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    COVID vaccine could make our social divisions worse
    Local Columnists, Nation World
    COVID vaccine could make our social divisions worse
    TYLER COWEN / Tribune News Service 
    Nov 17, 2020
    The Pfizer vaccine, along with its likely successors, is a very good thing for the U.S. and the world. Yet it's also likely to reshape America in some...
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    America needs healing, not retaliation
    Local Columnists, Nation World
    America needs healing, not retaliation
    Nov 16, 2020
    Last week, the United States got a preview of the future envisioned for it by some of the far-left Democrats now stepping to the pay window to collect...
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    Vote was for America above all
    Leters to the Editor
    Vote was for America above all
    Nov 10, 2020
    Before the election, there was a letter to the editor from a military veteran who supported President Trump. That veteran is proud of his service — an...
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    Virus didn’t take break for election
    Local Columnists, Nation World, New York
    Virus didn’t take break for election
    Nov 10, 2020
    For days, we, the American public, have focused intently on the outcome of our presidential race. But the biggest issue facing our nation, a coronavir...
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    A board-it-up election year
    Local Columnists, Nation World
    A board-it-up election year
    RICH LOWRY 
    Nov 03, 2020
    There is one clear leading indicator pointing to President Donald Trump still having a chance to win the election — stores around America are fortifyi...
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    Perspective on Pope Francis
    Local Columnists, Nation World
    Perspective on Pope Francis
    KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ 
    Oct 29, 2020
    The Pope Francis documentary, “Francesco,” has certainly commanded some attention. Longtime pope followers like me know to take the hubbub with a grai...
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    Guest Comment: Americans are better together
    Local Columnists
    Guest Comment: Americans are better together
    JAMIE MULLEN, Special to Olean Times Herald 
    Oct 22, 2020
    Pat McCumiskey is a local legend. Anyone who played high-school or town-team sports during the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s in Allegany County knows his mythi...
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    Save the high court and save America
    Local Columnists, Nation World
    Save the high court and save America
    JAY AMBROSE Tribune News Service 
    Oct 19, 2020
    It was utterly amazing, the first hearing of the Senate on giving its consent to President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. Th...
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    Trump, Biden go at it — from a distance — in town halls
    News
    Trump, Biden go at it — from a distance — in town halls
    JONATHAN LEMIRE, WILL WEISSERT and DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press 
    Oct 16, 2020
    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden squared off, in a way, Thursday night, their scuttled second debate replaced by dueling tel...
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    Engagement is key to a better community
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Engagement is key to a better community
    ALISON GAYTON, Special to Olean Times Herald 
    Oct 12, 2020
    Editor’s Note: These commentaries are a collaboration between the Olean Times Herald and interviewer Marcia Kelly with area residents, in hopes of cre...
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    Misunderstanding the BLM message
    Leters to the Editor
    Misunderstanding the BLM message
    Sep 28, 2020
    Nicholas Waddy, a blatherskite if there ever was one, is sure that Black Lives Matter is “a hate group determined to malign the police, white people a...
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    Report: Carl Paladino has COVID-19, still opposes NY coronavirus restrictions
    News, Western New York
    Report: Carl Paladino has COVID-19, still opposes NY coronavirus restrictions
    GEOFF HERBERT Syracuse Media Group 
    Sep 24, 2020
    BUFFALO (TNS ) — Western New York businessman Carl Paladin o is recovering from COVID-19 after being hospitalized this month, according to a new repor...
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    Coping with stress during uncertain times
    Health
    Coping with stress during uncertain times
    Community Health Magazine 
    Sep 24, 2020
    Stress can affect people’s lives at any moment. Some say that a certain measure of stress can be a good thing that pushes individuals to try their bes...
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    Never have we had to defend Constitution as much as we do today
    Never have we had to defend Constitution as much as we do today
    KAY C. JAMES, Tribune News Service 
    Sep 19, 2020
    Recently, a group of college students challenged me, asking, “Why are you conservatives so into the Constitution and all this ‘originalist’ stuff?” In...
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    Really listen, and things can change
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Really listen, and things can change
    DANIEL GAYTON, Special to Olean Times Herald 
    Sep 15, 2020
    Editor’s Note: This commentary, the result of a collaboration between the Olean Times Herald and interviewer Marcia Kelly, gives voice to area residen...
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    Is Labor Day still relevant?
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Is Labor Day still relevant?
    JILL EBSTEIN, Tribune News Service 
    Sep 08, 2020
    Ask people what comes to mind with the mention of “Labor Day,” and you will most likely hear two responses: “Back to school” and “Can’t wear white.” T...
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    Google is getting grabby
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Google is getting grabby
    NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to The Olean TImes Herald 
    Aug 31, 2020
    Everyone knows that the Declaration of Independence guarantees Americans “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” but less well known is the fac...
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    Trump GOP not as different as you think
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Trump GOP not as different as you think
    RICH LOWRY 
    Aug 29, 2020
    Donald Trump took over the Republican Party, but it’s still discernibly the Republican Party. The Republican National Convention was obviously very Tr...
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    Trump lashes Biden, defies pandemic on White House stage
    Nation, News
    Trump lashes Biden, defies pandemic on White House stage
    JONATHAN LEMIRE, MICHELLE L. PRICE and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press 
    Aug 28, 2020
    WASHINGTON — Facing a national moment fraught with racial turmoil and a deadly pandemic, President Donald Trump accepted his party's renomination on a...
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    Nikki Haley says America’s not a racist country. Really?
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Nikki Haley says America’s not a racist country. Really?
    DAHLEEN GLANTON, Tribune News Service 
    Aug 27, 2020
    Nikki Haley proved that she learned something by working in Donald Trump’s administration. She can look America dead in the eye and lie. “America is n...
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    Big turnout for Wellsville’s No Kings demonstration
    Local News, News
    Big turnout for Wellsville’s No Kings demonstration
    By KATHRYN ROSS news@oleantimesherald.com 
    June 17, 2025
    WELLSVILLE — Nearly 300 people weren't deterred by huge trucks and damp weather for Wellsville's No Kings demonstration on Saturday. The advertised ev...
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    Commentary, Opinion
    Readers’ Turn to Write: I have one small idea for how to MAGA. What’s yours?
    By KATIE McMULLEN 
    June 17, 2025
    Earlier this year, I read someone’s post online that said whenever she felt tempted to complain about everything that’s wrong with the world, instead,...
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    Salamanca library’s Summer Ready Program begins June 28
    Cattaraugus County, Local News, Press Releases
    Salamanca library’s Summer Ready Program begins June 28
    By Olean Times Herald staff 
    June 17, 2025
    SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Public Library will kick off its Summer Reading Program, “Color Our World,” with a mini carnival Saturday, June 28 from 11 a...
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    State & Union: Turning back the clock on Olean
    Local News, News
    State & Union: Turning back the clock on Olean
    By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
    June 17, 2025
    From careless drivers and fake sirens to charity scams, from an emergency landing on Route 219 to concerns over online cigarette sales from the reserv...
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    Faith, family and fun for all at BasilicaFEST
    Local News, News
    Faith, family and fun for all at BasilicaFEST
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    June 17, 2025
    OLEAN — Of all the community members out enjoying the summer weather this weekend, hundreds did so on the grounds of the Basilica of St. Mary of the A...
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    Ellicottville’s Marsh named Youth of the Week
    Local News, News
    Ellicottville’s Marsh named Youth of the Week
    June 17, 2025
    The Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau announces this week’s featured Youth Citizenship Award recipient is Courtney Marsh, the daughter of Jason and Nico...
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