Salamanca man charged with murder in city
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September 27, 2025
SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...

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SPCA follows criteria for adoptions
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Esther Desnoyers, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Mar 09, 2013
Many people fill out adoption questionnaires to adopt animals from the Cattaraugus County SPCA. Not all are approved for adoption. Approval is based u...
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Human nature as an excuse for everything
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Peter Jermann Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Mar 08, 2013
A world of pornographic sensibilities can hardly be faulted for not seeing the true beauty in Catholic teaching on human sexuality, particularly those...
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Olean General Hospital an institution of integrity
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Dr. Ahmad Hilal Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Mar 06, 2013
The insulin pens situation has been extensively published, and the personal-injury attorneys have taken undue advantage of it for their own financial ...
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OGH’s value in the area cannot be overstated
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Sister Margaret Carney Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Mar 05, 2013
In recent weeks, Olean General Hospital has been exposed to very difficult situations as a result of its decision to take proactive steps to safeguard...
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An opportunity for farmers and the state missed
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NATE WILSON Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Mar 03, 2013
The economy of upstate New York has been in decline and serial malaise for several decades. This has been the bane of several previous governors and t...
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Be a positive role model
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Mar 02, 2013
I am still stunned that many in our society feel the need, in their own self-indulgence, to publicly berate one another. Whatever happened to, “If you...
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A meeting of patriots in the park
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Richard D. Quinn Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Mar 01, 2013
At Saturday’s Second Amendment rally in Olean’s Lincoln Park, I saw a gathering of my fellow patriots who are concerned by the stripping away of our G...
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Allegany Co. Sheriff’s Office expands role
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RICK WHITNEY Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Mar 01, 2013
I have now completed my second year in office and I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the privilege of serving as your county sheriff. I feel 2...
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Fracking another Love Canal?
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Feb 28, 2013
In the mid-1970s it was the chemical pollution of Love Canal. Supposedly, we corrected this problem. I read recently that issues of chemical pollution...
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Lawsuits almost inevitable over insulin pens
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Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Feb 28, 2013
The moment I learned that Olean General Hospital was self-reporting what it called a slight chance that a multi-injection insulin pen could have been ...
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Defend all of the Constitution
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Feb 26, 2013
I am old enough to remember the debates over the First Amendment, when some people thought burning the American flag was an appropriate way to express...
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We owe future generations
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BARBARA CASEY, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Feb 24, 2013
The report about the Feb. 7 rally against fracking at New York State Department of Environmental Conservation building in Allegany omitted something. ...
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Left sure takes offense over opposing views
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JOHN STENGEL Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Feb 23, 2013
My, you lefties get upset about being opposed. Mr. Thomas Krampf, an equestrian statue of me? Well! Can I get a New York Council for the Arts grant an...
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Right-wing agenda has failed
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?By William D. Adanti Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Feb 23, 2013
The American people have voted to save America. The men and women who do the work and fight the wars have voted “left.” Right-wing radicals and their ...
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