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SALAMANCA — The sound of outlaw country is coming back to Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino when Travis Tritt performs May 20 on the Seneca Allegany Event Center stage.
Word has been received that poet and long-time Hinsdale resident Thomas Krampf died Nov. 16 in La Rochelle, France.
ALBANY (TNS) — John B. King Jr., a former Obama administration official and education commissioner in New York, will be the next chancellor of the State University of New York system.
ALBANY (TNS) — Low-income people and children who go through family court are being harmed by the lack of quality legal representation because of stagnating pay rates for their court-appointed attorneys, a state lawyer's association contended in a lawsuit filed earlier this week against the …
NEW YORK — Bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin were tossed out Monday by a federal judge, leaving Benjamin to face only records falsification charges and prompting his lawyers to say it was tragic that the case was ever brought.Judge J. Paul Oetken in a …
OLEAN — The second annual Laine Business Accelerator concludes tonight with the nine participants presenting in the event’s community showcase at 7 p.m. at the Cutco Theatre at the Cattaraugus County Campus of Jamestown Community College.
ALFRED — Alfred University will host the initial leg of the torch relay run leading up to the FISU World University Winter Games in Lake Placid, Jan. 12-23.
ARKWRIGHT — A South Dayton woman was killed and four people were injured in a Saturday collision on Route 83 at Center Road in Chautauqua County.
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OLEAN — Holiday events from the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce continue Friday with the Cookie Crawl and Run Run Rudolph 5K.
OLEAN — Santa and Mrs. Claus are back in town, and there’s more chances to see them — and share in the joy of the season — across the region this week.
From saying goodbye to a titan of Olean to staying alive in the snow, from planning for redevelopment to making your Christmas shopping lists, here’s a look back on the week that was 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago in this edition of Turning Back the Clock.
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: Now in its second iteration, the Laine Business Accelerator recently awarded $5,000 to each of nine Olean region businesses. Profiles of three of those businesses are included today.)
NEW YORK — For most of the last half-century, New York leaders bemoaned the raw deal they said their state got in Washington.
ALFRED — Alfred State College announced that Jill Dunn is joining the college’s Office of Institutional Advancement as the major gift officer.
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ANDOVER — In the end, “It is up to you to get your fellow officials in other towns and villages to get their legislators onboard for sales tax revenue sharing.”
SCIO — In the spirit of Christmases past, Scio students are once again stepping up to take care of their Tiger cubs by raising funds and collecting toys for their fellow students.
OLEAN — Archbishop Walsh Academy and Southern Tier Catholic School have announced the honor rolls for the first marking period of the 2022-23 school year.
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RED HOUSE — The Allegany State Park Nordic Ski Patrol, the band of hardy volunteers who monitor the cross country ski trails at the Art Roscoe Ski Area keeping skiers safe and rescuing them in times of need, will celebrate its 20th anniversary this month.
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Class of 2025 has made a choice to give back to the community with a fundraiser this year.
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SALAMANCA — Officials at both the Seneca Nation and Salamanca school district are willing to discuss the future of the Warriors logo and name following the New York State Education Department directive to stop using Native American iconography in public schools.
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OLEAN — The old train depot near North Union Street has been mostly sitting dormant for the last four years, but that’s all changed after a new college athletic team needed a place to play.
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ALLEGANY — The next phase at Field of Dreams Assisted Living and Memory Care will involve construction of six independent living cottages in 2023.
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ALBANY (TNS) — New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett will leave her post after serving one year as the state’s top health official, her office announced Friday.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer was in Western New York Friday to sound the alarm and call for increased planning on behalf of the federal government to handle the surge of respiratory infection cases in children.
Philip N. Austin of West River Road in the town of Allegany was 91 — and one of the area’s last surviving Civil War veterans — when he was featured in the Olean Times Herald on this day 85 years ago.
SHINGLEHOUSE, Pa. — The Potter County Honor Guard of the American Legion held its annual appreciation dinner last month for the service its members provide throughout the county.
GOWANDA — Assemblyman Joseph Giglio squinted at the roughly drawn draft map of the proposed 148th Assembly District released Thursday by the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission.
SHINGLEHOUSE, Pa. — Several holiday-season events are planned in the coming days and weeks in the Oswayo Valley community.
BELMONT — The Allegany County Sheriff’s Office personnel have once again grown beards to support the Allegany County Area Foundation’s Shop with a Cop Christmas Program.
ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University students presented at the 84th annual conference of the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance last month.
WASHINGTON — Victims of Upstate New York’s severe winter storm beginning Nov. 18 now have until March 15, 2023, to file various individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the Internal Revenue Service announced Friday.
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SALAMANCA — National collection week for Operation Christmas Child concluded Nov. 21 at the House of Prayer drop-off location on Highland Avenue with 1,194 shoeboxes collected, surpassing the weekly Shoebox Ministry goal of 800.
SALAMANCA — A tie-breaking decision by Mayor Sandra Magiera kept the Common Council from denying the Board of Public Utilities members from receiving compensation for attending board meetings retroactive to this June.
The Rotary Club of Olean, in combination with local Rotary District 7090, which includes more than 70 Rotary Clubs in Southern Ontario and Western New York, announced that a $25,000 grant to aid the citizens of Ukraine has achieved maximum success.
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(Editor’s Note: Now in its second iteration, the Laine Business Accelerator recently awarded $5,000 to nine Olean region businesses seeking to expand. Here are profiles of two from the 2022 LBA cohort.)
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ALLEGANY — The public is invited to join Marcia Wymer and Friends for an afternoon of musical entertainment, which is sure to put anyone in the holiday spirit, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11 at Saint Elizabeth Motherhouse, 115 East Main St.
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Wind power developers are eyeing thousands of acres of ridgeline across the southern parts of the towns of Allegany and Olean to possibly lease for two commercial wind farms.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation that clears the way for Cuba Lake cottage and home owners to purchase their lots from the state, state Sen. George Borrello said Thursday.
ELLICOTTVILLE — Seventeen Cattaraugus County women met in Ellicottville Wednesday to form a new chapter affiliate of the New York State Federation of Republican Women and the National Federation of Republican Women.
ALBANY (TNS) — An estimated 11,000 retired Teamsters across upstate New York will have a lot to celebrate Jan. 1.
U.S. Rep. Joe Sempolinski, R-Canisteo, said he would vote against the Respect for Marriage Act passed earlier in the week by the Senate.
RAMAPO (AP) — Seven children were injured Thursday when a school bus veered off the road in suburban New York, hit two parked cars and crashed into a house, police said.
ALBANY — Black and Hispanic people incarcerated in New York state prisons are more likely than white people to face further punishment once they wind up behind bars, according to a state inspector general report released Thursday.
OLEAN — The Olean Fire Department announced the retirement of Platoon B Capt. Sally Bullers after 29 years of service.
There’s nothing quite like a road trip movie. Two characters driving or hitching from one place to the next, no real plot or narrative beyond what the heroes see, who they interact with and how they grow or change as people from those experiences.
ELLICOTTVILLE — The 16th annual Bob McCarthy’s Irish Christmas will take place at 6 p.m. Dec. 9 at Ellicottville Brewing Company.
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ANDOVER — Newly elected as Allegany County sheriff, Scott Cicirello selected retired New York State Police Trooper Walter Mackney to serve as the Allegany County undersheriff when the new sheriff’s term begins in January.
