Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break
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Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break
By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
August 18, 2026
OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...
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The Democrats made their point
Nov 14, 2025
Sorry to all the liberal pundits and progressive Democrats who have been excoriating the eight senators who cut a deal with Republicans to end the gov...
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Want to buy a home? It’s OK to wait till you’re 40
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Want to buy a home? It’s OK to wait till you’re 40
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Nov 13, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — If owning a home is still the American dream, then it is increasingly out of reach for many young Americans. The average age of a fir...
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Are we seeing a great cleansing of the news media?
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Are we seeing a great cleansing of the news media?
By NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Nov 13, 2025
Since Donald J. Trump emerged improbably victorious in the 2024 presidential election, there has been an unprecedented reckoning in the mainstream med...
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Andrew Cuomo, the Adirondack mountain man?
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Andrew Cuomo, the Adirondack mountain man?
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Nov 13, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — Andrew Cuomo's defeat in the New York City mayor's race has led to predictable questions about what the former governor does next and w...
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Cash is not king, it’s cringe
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Cash is not king, it’s cringe
Nov 12, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — A friend once complained to me that people would sigh and roll their eyes when she used a credit card to pay for her $3 coffee. This ...
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Choosing light can have its consequences
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Choosing light can have its consequences
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Nov 12, 2025
I didn’t realize how much I missed having a lot of light in my house until recently. Like a lot of folks who are (ahem) navigating the senior years, I...
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End finally near for useless shutdown
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End finally near for useless shutdown
Nov 11, 2025
People often refer to the TV show “Seinfeld” as “a show about nothing.” The refusal of most Senate Democrats to fund the government produced a shutdow...
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Democrats, curb your enthusiasm
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Democrats, curb your enthusiasm
By ABBY McCLOSKEY Bloomberg Opinion 
Nov 07, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — By any metric, Tuesday’s elections were a blowout. Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani is the new mayor of New York City. The new D...
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Triumph of wishful thinking over reality
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Triumph of wishful thinking over reality
Nov 06, 2025
H.L. Mencken wrote, “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.” Hello, New York City. On...
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Soup for the fifth-grader’s soul
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Soup for the fifth-grader’s soul
By CARI MATEJKA 
Nov 05, 2025
OLEAN — It was no ordinary day in fifth grade. Usually deemed the most stressful day of the school year, the dreaded sugar rush and hyperactivity of H...
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Trump and Tish James play the same sordid game
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Trump and Tish James play the same sordid game
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Nov 05, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — The criminal charges lodged against New York Attorney General Letitia James by Donald Trump's Justice Department are weak and unworthy ...
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