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    Easter: a time of renewal
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    Easter: a time of renewal
    KELSEY BOUDIN, Olean Times Herald 
    Mar 27, 2016
    OLEAN — All around the world today, Christian believers are celebrating the cornerstone tenet of their faith — the death and resurrection of Jesus Chr...
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    Local families to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day
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    Local families to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day
    KATE DAY SAGER Olean Times Herald 
    Mar 20, 2016
    On learning their baby would be born with Down syndrome, Chris and Abbey Johnson-Ernst were scared and confused. Now, they can’t imagine life without ...
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    Burton Hotel burglarized; police search for suspects
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    Burton Hotel burglarized; police search for suspects
    KATE DAY SAGER and ADAM VOSLER, Olean Times Herald 
    Mar 19, 2016
    ALLEGANY — A burglary early Friday at the Burton Hotel on East Main Street is under the investigation of New York State Police. Trooper James O’Callag...
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    Amphibian migration gets kick-start from warm weather, rain
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    Amphibian migration gets kick-start from warm weather, rain
    RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
    Mar 12, 2016
    RED HOUSE — Two Allegany State Park employees set out Thursday night on a mission of mercy — to help salamanders, newts and frogs make it safely acros...
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    Influenza now widespread in state; not too late for flu shot
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    Influenza now widespread in state; not too late for flu shot
    RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
    Mar 05, 2016
    OLEAN — With the New York State Department of Health declaring influenza “widespread” across the state, any unvaccinated health care facility employee...
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    Blaze strikes home on Third Avenue
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    Blaze strikes home on Third Avenue
    SHAWN CAMPBELL Olean Times Herald 
    Mar 04, 2016
    OLEAN — A fire at a Third Avenue apartment house was quickly contained Thursday night, but not before one of its residences sustained severe damage. O...
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    Farm Bureau leaders: $15 minimum wage dangerous
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    Farm Bureau leaders: $15 minimum wage dangerous
    RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
    Feb 25, 2016
    LITTLE VALLEY — A Cattaraugus County Farm Bureau representative warned county lawmakers Wednesday that the proposed $15 minimum wage would be devastat...
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    Another warm-up on tap for Olean area
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    Another warm-up on tap for Olean area
    KELSEY BOUDIN, Olean Times Herald 
    Feb 19, 2016
    By this weekend — expected to be downright balmy for this time of year — an outsider likely wouldn’t know the weekend prior brought the coldest three-...
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    Seniors: Love and respect key to continuing story
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    Seniors: Love and respect key to continuing story
    DEB WUETHRICH Special to the Olean Times Herald 
    Feb 14, 2016
    OLEAN — Bill and Nancy Connelly were not a bit hesitant to discuss their continuing love story during a Valentine’s Day conversation last week at the ...
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    Emerald Hills fir cause still unknown
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    Emerald Hills fir cause still unknown
    KATE DAY SAGER Olean Times Herald 
    Feb 05, 2016
    ALLEGANY — A fire that destroyed an apartment complex and displaced several people at Emerald Hills Estate late Wednesday is still under investigation...
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    Hundreds give curling a try at Good Times
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    Hundreds give curling a try at Good Times
    DIANA McELFRESH Olean Times Herald 
    Jan 31, 2016
    OLEAN — The Southern Tier Curling Tournament, played Saturday at Good Times of Olean, started out as a simple bet between friends four years ago. “Fou...
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    Space Fair commemorates Challenger shuttle disaster
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    Space Fair commemorates Challenger shuttle disaster
    KELSEY BOUDIN, Olean Times Herald 
    Jan 29, 2016
    ALLEGANY — The global network of Challenger Learning Centers arose from disaster. It was 30 years ago Thursday that NASA’s Challenger space shuttle ex...
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    Walking 10,000 miles to help the homeless
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    Walking 10,000 miles to help the homeless
    KELSEY BOUDIN, Olean Times Herald 
    Jan 28, 2016
    Leroy Bailey, formerly of the Olean area, has known the biting reality of homelessness. Compelled by experience and Christian faith, he’s now on a mis...
