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May 16, 2023
For as long as I can remember (some 80 years now), I’ve listened to reports about bald eagles and California condors dying off. Years ago, we banned t...
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May 10, 2023
The Common Council voted to borrow $1.6 million to build a splashpad. The vote was 5-2. This will cost the taxpayers $100,000 a year for years. In the...
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Apr 18, 2023
At a recent family get-together, I was asked why I oppose renewable energy development in our rural communities. It’s a fair question, and one I must ...
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Apr 13, 2023
OLEAN — Libraries across the United States will be celebrating National Library Week April 23-29 with the theme “There’s More to the Story.” That seem...
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Mar 24, 2023
To promote industrial wind and solar, how far will we go? A proposal in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget would deny municipalities a role in appraising indu...
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Mar 20, 2023
The Attorney General’s office waited. And waited. The bell tolled on the appeal deadline, and as the bell struck, Attorney General Letitia James filed...
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Mar 10, 2023
In Wednesday’s edition of the Olean Times Herald, two letters to the editor in regard to the proposed city tax increase piqued my interest. Much of wh...
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Jan 27, 2023
As I work through these months of losing my husband, Jim, I want to formally thank the entire team at HomeCare & Hospice, along with several individua...
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Jan 26, 2023
Residents should be aware of the completely insufficient i ssues statement attorney Peter Sorgi submitted to the New York State Siting Board for the A...
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Nov 28, 2022
As travel writers who drive all over the country, we return to our hometown of Olean each year, wondering what will be the same, what changed? Walking...
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Nov 15, 2022
In the last two weeks there have been letters to the editor regarding caps on insulin prices. The first letter correctly referenced a $35 per month ca...
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Nov 01, 2022
The League of Women Voters of Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties would like to share some election FAQs with all citizens of both counties and beyond. ...
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Oct 31, 2022
A dear young friend had been married for three years when she shared the exciting news: her first baby was on its way. Everyone was over-the-moon happ...
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Oct 28, 2022
On July 27, Cattaraugus County legislators, in a committee designed to look after what’s best for our county and its residents, met to discuss a chang...
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Oct 20, 2022
I am, as many are, concerned about where we are heading as a country in which government, both federal and state, controls more and more of our lives....
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Oct 07, 2022
Long before the debacle of schooling children during the pandemic, public school education was undergoing a seismic shift from teaching the basics to ...
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Aug 16, 2022
OLEAN — Common Council can afford a $1.5 million (and we all know it will cost more) splashpad but it rejected the city firefighters’ contract because...
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Jul 25, 2022
This is written as a response to Gene Lyons’ commentary, “The Supremes Just Keep Delivering Hits,” which was filled with bold assumptions and insults ...
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May 13, 2025
OLEAN — The Community Services Board of Cattaraugus County will meet at Southern Tier Health Care System, Inc., 150 N. Union St., at 10 a.m. May 22. V...
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May 13, 2025
OLEAN — A traffic stop early Monday resulted in the arrests of three Olean residence on drug-related charges, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office ...
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May 13, 2025
OLEAN — Evan Snyder has been named the valedictorian of the Olean High School Class of 2025, while Sullivan Hoffman is the salutatorian. Snyder is the...
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May 13, 2025
OLEAN — The Olean Senior Center, 112 N. Barry St., in the John J. Ash Community Building, announces its schedule for the week of May 19. The center is...
May 13, 2025
ST. BONAVENTURE — The St. Bonaventure baseball team lost a heartbreaker on Senior Day, dropping the final game of three-game series against the Massac...
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May 13, 2025
OLEAN — Trinette Brewer, senior server analyst for Cutco Corp., has celebrated 25 years of service with the company. Brewer joined Cutco on May 8, 200...
