Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break
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By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
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...

Opinion

Politicize US defense?! Never!
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
BYRON YORK 
Jul 19, 2023
There has been a highly political battle on Capitol Hill — actually, that’s the only kind of battle they have on Capitol Hill — over U.S. defense poli...
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I’m going to Barbie Land
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
JACKIE CALMES Los Angeles Times 
Jul 19, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — It’s my full-time job but wallowing in our broken politics can sometimes make for a dark world. Why wouldn’t I look forward to goin...
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NY forest rangers look to avoid Canada’s mistakes
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TOM WROBLESKI Staten Island Advance 
Jul 17, 2023
NEW YORK (TNS) — No, climate change isn’t solely responsible his year’s Canadian wildfires, despite what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and ot...
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Combatting the deadly fentanyl crisis in WNY
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REP. NICK LANGWORTHY 
Jul 17, 2023
During Congress’ most recent District Work Period, I had the privilege of hosting roundtable discussions in four communities across our district — Elm...
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Is Maine the new Florida for climate migrants?
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CONOR SEN 
Jul 17, 2023
ATLANTA (TNS) — Millions of Americans have moved to the Southeast over the past few years, bringing immense wealth and transforming real estate market...
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Letting the air out on inflation fight
Commentary, Nation World, New York
Jul 17, 2023
After months of teetering on the edge, it seems inflation is declining steadily, to the point where the specter of mega-price jumps erasing savings an...
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Blocking military promotions is unpatriotic
Commentary, Nation World
Jul 16, 2023
{p class=”krtHeadline”}Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville misses few chances to tout both his career as a college football coach and his love for the milit...
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(Capitalist) pigs…in…spaaaaaaaace!
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Jul 16, 2023
If there’s one thing that defines the Biden Administration and the modern Democratic Party (and the modern Republican Party too, but who’s counting?),...
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NY top court has easy decision to make
Commentary, New York
Jul 14, 2023
In a 3-2 decision Thursday, an Albany appellate panel directed that New York’s 26 eminently fair congressional districts, drawn last year by an unbias...
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The Supreme Court’s power trip
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
JACKIE CALMES Los Angeles Times 
Jul 14, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — A 6-3 conservative supermajority has really put the “supreme” in “Supreme Court,” and not in a good way. The court’s major rulings ...
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The Biden debacle waiting to happen
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
RICH LOWRY 
Jul 14, 2023
Mika Brzezinski, co-host of the MSNBC program “Morning Joe,” is very cross with the White House staff. It isn’t, she believes, doing a good enough job...
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Resistance is futile, embrace the magic
Commentary, Local Columnists
DEB WUETHRICH 
Jul 13, 2023
A friend took a photograph that I liked and I wanted to include it in the next church newsletter. “Text it to me,” I said. He frowned, and I remembere...
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When investigators won’t investigate Joe Biden
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
BYRON YORK 
Jul 13, 2023
One of the murkier aspects of congressional Republicans’ investigation of President Biden’s financial history concerns an allegation that Biden, when ...
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How much heat can the human body stand?
Commentary
F.D. FLAM Bloomberg Opinion (TNS) 
Jul 12, 2023
The June that just ended was the Earth’s hottest — ever. And the first week of July saw the trend continue. The surging summer temperatures made me wo...
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