Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break
Breaking News
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

Why MAGA Republicans keep winning when Trump is losing
Columns, Opinion
By DAVID M. DRUCKER Bloomberg Opinion 
May 28, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — President Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party is slipping. Sort of. Because even though the president’s support among GOP vot...
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Waste of the Day: Payouts set for Trump allies?
Commentary, Opinion
May 27, 2026
President Donald Trump withdrew a lawsuit he had filed against his own administration — instead planning to create a $1.8 billion slush fund that woul...
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Saving the days brings back good times
Commentary, Opinion
By DEB WEUTHRICH 
May 27, 2026
When we are older and we look back at our lives, we often zero in on the regrets. The challenges. The hard times. The often-overlooked truth, however,...
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Maritime power is back on the national agenda
Commentary, Opinion
By JAMES F. TOBIN RealClearDefense 
May 26, 2026
In the past year, Washington has begun to treat maritime power as what it truly is: national security infrastructure. On Maritime Day 2026, this is we...
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For as long as we remember
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
May 25, 2026
From Arlington in our nation’s capital to Woodlawn, Bath, and Romulus here at home -- and at thousands of other veterans’ cemeteries and monuments acr...
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NY Democrats’ partisan games continue
Commentary, Opinion
May 22, 2026
When news broke last week that a judge had overturned the state campaign finance board's decision to deny public matching funds to Republican gubernat...
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Be aware of the risks of ingesting kratom
Commentary, Opinion
May 21, 2026
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health estimates that there were almost 2 million Americans who used kratom in 2021. It's safe to assume that this...
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AI anxiety won’t be eased by universal basic income
Commentary, Opinion
By KATHRYN ANNE EDWARDS Bloomberg Opinion 
May 21, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — There is a palpable fear among American workers that AI is coming for their jobs. The answer to that fear, as I’ve argued, is to make...
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A fix for gerrymandering both parties could love
Commentary, Opinion
By MARY ELLEN KLAS Bloomberg Opinion 
May 21, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — America’s political landscape has become a stinking mess. More and more states are joining the race to the bottom to gerrymander away...
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Half-steps on climate law changes won’t fix it
Commentary, Opinion
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
May 20, 2026
Details on the still-unfinished state budget have been few and far between over the seven weeks now that it has been late, but once Gov. Kathy Hochul ...
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