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Olean receives $4.8M for lead service line work
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Bob Clark 
Jun 10, 2026
OLEAN -- The city will receive millions to eliminate lead from the water supply system. During Tuesday’s Common Council meeting, Mayor Amy Sherburne n...
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Parish leaders: St. John’s to remain open, independent parish
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By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
Jun 10, 2026
OLEAN — St. John the Evangelist Church will remain its own parish, officials trying to save the facility announced. In a statement published online an...
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Hochul extends NY bar hours for FIFA World Cup
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Jun 09, 2026
With the FIFA World Cup just around the corner, Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a bill allowing bars across New York to stay open until 4 a.m. for the du...
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Angelica property owners call for action against battery storage facility
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By KATHRYN ROSS news@oleantimesherald.com 
Jun 09, 2026
ANGELICA — Residents didn't get much satisfaction when they crowded into the town's small boardroom Monday night to oppose construction of a battery e...
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Olean’s Yang named Youth of the Week
Cattaraugus County News, Local News, News, ...
Jun 09, 2026
The Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau announces that this week’s featured Youth of the Week is Dickson Yang, the son of Hang Yang and Juan Ling Li and a...
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State & Union: Turning back the clock on Olean
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Jun 09, 2026
From getting ready for Buffalo Bill and fighting diphtheria to cracking down on traffic problems, from canoeing to New Orleans to clearing the way for...
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Robert Hoops: American Patriot and Olean Founder
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By MICHIKO McELFRESH 
Jun 09, 2026
In 1769, Robert Hoops left his family home in Philadelphia and set off for land his father had bequeathed to him in a town in western New Jersey at th...
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100 miles for those who served
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By SAVANNAH BARR news@oleantimesherald.com 
Jun 08, 2026
When Linda Transki’s grandfather boarded an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., her family worried the trip might reopen old wounds. A World War II vete...
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Warm, wet weather in forecast for Olean this week
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Brian McClellan 
Jun 08, 2026
The weather this week will continue the warm trend — temperatures will remain in the 80s much of the week — though it is expected to be much more unse...
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Gap widens between NY average, Olean gas prices
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Jim Eckstrom 
Jun 08, 2026
While the gap had closed somewhat between the average New York state price for gasoline and the price in Olean in recent weeks, the gap was wider on M...
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Legendary rock band Chicago to perform Nov. 14 at casino
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KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
Jun 08, 2026
SALAMANCA — Rock and roll royalty is headed to Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino for one magnetic evening of music when the legendary band Chicago perfo...
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Woman reportedly jumped from I-86 overpass
Cattaraugus County News, Local News, News
Jun 08, 2026
CARROLLTON — A woman was reportedly airlifted for medical treatment after jumping from an overpass on Interstate 86 early Sunday morning. Emergency sc...
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Otto-Eldred graduates 47 in class of 2026
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By JO WANKEL news@oleantimesherald.com 
Jun 08, 2026
DUKE CENTER, Pa. — The Otto-Eldred graduating class of 2026 crossed the stage Friday, ending one chapter and preparing to start another outside the wa...
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