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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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JONATHAN TOWNSEND, Special to Olean Times Herald

May 26, 2020

Fear a world with no bats

Bats have had a PR problem for millennia. They have been maligned as omens of evil, carriers of disease and many people just simply fear or hate them.

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Outdoors: Archery and a greater responsibility

By WADE ROBERTSON

September 23, 2026

This subject has been slowly gaining more and more of my attention and has now reached the point I feel it needs addressed. Speaking with a wide varie...

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Olean splash park fixes delayed by legal work

Bob Clark

September 23, 2026

OLEAN -- Work to fix errors at the city’s splash park was delayed again this week, city officials reported, as they seek a formal agreement with the c...

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Man pleads guilty in shooting deaths of 2 brothers at hunting camp

September 23, 2026

BELMONT — Scot D. Thompson, formerly of Englewood, Florida, has pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in the second degree in the shooting deaths of ...

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Live music takes over Allegany during festival Saturday

September 23, 2026

ALLEGANY — Live music will fill the village’s streets, bars and restaurants Saturday when BonaGany presents the annual Allegany Music Festival during ...

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Waste of the Day: Avoidable delays blew $65.5 million

September 23, 2026

Five construction projects at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Fayetteville, Arkansas nearly tripled in cost because of delays that ...

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