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    Strong communities start with volunteer firefighters
    Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
    Strong communities start with volunteer firefighters
    ASSEMBLYMAN WILL BARCLAY 
    Apr 18, 2025
    New York’s volunteer firefighters have long demonstrated an unwavering commitment to protecting our communities. Whether responding to a fire, natural...
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    New and old friends give life flavor
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    New and old friends give life flavor
    DEB WUETHRICH 
    Apr 17, 2025
    Writers always hope for readers and for columnists, that hope is someone will identify with what they offer. This is known as “the universal element,”...
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    A Social Security doomsday clock is ticking
    Commentary, Nation World
    A Social Security doomsday clock is ticking
    Apr 17, 2025
    If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...
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    Extending Trump tax cuts critical for Main Street
    Commentary, Nation World
    Extending Trump tax cuts critical for Main Street
    PRESTON BRASHERS 
    Apr 17, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Congress has a decision to make. Hang American small business owners out to dry, or lock in a tax system that allows America’s entr...
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    Social media’s ‘big tobacco moment’ is coming
    Commentary, Nation World, New York
    Social media’s ‘big tobacco moment’ is coming
    PARMY OLSON Bloomberg Opinion 
    Apr 16, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — The new Bloomberg Originals documentary "Can’t Look Away," which follows parents suing tech companies after the deaths of their child...
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    Buffalo soccer stadium plan offers lessons for Albany
    Commentary, New York
    Buffalo soccer stadium plan offers lessons for Albany
    CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
    Apr 16, 2025
    ALBANY (TNS) — Last week, a group planning to bring professional soccer to Buffalo said it would build a 7,600-seat stadium. Construction is set to be...
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    Auction of federal building loses money
    Commentary, Nation World
    Auction of federal building loses money
    Apr 16, 2025
    There’s no denying that the federal government needs to sell many of its buildings. It would cost $370 billion to repair all of them, while they were ...
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    Letter to the Editor: Help Catholic Charities help your neighbors
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor
    Letter to the Editor: Help Catholic Charities help your neighbors
    Apr 15, 2025
    It’s been a challenging year for many in our community facing price increases, tighter budgets, and job cuts — and the need for Catholic Charities’ se...
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    EU’s protectionism long precedes Trump
    Commentary, Nation World
    EU’s protectionism long precedes Trump
    KENIN SPIVAK RealClearPolitics 
    Apr 15, 2025
    In March, President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on imports of steel, aluminum, automobiles, and certain automobile parts. European Union (EU) me...
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    Letter to the Editor: Standing against threats to the most vulnerable
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor
    Letter to the Editor: Standing against threats to the most vulnerable
    Apr 14, 2025
    Protestors lined up April 5 by Olean's Lincoln Park for protest number six. Despite the cold, this determined group assembled, waving flags and carryi...
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    Stefanik will keep on trucking (and Trumping)
    Commentary, Nation World, New York
    Stefanik will keep on trucking (and Trumping)
    CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
    Apr 14, 2025
    ALBANY (TNS) — Elise Stefanik suffered a significant disappointment with the world watching. That couldn't have been easy. The Republican congresswoma...
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    Restoring American industrial might to counter China
    Commentary, Nation World
    Restoring American industrial might to counter China
    PAT FALLON RealClearPolitics 
    Apr 14, 2025
    U.S. intelligence predicts a Chinese invasion of Taiwan by 2027 , just two short years away. The fall of Taiwan would ensure China corners the world’s...
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    Trump border policy pays off
    Commentary, Nation World
    Trump border policy pays off
    Apr 11, 2025
    The Trump administration’s tariff policies — and the market fallout — have overshadowed one of the president’s most prominent successes: The chaos at ...
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    Spring — and plastics — are in the air. Do you care?
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Spring — and plastics — are in the air. Do you care?
    KRISTIN CHAMBERS 
    Apr 11, 2025
    Step outside — in person if you can, or in your mind. You’ll be delighted by a spring symphony of bluebirds and finches, robins, redwings, peepers and...
