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Praise and criticism at the Wellsville Village Board meeting
Allegany County News, Local News, News
By KATHRYN ROSS news@oleantimesherald.com 
Jun 09, 2026
WELLSVILLE — The village board heard both praise and criticism from residents at Monday evening's board meeting. Praise came from Angela Glickstein, w...
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Leon Road closing for culvert project
Cattaraugus County News, Local News, News
Jun 09, 2026
NEW ALBION — County Road 6 (Leon Road) in the town of New Albion will be closed for  replacement of a cross culvert, the Cattaraugus County Department...
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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
Local News, News
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
Local News, News
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
Business News, Local News, News
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
Cattaraugus County News, Entertainment, Lifestyle, ...
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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Cattaraugus County News, Local News, News
Jun 08, 2026
NEW ALBION — The Cattaraugus County Department of Public Works will be closing County Road No. 6 (Leon Road) in the Town of New Albion for the replace...
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