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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...

Can’t we all see what’s going on?

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Can’t we all see what’s going on?

Connie Wolfinger Special to the Olean Times Herald

Nov 25, 2013

I am writing in response to Rychelle Weseman’s letter to the editor of Nov. 6 attacking Nate Smith and his family. When Nate put up the message that “...

Good reading; here’s some more

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Good reading; here’s some more

Nov 24, 2013

To whoever worded the sign that sparked the recent lively discussion, and to all the letter writers, and the Olean Times Herald for publishing them, t...

Not a child of the ’60s? Think again

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Not a child of the ’60s? Think again

Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

Nov 24, 2013

Perhaps my earliest clear memory in life are images on a black and white TV of the Apollo 11 moon landing in the summer of 1969, fulfilling a goal set...

Plenty of blights on our history

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Plenty of blights on our history

JIM COSTANZA, Special to the Olean Times Herald

Nov 21, 2013

With regard to the recent controversy over the sign that attempted to draw parallels between contemporary America and Germany in the 1930s, I wish to ...

Unaffordability of Obamacare looms large

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Unaffordability of Obamacare looms large

LEON HILLYARD, Special to the Olean Times Herald

Nov 20, 2013

What a frightening realization for the couple pictured on page one of the Nov. 3 edition of the Olean Times Herald and the accompanying headline, “Fac...

Robertson has credentials to be job builder for Southern Tier

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Robertson has credentials to be job builder for Southern Tier

CHRIS STANLEY Special to the Olean Times Herald

Nov 19, 2013

At a time when companies like Dal-Tile and Cooper Power Systems are closing their plants or cutting operations in small towns like Olean and moving jo...

Freedom to disagree

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Freedom to disagree

Nov 17, 2013

Good for you, Nate Smith. You have managed to get people thinking, talking and discussing. Where, oh where, but in America? Audrey and Bob Childs Hins...

Canary in a coal mine

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Canary in a coal mine

WAYNE PEARSON, Special to the Olean Times Herald

Nov 17, 2013

There is an expression “canary in a coal mine.” Technically, the canary was a bird that the miners took into the mine to detect the odorless and color...

America just realizing the disaster of Obamacare

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America just realizing the disaster of Obamacare

Nov 17, 2013

We need to wake up and face the fact that we have been duped. The right of every American to choose his or her own health care has been handed to the ...

US and 1930s Germany? Take a look back at 1920s

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US and 1930s Germany? Take a look back at 1920s

Kevin Sharbaugh Special to the Olean Times Herald

Nov 15, 2013

With all the claims that the Obama administration is emulating the gradual rise to power of the Nazi regime, what we haven’t seen are actual compariso...

Lessons, warnings in history

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Lessons, warnings in history

Chris Powers Special to the Olean Times Herald

Nov 14, 2013

In response to Rychelle Weseman’s letter of Nov. 6: “1930s Germany Reference is Offensive,” I would like to point out some facts to consider. In the e...

Cattaraugus Community Foundation is ‘Growing Good’

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Cattaraugus Community Foundation is ‘Growing Good’

Carol Stitt Special to the Olean Times Herald

Nov 13, 2013

Greg Todd of Portville was searching for a way to honor his wife Beth’s memory in a way that would help others. He had lost her to breast cancer in Ma...

Words can have consequences

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Words can have consequences

Barbara Chew Special to the Olean Times Herald

Nov 12, 2013

How ironic that Nate Smith’s letter defending his comparison of the Obama administration to Germany in the 1930s appeared just two days before the 75t...

Tyranny begins in small ways

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Tyranny begins in small ways

Nov 11, 2013

The vitriolic letter to the editor in Wednesday’s Olean Times Herald regarding Nate Smith and his sign was, I believe, contrived outrage based upon a ...

Remembering Dad, a quietly humble vet

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Remembering Dad, a quietly humble vet

KATE DAY SAGER Olean Times Herald

Nov 10, 2013

Summer nights during my childhood years entailed staying up late some evenings and watching movies on television. It was also the pre-cable era, which...

Family of patriots unfairly called out

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Family of patriots unfairly called out

Nov 10, 2013

I must protest Rychelle Weseman’s letter to the editor in which she disparages the Smith family because of a sign at Cindy’s Emporium on Olean’s East ...

Bias in wind reporting?

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Bias in wind reporting?

Kathy Martin Special to the Olean Times Herald

Nov 10, 2013

Once again, the Olean Times Herald has demonstrated its lack of objectivity regarding the Allegany wind farm project. In Thursday’s edition, an articl...

Distracted from nation’s serious issues

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Distracted from nation’s serious issues

Nov 09, 2013

In regard to the scolding of Nate Smith over his painfully obvious views of the state of our government — or lack thereof — I find it refreshing that ...

Real risk regarding ‘pension de-risking’

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Real risk regarding ‘pension de-risking’

Nov 09, 2013

Americans love catchy phrases and buzzwords, but sometimes such marketing tactics are nothing more than putting lipstick on a pig. That is exactly wha...

Message of the sign was misunderstood

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Message of the sign was misunderstood

Nov 08, 2013

On Wednesday’s Commentary page in the Olean Times Herald, Rychelle Weseman’s Readers’ Turn to Write column took issue with a sign I displayed that rea...