budget, there will be decisions to be...
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    Free plane is an awful look
    Commentary, Nation World
    Free plane is an awful look
    May 16, 2025
    President Donald Trump celebrates controversy. He also must revel in unnecessarily gifting his political opponents issues to exploit. That would appea...
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    Readers’ Turn to Write: Justice is not a fortress
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Readers’ Turn to Write: Justice is not a fortress
    MIKE BLUMENTHAL 
    May 16, 2025
    There’s a longing in the American soul right now — a yearning for justice, for safety, for something that feels firm and unshakeable. I understand tha...
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    Gyrations are distorting investing fundamentals
    Commentary, Nation World
    Gyrations are distorting investing fundamentals
    May 16, 2025
    Tuesday, the S&P 500 edged back into positive territory for 2025. That’s remarkable given that onApril 7, the widely followed stock market index was s...
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    Forcing homes to switch to electric heat is not good policy
    Commentary, New York
    Forcing homes to switch to electric heat is not good policy
    ZILVINAS SILENAS 
    May 16, 2025
    ALBANY — New York has some of the most ambitious climate goals in the country: electric school buses by 2035, zero emissions electricity by 2040, etc....
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    Unpopular Democrats can still win midterms
    Commentary, Nation World
    Unpopular Democrats can still win midterms
    DAVID M. DRUCKER Bloomberg Opinion 
    May 15, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — TheDemocratsare leaderless; theDemocratshave an identity crisis; theDemocratshave lousy approval ratings. None of that precludes them...
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    Qatar’s free gift, a fancy plane, doesn’t fly
    Commentary, Nation World
    Qatar’s free gift, a fancy plane, doesn’t fly
    May 15, 2025
    While there’s nothing inherently wrong with the U.S. military accepting used equipment from another country, President Donald Trump’s plan to use a Bo...
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    Traveling brings challenges and opportunities
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Traveling brings challenges and opportunities
    DEB WUETHRICH 
    May 15, 2025
    I am so tired! But it is a good tired. Yesterday on the road, I wanted to call it “exhaustion,” but that’s such a negative word, especially where ther...
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    Readers’ Turn to Write: Olean SPO Ireland deserved better for doing his job
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Readers’ Turn to Write: Olean SPO Ireland deserved better for doing his job
    TERRY P. SCHNELL 
    May 14, 2025
    I have been following the saga of school patrol officer Kurt Ireland on Facebook and social media, attempting to separate fact from fiction. The truth...
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    Biden 2.0: Dems throw Fetterman under the bus
    Commentary, Nation World
    Biden 2.0: Dems throw Fetterman under the bus
    GUY CIARROCCHI RealClearPennsylvania 
    May 14, 2025
    “Truth is not a left-wing value.” Sadly, Dennis Prager’s teaching is correct. He could even consider a corollary: Integrity is not a left-wing value. ...
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    Albany’s belated — and bloated — budget
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Albany’s belated — and bloated — budget
    BILL HAMMOND 
    May 13, 2025
    ALBANY — The State Legislature approved the last of nine budget bills Thursday evening, 38 days after the start of the fiscal year. The state-funded p...
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    Strengthening my resolve to serve veterans and their families
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Strengthening my resolve to serve veterans and their families
    ARTHUR G. AUSTIN JR. 
    May 13, 2025
    There is much to do in regard to veteran support initiatives. My wife and I fully support our veterans and their families and will continue in our eff...
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    Taxpayers haven’t reached finish line under new state budget
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Taxpayers haven’t reached finish line under new state budget
    SEN. TOM O'MARA 
    May 12, 2025
    Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature’s Democrat majorities may be touting that they’ve finally finished work on a new state budget. Make no mistake, ...
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    For disability rights advocate, this ‘compassion’ is a threat
    Commentary, New York
    For disability rights advocate, this ‘compassion’ is a threat
    CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
    May 12, 2025
    ALBANY — Clifton Perez of Troy, born legally blind, has spent his life blazing trails and fighting for the rights of people with disabilities. In the ...
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    Selling public lands to highest bidder an American tragedy
    Commentary, Nation World
    Selling public lands to highest bidder an American tragedy
    KARL BROOKS The Idaho Statesman 
    May 12, 2025
    LAWRENCE, Kan. (TNS) — Drive west onInterstate 70from theMississippi RiveratSt. Louis. As you crossMissouriandKansas, you’ll traverse 750 miles of pri...
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    Harvard and government funds
    Commentary, Nation World
    Harvard and government funds
    May 12, 2025
    Since 2017, Harvard University has received more money from the federal government than from its own students’ tuition, according to OpenTheBooks’ rev...
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    Much work remains on trade
    Commentary, Nation World
    Much work remains on trade
    May 09, 2025
    The Trump administration took a step Thursday toward quelling economic uncertainty by unveiling a trade deal with theUnited Kingdom. TheWhite Housepro...
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    Pope Leo offers hope as ‘bridge builder’ to continue Francis’ leadership
    Commentary, Nation World
    Pope Leo offers hope as ‘bridge builder’ to continue Francis’ leadership
    May 09, 2025
    The selection of Pope Leo XIV — the former CardinalRobert Prevost— as the firstU.S.-born leader of theCatholic Churchhas great potential to energize C...
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    Trump and ‘The Rock’
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Trump and ‘The Rock’
    NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
    May 09, 2025
    President Trump made headlines recently for suggesting that Alcatraz, the infamous prison in San Francisco Bay, should be reopened to house the worst ...
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    Recession fears may be making GOP lawmakers uneasy
    Commentary, Nation World
    Recession fears may be making GOP lawmakers uneasy
    CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
    May 08, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — The impact of political landslides and the resulting mandates wear off, even when they are substantial. It will certainly happen wh...
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    Little Valley New Albion Road closing for work
    Cattaraugus County
    Little Valley New Albion Road closing for work
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 18, 2025
    NEW ALBION — The Cattaraugus County Department of Public Works will be closing County Route 5, also known as Little Valley New Albion Road, between Sw...
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    2 New York State Police troopers stabbed as they made arrest in Bolivar
    Local News, News
    2 New York State Police troopers stabbed as they made arrest in Bolivar
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    May 17, 2025
    One New York State Police trooper was stabbed just above the eye while a second trooper was stabbed in the head as they arrested a woman who was in a ...
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    Spring gobblers: Crazily unpredictable
    Outdoors, Sports
    Spring gobblers: Crazily unpredictable
    WADE ROBERTSON 
    May 17, 2025
    You must have to have a screw or two loose to hunt spring gobblers. You never know what can and will go wrong or when, to your complete disbelief, eve...
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    Olean ballet instructor hanging up pointe shoes after five decades
    Daily Headlines, Local News
    Olean ballet instructor hanging up pointe shoes after five decades
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 17, 2025
    OLEAN — Artists spend years training, performing and teaching in hopes of passing that passion along to the next generation, whether through music, cr...
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    Much at stake Tuesday in Olean City School District vote
    Local News, News
    Much at stake Tuesday in Olean City School District vote
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 17, 2025
    OLEAN — One of the more consequential budget/capital project votes and board elections in many years in the Olean City School District is coming up on...
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    State & Union: Walkable Olean III work continues next week
    Local News, News
    State & Union: Walkable Olean III work continues next week
    May 17, 2025
    Construction will continue next week on Walkable Olean Phase III along East State Street from Front Street to North Union Street. According to city of...
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