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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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State & Union: Smoke from West drifts over region

Jul 21, 2021

That grayish haze that obscured hills in the distance Tuesday and gave the waning sun a reddish tinge in the evening was courtesy of the wildfires bur...

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Air quality alert for Upstate NY due to Western wildfires

Jul 20, 2021

An air quality alert has been issued for all of Upstate New York because of drifting smoke from the Western wildfires. While air quality alerts are ge...

State issues air-quality health advisory for WNY

Olean Times Herald staff

May 19, 2021

The combination of heat and strong sunlight prompted the New York state departments of Health and Environmental Conservation to issue an air-quality h...

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The air in there

Jackson A. Thomas

Feb 19, 2021

Winter’s cold is still here, the windows have been closed for months, the heat is running and the humidifier appears to have found a permanent home in...

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Hot temps, poor air quality this weekend

CINDY WAGNER Olean Times Herald

Jul 19, 2020

OLEAN — If you didn’t like the heat last week, you won’t like it this weekend either, as temperatures are expected to hit the 90s by Sunday. “We expec...