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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Some notes on Heister, York and UPB baseball
Editorial, Sports
TOM ROOF Olean Times Herald 
May 09, 2012
At 11-years-old, Olean’s Calista Heister has taken her passion — and talent — for soccer to the next level. After being groomed in the summer leagues ...
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A life spent working for … what?
Editorial
Ken Irwin Special to the Olean Times Herald 
May 09, 2012
I thought that after spending 45 years of my adult life working in the field of electrical construction, and building up three separate retirement pen...
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Healing power of a smile
Editorial
KATE DAY SAGER Olean Times Herald 
May 08, 2012
As a member of the “sandwich generation,” my trips to hospital emergency rooms and doctors’ offices with aging parents over the past 10 or 15 years ha...
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Will Bradford track survive in new regime?
Editorial, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
May 07, 2012
When my tenure at the Times Herald started in 1973, one of the spring and summer duties I inherited was writing both advance stories and roundups of a...
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Can we trust anything the EPA claims?
Editorial
May 07, 2012
Ulysses S. Grant once remarked, “A lie travels from Florida to Maine while the truth is still pulling on its boots.” That quote must be emblazoned ove...
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Career over, Houseknecht has no regrets
Editorial, News
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
May 04, 2012
The news wasn’t shocking, as rumors had been spreading for the past few weeks. But it did leave you to wonder if there was more to the story. Tuesday ...
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OGH employee the true heroine
Editorial
May 04, 2012
I am writing to clarify the letter that was written about “Two Heroines in Our Midst.” I would like it to be known that the woman who actually perform...
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A-10 makes a great move with Butler
Editorial, Sports
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
May 03, 2012
The reaction was widespread around the college basketball landscape: what a coup for the Atlantic 10. When realignment among the major conferences sta...
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Eaton still focused on Olympic trial
Editorial, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
May 02, 2012
The countdown is on for Blake Eaton. In a bit more than seven weeks, the United States Olympic Committee will hold its track and field trials for this...
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Oilers, old ‘n new; update on the Diesel
Editorial, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
May 01, 2012
Some notes on the Olean Oilers, past and present, and the Southern Tier Diesel: The Olean Oilers of the New York State Collegiate Baseball League will...
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Vacation in Mexico … sort of
Editorial
Jen Conklin Olean Times Herald 
May 01, 2012
Mexico. Cabo San Lucas, to be precise, is a place I never thought about visiting. But, when you’re a nanny in Los Angeles and the family pays you to g...
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It’s no mystery hidden in our meat
Editorial
May 01, 2012
By John Cappelletti Special to the Olean Times Herald The recent hullabaloo about the “slime” in meats was quite a surprise to most people. But that i...
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Witkowski of Fillmore names Coach of the Year
Editorial, Sports
TOM ROOF Olean Times Herald 
Apr 30, 2012
Fillmore Central School coach Mike Witkowski can look back now on the dark days of Eagle wrestling with a smile. It was less than 10 years ago when Fi...
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Bills followed script with Gilmore pick
Editorial, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Apr 27, 2012
ORCHARD PARK — On a bizarre day for the opening round of the NFL Draft, with teams spending draft choices like loose change to alter their picking pos...
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One man’s pick for the Bills? It’s Kuechly
Editorial, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Apr 26, 2012
Some sports fans will tell you there are five major professional seasons: the National Football League and Major League Baskeball, the NBA and NHL ......
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Community has joined in fight against child abuse
Editorial
DONNA KAHM, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Apr 26, 2012
We are blessed to live in a caring and giving community. As president and CEO of Southern Tier Health Care System, I’ve had many opportunities to see ...
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