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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What does Harris really think?
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What does Harris really think?
Aug 27, 2024
Democrats this past week in Chicago seemed to pull off what they sought to accomplish: unite the Democratic Party, drown out the progressive wing of t...
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Are Democrats the party of freedom?
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Are Democrats the party of freedom?
Aug 26, 2024
The great Kamala Harris remake began with abandon in Chicago, with eager Democrats enthusiastically anointing the vice president as their 2024 preside...
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Let’s hold off on the holiday rollouts
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Let’s hold off on the holiday rollouts
Aug 23, 2024
With Labor Day coming around the corner, summer is officially coming to a close. Now’s a great time to run out to the store and pick up Halloween deco...
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DNC protected by walls, cops and IDs
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DNC protected by walls, cops and IDs
VICTOR JOECKS Las Vegas Review-Journal 
Aug 22, 2024
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (TNS) — When Democrats want to be safe, they implement Republican policies. Just look at the Democratic National Convention this week ...
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Basking in our state’s beauty
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Basking in our state’s beauty
DEB WUETHRICH 
Aug 21, 2024
Have you had a chance to experience and appreciate the beauty of our state recently? It’s so easy to take our surroundings for granted. Most of us can...
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Leading the way in our community
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Leading the way in our community
SUE McAULEY Special to Olean Times Herald 
Aug 21, 2024
Here in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties, our United Way helps people make a difference for our neighbors, especially when it comes to health, youth ...
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A Dem lovefest for an ousted Joe Biden
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A Dem lovefest for an ousted Joe Biden
DEBRA J. SAUNDERS Las Vegas Review-Journal 
Aug 21, 2024
CHICAGO (TNS) — It must have been a rough plane ride for President Joe Biden and his family, who left the White House for Chicago so he could address ...
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Will voters care about Harris’ border flip-flop?
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Will voters care about Harris’ border flip-flop?
LYNN SCHMIDT St. Louis Post-Dispatch 
Aug 21, 2024
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (TNS) — Anyone who has gone fishing, caught one, and had it wiggle out of their hands, knows that while a fish is flopping around searc...
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Ban cell phones in schools across US
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Ban cell phones in schools across US
Aug 20, 2024
This year’s hottest back-to-school trend is one most students won’t like: cellphone bans. A growing number of districts across the country have enacte...
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As inflation cools, cut interest rates now
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As inflation cools, cut interest rates now
Aug 20, 2024
Last month, for the first time since March 2021, the consumer price index — the indicator of inflation — fell below 3% annual increase , hitting 2.9% ...
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COVID’s summer wave
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COVID’s summer wave
Aug 19, 2024
When we talk about catching waves over the summer, this is not the kind of wave we mean. Because as summer winds down, it’s not ocean waves many of us...
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Harris giddy for price controls
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Harris giddy for price controls
Aug 19, 2024
Democrats open their national convention Monday in Chicago, the largest city in Illinois, a state that perfectly encapsulates the dangers of their pro...
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Independents will decide the election
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Independents will decide the election
TYLER FISHER and CARLO MACOMBER The Fulcrum/TNS 
Aug 19, 2024
Whichever party wins independent voters will win the presidency and other key races this fall. A poll we at Unite America commissioned earlier this ye...
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