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    After tariff shock, Albany should face its new fiscal reality
    Commentary, New York
    After tariff shock, Albany should face its new fiscal reality
    BILL HAMMOND 
    Apr 11, 2025
    ALBANY — This year, for once, state lawmakers’ failure to pass a timely budget could prove to be a stroke of luck. When President Donald Trump rolled ...
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    New York suddenly wants to be mean to Elon Musk
    Commentary, New York
    New York suddenly wants to be mean to Elon Musk
    CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
    Apr 10, 2025
    COLONIE — Despite a cold and brutal wind, protesters gathered outside Colonie Town Hall on Tuesday evening to express their distaste for Elon Musk. I'...
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    For the left, is there anything ‘taxing the rich’ can’t do?
    Commentary, Nation World
    For the left, is there anything ‘taxing the rich’ can’t do?
    GORDON GRAY InsideSources.com 
    Apr 10, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Heading into Tax Day, if you listen to progressive policymakers for a few minutes, you’ll likely hear that few problems on Earth ca...
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    Layoffs at ‘luxurious’ federal agency
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Layoffs at ‘luxurious’ federal agency
    Apr 09, 2025
    The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, one of seven small agencies ordered to reduce its workforce in President Donald Trump’s March 15 execu...
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    NY’s small businesses need unemployment insurance fix
    Commentary, New York
    NY’s small businesses need unemployment insurance fix
    ASHLEY RANSLOW 
    Apr 09, 2025
    ALBANY — For the last four years, New York’s small businesses have been shouldering the burden of the Empire State’s pandemic-related Unemployment Ins...
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    Pipeline infrastructure a necessity for New York, the Northeast
    Commentary, Nation World, New York
    Pipeline infrastructure a necessity for New York, the Northeast
    AL WYNN The Center Square 
    Apr 09, 2025
    In early March, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made his bid to re-enter politics and challenge incumbent New York City Mayor Eric Adams. His pitch ...
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    Expect the unexpected in nature
    Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
    Expect the unexpected in nature
    By WADE ROBERTSON 
    July 5, 2025
    Mother Nature is an all-prevailing force. We exist at her fancy. In her mercy crops are grown, the earth cleaves together, the sun gives life. In her ...
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    Village of Knives Celebration returns July 11-12
    Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
    Village of Knives Celebration returns July 11-12
    By DEB EVERTS news@oleantimesherald.com 
    July 5, 2025
    LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Fairgrounds will be buzzing with activity July 11 and 12 as knife dealers and collectors across North America a...
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    Fireworks a blast over Bradner Stadium Friday night
    Gallery, Local News, News, ...
    Fireworks a blast over Bradner Stadium Friday night
    July 4, 2025
    OLEAN — The tradition of fireworks over Bradner Stadium to celebrate Independence Day continued Friday night as the Olean Oilers treated the area to b...
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    McNeil’s 2-run homer in 7th off Weaver lifts Mets over Yankees 6-5 in Subway Series opener
    National Sports, NY State Sports, Sports
    McNeil’s 2-run homer in 7th off Weaver lifts Mets over Yankees 6-5 in Subway Series opener
    July 4, 2025
    NEW YORK (AP) — Jeff McNeil hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off Luke Weaver in the seventh inning, leading the New York Mets over the Yankees 6-5 on Fri...
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    Strolling on the Allegheny River Valley Trail
    Local News, News
    Strolling on the Allegheny River Valley Trail
    Jim Eckstrom 
    July 4, 2025
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    Ex-Bills, Steelers WR Chase Claypool explains year-long absence from league
    Local Sports, Sports
    Ex-Bills, Steelers WR Chase Claypool explains year-long absence from league
    By Ryan Talbot - Syracuse.com (TNS) 
    July 4, 2025
    Chase Claypool was the talk of the spring with the Buffalo Bills, in 2024. The Bills signed the wide receiver to a one-year contract on May 3 after tr...
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