Salamanca man charged with murder in city
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September 27, 2025
SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...

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Touching moment in Coudy game; a reminder for fans
Big 30, Columnists, Football, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Aug 30, 2017
Last Friday night, I was reminded why football is my favorite high school sport. It was the weirdly-named Week 0 for Pennsylvania and six games involv...
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BirdDawgs bring home Pa., national trapshooting titles
News, Outdoors, Sports
STEPHEN SMITH, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Aug 14, 2017
ELDRED, Pa. — It all starts in January when most athletes are inside out of the weather. But at sportsmen’s or conservation clubs around the Twin Tier...
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Portville’s Hunt completes Ironman and his fund goal
Columnists, Local Sports, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Aug 04, 2017
One of the TH sports department’s great frustrations is when it does an advance story on an event or the person competing in it … only to never hear h...
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Melaro: A history of softball in the Olean area
Columnists, Local Sports, Sports
JIM MELARO, Olean Times Herald 
Aug 03, 2017
The 42nd annual Olean City Cup softball tournament is still a few days away. But with the Times Herald staff diving straight into preparation for the ...
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Diesel tripped up by Charlotte, 26-12
Football, Local Sports, Sports
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jul 17, 2017
You could be excused for incorrectly guessing which team traveled with low numbers at Saturday night’s Southern Tier Diesel home opener at Bradner Sta...
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Coaches see benefits, limitations of 7-on-7 football
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SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jul 09, 2017
Coaches will quickly warn their players: It’s not football, don’t take too much out of it, win or lose. But area high school football teams get the ch...
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A school year to remember for Olean High School sports
Big 30, Columnists, High School, ...
SHAWN CAMPBELL Olean Times Herald 
Jun 24, 2017
OLEAN — Around this time a year ago, Steve Anastasia sat in his new office on a hot summer day and discussed the position to which he had been appoint...
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Mearns eager  to see lacrosse grow at Bona
College Sports, Columnists, Local Sports, ...
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jun 23, 2017
ST. BONAVENTURE — As a Division I men’s lacrosse coach, former star player for the Buffalo Bandits and Rochester Knighthawks and a fan, Randy Mearns p...
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Huskies’ pitcher Ramarge delivered when it counted
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J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jun 18, 2017
Alyssa Ramarge shone brightest on the biggest stage. That was never more evident than in Olean High’s heartbreaking loss to Williamsville East in the ...
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Butler: Top athletes, by county, in New York
Big 30, Columnists, High School, ...
J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald 
Jun 12, 2017
It began as a column about the day St. Bonaventure’s Bob Lanier went No. 1 overall in the 1970 NBA Draft. The story about Lanier was ultimately writte...
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Weitzel and Dry: from Salamanca to Oilers’ dugout
Baseball, College Sports, Columnists, ...
SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
Jun 03, 2017
John Dry and Jay Weitzel go back a long time. Weitzel officially took the Olean Oilers’ head coaching job in March following Bobby Bell’s decision to ...
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Pollock: Top pick shows character that the Bills valued
Buffalo Bills, Columnists, Football, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald 
Apr 29, 2017
ORCHARD PARK -- Time and performance will tell us what sort of player the Bills took in Thursday night’s opening round of the NFL Draft. But what’s al...
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