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    Reparations are about economic stability, not looted $120 Nikes
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Reparations are about economic stability, not looted $120 Nikes
    DAHLEEN GLANTON, Tribune News Service 
    Aug 19, 2020
    CHICAGO — The union between Black Lives Matter and mainstream America has been tenuous from the start. Last week, it may have been irreparably severed...
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    That’s the power of love
    That’s the power of love
    KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ 
    Aug 04, 2020
    “John Lewis believed in the Lord, he believed in humanity and he believed in America. He’s been called an American saint, a believer willing to give u...
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    The racism you can — and can’t — see
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    The racism you can — and can’t — see
    OLA MAE POWELL GAYTON, Special to Olean Times Herald 
    Aug 04, 2020
    Editor’s Note: This commentary, the result of a collaboration between the Olean Times Herald and interviewer Marcia Kelly, gives voice to area citizen...
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    Should the protests continue?
    Local Columnists, Nation World
    Should the protests continue?
    STEVEN ROBERTS 
    Jul 30, 2020
    If the protesters swarming the streets of Portland, Oregon, and other cities really want to defeat President Trump, they might want to consider this s...
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    Cancel culture the new American pastime
    Cancel culture the new American pastime
    JD MULLANE, Bucks County Courier Times 
    Jul 28, 2020
    As a v irus-shortened MLB season commence s and the national anthem threatens Gabe Kapler’s aging knees, a cultural current has replaced America’s pas...
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    Trump affinity for Russia baffling, dangerous
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Trump affinity for Russia baffling, dangerous
    ANN McFEATTERS, Tribune News Service 
    Jul 06, 2020
    WASHINGTON (TN S) — For five years, ever since Donald Trump announced he was running for president, we have heard allegations that he is inappropriate...
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    Commentary: An insider’s viewpoint on race, Black Lives Matter
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Local News
    Commentary: An insider’s viewpoint on race, Black Lives Matter
    FILEVE T. PALMER Special to Olean Times Herald 
    Jul 03, 2020
    Editor’s Note: This commentary, the result of a collaboration between the Olean Times Herald and interviewer Marcia M. Kelly, gives voice to African A...
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    Black residents sound off on race, policing amid national upheaval
    Local News, News
    Black residents sound off on race, policing amid national upheaval
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    Jun 20, 2020
    OLEAN — There’s a long way left to go toward racial equality, but “baby steps” are being taken nationally and locally. In barber chairs at Hall of Fam...
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    So it’s all due to ‘the American left and a complicit media’?
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
    So it’s all due to ‘the American left and a complicit media’?
    BYRON MUSE, Special to Olean Times Herald 
    Jun 11, 2020
    I need to preface this column with a clear, straight-forward comment which should be obvious to everyone. There are violent looters, arsonists and thu...
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    TV journalist publishes book remembering childhood in Cattaraugus County
    Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
    TV journalist publishes book remembering childhood in Cattaraugus County
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    Jun 02, 2020
    SALAMANCA — From Cattaraugus County to national journalism, professional theater and TV screens around the world, Ira Joe Fisher is going back to his ...
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    A month of hell: What May beckon yet
    New York
    A month of hell: What May beckon yet
    May 04, 2020
    April, wrote a poet, is the cruelest month. So it was in New York — and throughout America — as we weathered a viral storm and its concomitant carnage...
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    Support the president in dire time
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Support the president in dire time
    NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to The Olean TImes Herald 
    Mar 31, 2020
    Ever since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, Democrats and their media allies have worked feverishly (pun intended) to pin the blame for the ...
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    Report: NY communities among richest in America
    News
    Report: NY communities among richest in America
    JOSEPH SPECTOR Observer-Dispatch, Utica 
    Mar 04, 2020
    ALBANY (TNS) — The northern New York City suburbs continue to be among the wealthiest communities in the country. Eight communities in Westchester Cou...
