Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break
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Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break
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...
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Balloon makes US-China relations harder to manage
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Balloon makes US-China relations harder to manage
DOYLE McMANUS 
Feb 13, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Chinese balloon that floated across the United States this month, apparently on a mission to collect intelligence, began its jo...
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Does NY Speaker Carl Heastie want reporters around?
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Does NY Speaker Carl Heastie want reporters around?
CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Feb 10, 2023
ALBANY (TNS) — New York lawmakers last month returned to a Capitol in which restrictions in place since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic were at las...
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Langworthy’s hollow GOP rhetoric
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Langworthy’s hollow GOP rhetoric
Feb 10, 2023
Thursday’s Olean Times Herald included a story in which Congressman Nick Langworthy criticized President Biden’s State of the Union address for contai...
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We shouldn’t cut off Ukraine
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We shouldn’t cut off Ukraine
RICH LOWRY 
Feb 10, 2023
More and more Republicans are beginning to see the wisdom of John Lennon, and think we need to give peace a chance in Ukraine. Donald Trump is offerin...
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Recycling in NY: Reduce, reuse, return
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Recycling in NY: Reduce, reuse, return
Feb 10, 2023
A bottle bill expansion makes sense, but our waste crisis is bigger than that. New Yorkers are keen on proposals to expand the state’s Returnable Cont...
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Whose bright idea was this?
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Whose bright idea was this?
DEB WUETHRICH - Special to Olean Times Herald 
Feb 09, 2023
Have you ever second-guessed a decision? Maybe you pondered the idea, made a pros and cons list and even prayed over it. Then you waited to feel confi...
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Bird flu outbreak is a wake-up call for agriculture
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Bird flu outbreak is a wake-up call for agriculture
FAYE FLAM - Tribune News Service 
Feb 09, 2023
Perhaps we can blame COVID fatigue for numbing us to the risks of other viruses. But it should be bigger news that a bird flu has mutated to spread th...
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A roadmap for debt reform in NY
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
A roadmap for debt reform in NY
THOMAS P. DiNAPOLI 
Feb 08, 2023
ALBANY — Last month, the U.S. reached its debt limit, forcing the Treasury Department to take extraordinary measures as Congress debates potential act...
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NY Assembly bill the wrong way to fix restaurant wages
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NY Assembly bill the wrong way to fix restaurant wages
STEVE BARNES Times Union, Albany 
Feb 07, 2023
ALBANY (TNS) — There’s a push in New York and across the country to raise the minimum wage for restaurant workers who receive tips as part of their co...
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GOP must winnow ’24 primary field
Nation World, Opinion
GOP must winnow ’24 primary field
Feb 07, 2023
Nikki Haley has been thinking of running for president and, reportedly, could be making an announcement quite soon. Larry Hogan has also been mulling ...
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No, slavery didn’t create capitalism
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No, slavery didn’t create capitalism
RICH LOWRY 
Feb 07, 2023
A recent episode of a Disney+ cartoon has woke kids performing a skit around the theme: “Slaves built this country.” The installment of “The Proud Fam...
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An honest man goes to Washington
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An honest man goes to Washington
CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Feb 06, 2023
ALBANY (TNS) — Inspired by the amazing success of George Santos, a good friend of mine, I am announcing today that I will run for Congress. Let me be ...
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Faith in government is flagging again
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Faith in government is flagging again
Feb 06, 2023
The nine most terrifying words in the English language,” Ronald Reagan said, are: “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” But that was an awf...
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