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Salamanca man charged with murder in city

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Salamanca man charged with murder in city

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...

Obama’s insulting arrogance

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Obama’s insulting arrogance

Jan 26, 2013

On Monday, at President Obama’s second inauguration, I got a clear signal of his attitude for the next four years. Obama picked superstar singer Beyon...

OGH admission difficult — but right thing to do

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OGH admission difficult — but right thing to do

Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

Jan 26, 2013

No doubt it has been a difficult week for many in the administration and staff at Olean General Hospital. The admission that some 1,900 former patient...

Grade A treatment at OGH

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Grade A treatment at OGH

Jan 25, 2013

I was recently a patient in Olean General Hopsital’s new endoscopy center. I was a patient of Dr. Chaudhry for a couple of tests required because I wa...

Let’s sleep on idea of longer school days

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Let’s sleep on idea of longer school days

Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

Jan 24, 2013

The boys don’t need alarm clocks on their bedstands to wake them up for school. They say the light switch in the hall outside their rooms — its dreade...

Is Ellicottville Central School administration doing end-run?

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Is Ellicottville Central School administration doing end-run?

Paul Stokes Special to the Olean Times Herald

Jan 24, 2013

Please be aware that Mark Ward, superintendent of Ellicottville Central School District, and our elected Board of Education are backing a plan asking ...

Democrats coming for your guns

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Democrats coming for your guns

Jan 23, 2013

I am appalled by the actions of Barack Obama — I don’t want to call him president; he doesn’t deserve it. While he was in Newtown, Conn., on TVgiving ...

Wise founders crafted the Second Amendment

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Wise founders crafted the Second Amendment

Stephen D. Plants Special to the Olean Times Herald

Jan 23, 2013

After reading the column written by Dan K. Thomasson in Sunday’s Olean Times Herald (“Obama Picks Tough Fight”), I felt compelled to write a response....

GTT: ‘Gone to Texas’?

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GTT: ‘Gone to Texas’?

Jan 22, 2013

Back in the early 19th century, territory that once was considered America’s western wilderness had filled with settlers. Pioneers who began to feel c...

Comptroller audits are very informative

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Comptroller audits are very informative

BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald

Jan 22, 2013

I have a confession to make: I consider reading Office of the State Comptroller audits of municipal governments one of my hobbies, and it’s one of the...

$2 camps claim positives in NY poll on fracking$

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2 camps claim positives in NY poll on fracking

Jan 20, 2013

A poll suggests New York voter sentiment has shifted somewhat from support of shale gas drilling to opposition by a narrow margin. The poll released T...

Uncertain in Allegany

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Uncertain in Allegany

Judith Potter Special to the Olean Times Herald

Jan 18, 2013

I recently received a letter from the Allegany Engine Company, Inc. (assumed to be the Allegany Fire Department) requesting a donation for the fire di...

Isn’t reform a good thing?

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Isn’t reform a good thing?

Jennifer Fairbanks Black Special to the Olean Times Herald

Jan 17, 2013

Reform: to put or change into an improved form or condition; to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults or abuses. So why is it differ...

Cuomo rushes, stealths his way to gun laws

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Cuomo rushes, stealths his way to gun laws

Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

Jan 17, 2013

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, with an eye on 2016 and a Democratic nomination to run for president, wanted to take the national lead on gun control. While he suc...

Look in mirror for answers

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Look in mirror for answers

Thomas Scanlon III Special to the Olean Times Herald

Jan 16, 2013

We are still searching for answers to the horror of 26 lives lost in the elementary school in Newtown, Conn. Let us pause a moment and look in the mir...

Americans must make a stand

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Americans must make a stand

Jan 16, 2013

The time has come when we all, as Americans, will have to stand up and be counted or lose everything that our forefathers had fought and died for in t...

We used to treat guns with respect

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We used to treat guns with respect

Jan 16, 2013

All this about guns — little guns, big guns and all the in-between guns. So what do we need guns for? As far as I am concerned, all those sportsmen, h...

Be responsible pet owners

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Be responsible pet owners

Deborah L. Post Special to the Olean Times Herald

Jan 15, 2013

On Sunday, a 64-degree day, my husband and I went on what we thought would be a leisurely walk with our dogs on the Allegheny River Valley Trail. It w...

Alzheimer’s, dementia growing concerns

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Alzheimer’s, dementia growing concerns

Jan 14, 2013

Across Western New York, 55,000 people live with the life-altering and incurable disease of Alzheime’s or a related dementia. Another 155,000 people p...

Electronic payments best way to get your benefits

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Electronic payments best way to get your benefits

ANNE CARLSON Special to the Olean Times Herald

Jan 14, 2013

Chances are, if you receive Social Security benefits, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or any federal payment, you receive it electronically. More ...

‘Circle of caring’ needed for mental health

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‘Circle of caring’ needed for mental health

Lenny Liguori Special to the Olean Times Herald

Jan 13, 2013

Questions about mental health always surface after tragic mass shootings — the kind we saw too many times last year and in previous years. Most recent...