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    From the Right: A great 2019 for President Trump
    Commentary, Nation World
    From the Right: A great 2019 for President Trump
    NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to The Olean TImes Herald 
    Jan 02, 2020
    The past year was one of phenomenal accomplishments for President Trump and for the conservative movement. First and foremost, our economy continued t...
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    Letter: Trump persecuted from day he was elected president
    Leters to the Editor
    Letter: Trump persecuted from day he was elected president
    Nov 27, 2019
    Ever since Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2016 he has been constantly attacked by the liberal Democrats in the House of Representatives...
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    Foreign policy is on the 2020 ballot, right alongside Trump
    Commentary, Nation World
    Foreign policy is on the 2020 ballot, right alongside Trump
    DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times (TNS) 
    Oct 22, 2019
    A rare, underappreciated drama broke out in last week’s Democratic presidential debate in Ohio: The candidates had a serious argument over foreign pol...
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    Letter: Sad day for our nation
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor
    Letter: Sad day for our nation
    Jul 29, 2019
    July 16 was a sad day for our democracy, our nation and our very souls. The U.S. House made a symbolic vote to condemn our president’s racist tweets, ...
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    Reed disagrees with ‘form’ of Trump tweets against Democrat lawmakers
    Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
    Reed disagrees with ‘form’ of Trump tweets against Democrat lawmakers
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    Jul 16, 2019
    While a number of congressional Republicans broke ranks Monday by specifically condemned President Trump’s series of racist tweets he had posted a day...
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    Progressive Perspective: Why do Evangelicals back Trump?
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Progressive Perspective: Why do Evangelicals back Trump?
    CHRIS STANLEY Special to the Olean Times Herald 
    Jul 14, 2019
    In the 2016 presidential election, 81% of white Evangelical Christian voters chose Donald Trump, a man whose personal history and treatment of others ...
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    Trump’s reluctance to bomb foreign countries is a strength, not a sign of weakness
    Commentary, Nation World
    Trump’s reluctance to bomb foreign countries is a strength, not a sign of weakness
    Andrew J. Bacevich Los Angeles Times (TNS) 
    Jul 03, 2019
    It took less than a week for informed opinion to settle the question: In ordering airstrikes against Iran on June 20 and then canceling that order at ...
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    No OTH edition Thursday on Juneteenth holiday
    June 17, 2025
    Due to the Juneteenth federal holiday on Thursday, the Olean Times Herald will not publish an edition for that day. The Times Herald offices will be o...
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    Eldred WWII Museum showing art piece with Nazi connection
    Local News, News
    Eldred WWII Museum showing art piece with Nazi connection
    By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
    June 17, 2025
    ELDRED, Pa. — As artwork goes, it's stunning — a giant tapestry of a blond, blue-eyed hunter holding a spear, a falcon perched on his arm, a fox sneak...
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    NY Republicans erupt over ‘insulting’ US Senate plan to keep $10K SALT cap
    Local News, News, NY State News
    NY Republicans erupt over ‘insulting’ US Senate plan to keep $10K SALT cap
    By DAN CLARK Times Union, Albany 
    June 17, 2025
    ALBANY (TNS) — A plan championed by Republicans from New York in Congress to quadruple the current $10,000 cap on the federal deductibility of state a...
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    Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure graduates 22 leaders from Franciscan institutions
    Local News, News
    Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure graduates 22 leaders from Franciscan institutions
    June 17, 2025
    ST. BONAVENTURE — The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University graduated 22 men and women from its Padua Program on June 12. The Padua Progr...
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    Obituaries
    Robert E. Stephens
    June 17, 2025
    Robert E. Stephens PORTVILLE — Robert E. Stephens, of 24 Finch St., passed away Friday (June 13, 2025) at the Cuba Memorial Skilled Nursing Facility. ...
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    David W. Leaskey
    Obituaries
    David W. Leaskey
    June 17, 2025
    David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA — David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, died Monday, June 9, 2025, at Olean General Hospital, following a short illness. Born...
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