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August 18, 2026
OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...
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Aug 20, 2026
Socialism gets rebranded every generation. New faces, a new hashtag and a catchy slogan, but the pitch stays the same: This time will be different. It...
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Aug 20, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — If the bad news is that members of Generation Z can’t afford to buy a house until they are middle-aged — which isn’t really bad news,...
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Aug 20, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — On Fox News, they’re still talking about the "socialist takeover" of the Democratic Party — so are President Donald Trump and top R...
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Aug 20, 2026
Francesca Hong was supposed to win the Democratic Party nomination for governor of Wisconsin by 20 points — she lost by 0.4%. The Polymarket trading s...
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 19, 2026
An Olean Times Herald article in July on the Right Thinkers panel discussion touched on the reason immigrants came to America, as well as perceived th...
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Aug 19, 2026
Our Senate Republican conference began this year by unveiling a comprehensive legislative agenda known as “Save New York.” We hoped to set the stage f...
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Aug 19, 2026
Invasion of the yellow jackets. Sounds like a Revolutionary War battle, doesn’t it? It was definitely war between these flying insects and me these pa...
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 18, 2026
State Attorney General Tish James should be digging into the $100 million pit of waste, lost opportunities and likely self-dealing that is the West Ha...
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Aug 18, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — At the heart of the crisis facing journalism — and hence democracy, too — is the question of bias. Can journalists ever really be i...
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 17, 2026
In recent weeks, several local Facebook groups have been filled with anonymous posts about people in our community who are living unsheltered. Photos ...
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 17, 2026
I just returned from a morning walk, and nearing home, I heard an insistent bird call. Curious which bird it was, I turned on the app I have from Corn...
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Aug 17, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — It is an odd confession to make about a statistic, I realize, but then again I am an economist, so I am just going to go ahead: I lov...
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 17, 2026
At an Arctic Council meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland, in May 2019, Mike Pompeo asked whether the world wanted the Arctic Ocean to become another South C...
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 14, 2026
As a resident of New York's 23rd Congressional District, I am deeply concerned by the growing gap in accessibility between our congressional candidate...
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 14, 2026
It seems as though only one thing motivates Congress to act — the threat of elections. That’s why both the House and Senate have moved to pass a conti...
Commentary, Opinion
Aug 14, 2026
DALLAS (TNS) — School doesn’t begin again for a few weeks. But you wouldn’t know it looking at my phone. These days, returning to the classroom seems ...
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August 18, 2026
OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...
