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...

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The promise of nuclear fusion energy
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 18, 2022
Nuclear fusion, the combining of the tiniest element, hydrogen atoms, to produce tremendous amounts of clean energy, isn’t far fetched. The sun (like ...
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Disgruntled voters are fleeing both parties
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
JOE BATTENFELD Boston Herald 
Dec 15, 2022
BOSTON (TNS) — The two major political parties’ long hold on America could be finally starting to slip, setting the stage for an exodus of disgruntled...
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Blame consumers for inflation? Here’s real culprit
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E.J. ANTONI - Tribune News Service 
Dec 15, 2022
If you want to know what it means to add insult to injury, look no further than Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. In a recent late-night interview, she...
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Harry and Meghan and the perils of superstar culture
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ALLISON SCHRAGER Tribune News Service 
Dec 14, 2022
One of the reasons the public is obsessed with Harry and Meghan is that they represent an important economic trend that resonates well beyond the Brit...
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The coming war over Hunter Biden
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
BYRON YORK 
Dec 14, 2022
Republican lawmakers will take control of the House of Representatives on Jan. 3. That means that, among many other things, they will take control of ...
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Justice and truth for Lockerbie
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 13, 2022
The passage of 34 years since Pan Am Flight 103 was blown from the Scottish skies above the town of Lockerbie has not dimmed the need for justice for ...
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Sinema misses the point about party politics
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JONATHAN BERNSTEIN Tribune News Service 
Dec 13, 2022
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema declared herself a Marxist on Friday. Not Karl; Groucho. As in, “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a memb...
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The US-China conflict to watch is the Chip War
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
TRUDY RUBIN Tribune News Service 
Dec 12, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Most Americans are unaware that the United States is already fighting a war with China that involves Taiwan. This war isn't yet b...
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US policy makes Ukraine fight by rules Russia ignores
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DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Dec 12, 2022
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Last week, Ukraine pulled off an audacious military feat: three drone strikes deep inside Russia, one against a target less than 15...
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GOP in House must change course on wasteful spending
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DAVID DITCH Tribune News Service 
Dec 11, 2022
This holiday season, working families across America are struggling through the worst bout of inflation in decades. A typical household has lost more ...
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Going to Georgia
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ 
Dec 11, 2022
MILNER, Ga. — Claudia is a truck driver in Georgia. She is running transportation logistics on a movie being filmed here. The movie, “Possum Trot,” is...
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GOP can look back to 1968 for lessons on 2024
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
DAVID M. SHRIBMAN 
Dec 11, 2022
Parties fall apart; the center cannot hold. (We’ve sure seen that.) Mere anarchy is loosed upon the political world. (Have a look at the morning paper...
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Dems’ ultimatum to New Hampshire
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
JOE BATTENFELD Boston Herald 
Dec 11, 2022
BOSTON (TNS) — The Democrats’ attack on New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary — political payback for President Joe Biden’s humiliating loss the...
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An emphatic ‘yes’ to killer robots
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RICH LOWRY 
Dec 09, 2022
In the mid-1990s, Cyberdyne Systems Corporation created an artificial intelligence-based defense system called Skynet. When the system achieved self-a...
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Do as Tish James says — but not as she does?
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union 
Dec 08, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — When Attorney General Letitia James released her devastating report on sexual harassment allegations against former Gov. Andrew M. Cuom...
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