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    Outdoorsmen flow to annual sports show
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    Outdoorsmen flow to annual sports show
    DIANA McELFRESH Olean Times Herald 
    Jan 24, 2016
    OLEAN — A steady influx of sportsmen and women of all ages flocked Saturday to the Greater Olean Area Outdoor & Rec Sports Show at Good Times of Olean...
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    Little lake-effect snow falling in Olean area
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    Little lake-effect snow falling in Olean area
    RICK MILLER and CHRISTOPHER MICHEL Olean Times Herald 
    Jan 13, 2016
    OLEAN — Lake-effect snow made it to Olean on Tuesday, when as much as 3 to 4 inches of new snow covered the city by late evening. Over the next 24 hou...
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    Holiday Valley welcomes cold temperatures to kick up snowmaking
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    Holiday Valley welcomes cold temperatures to kick up snowmaking
    RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
    Jan 08, 2016
    ELLICOTTVILLE — Unseasonably warm weather in December has given way to colder temperatures and Holiday Valley has fired up its guns — snow guns. The E...
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    New school resource officer welcomed in Allegany-Limestone schools
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    New school resource officer welcomed in Allegany-Limestone schools
    KATE DAY SAGER Olean Times Herald 
    Jan 06, 2016
    ALLEGANY — Christmas actually came early for deputy Devine Leacock when he learned last summer he had been hired as the new school resource officer (S...
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    Even in tumultuous times: hope
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    Even in tumultuous times: hope
    CHRISTOPHER MICHEL, Olean Times Herald 
    Dec 25, 2015
    By CHRISTOPHER MICHEL Olean Times Herald This past year has been one marked by turmoil throughout the world. Social tensions on issues of gun control,...
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    Agricultural enhancement program holds promise
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    Agricultural enhancement program holds promise
    RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
    Dec 17, 2015
    Cattaraugus County’s agricultural industry is about to get another opportunity for growth along with agribusiness in 10 other Southern Tier counties, ...
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    Starting college paths early
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    Starting college paths early
    KELSEY BOUDIN, Olean Times Herald 
    Nov 13, 2015
    OLEAN — Hinsdale Central School students got a taste of the college life Thursday at Jamestown Community College’s (JCC’s) Cattaraugus County campus —...
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    June 10, 2025
    Salamanca Police  Monday, 9:37 a.m. , Brittany M. Pannell, 38, of Salamanca, was arrested on a bench warrant issued out of Salamanca City Court. Panne...
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    Bills sign former Panthers linebacker Shaq Thompson, coming off 2 injury-shortened seasons
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    Bills sign former Panthers linebacker Shaq Thompson, coming off 2 injury-shortened seasons
    By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer 
    June 10, 2025
    ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills signed Shaq Thompson to a one-year contract on Tuesday, in providing the veteran linebacker an opportunity...
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    Bills quarterback Josh Allen shows off new ring following marriage to actor Hailee Steinfeld
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    Bills quarterback Josh Allen shows off new ring following marriage to actor Hailee Steinfeld
    By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer 
    June 10, 2025
    ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen's broad grin was familiar. The wedding band on the quarterback’s ring finger was brand new. As much as Allen hope...
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    Big northern pike caught in Olean Creek
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    Big northern pike caught in Olean Creek
    June 10, 2025
    Mason Colf of Hinsdale, a senior at Cuba-Rushford Central School, was fishing in Olean Creek in Hinsdale recently when he hooked into this huge northe...
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    Aaron Rodgers says his decision to play in Pittsburgh this season was ‘best for my soul’
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    Aaron Rodgers says his decision to play in Pittsburgh this season was ‘best for my soul’
    By WILL GRAVES - AP Sports Writer 
    June 10, 2025
    PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers doesn't need to keep doing this. He knows that. The four-time NFL MVP's decision to return for a 21st season and to do...
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    NWS: Tornado packing more than 100 mph winds struck in Great Valley
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    NWS: Tornado packing more than 100 mph winds struck in Great Valley
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    June 10, 2025
    The town of Great Valley supervisor expressed relief Tuesday that there were no injuries as a result of the EF1 tornado — with estimated peak winds of...
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