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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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Looking back on the year in news in Wellsville area

KATHRYN ROSS Olean Times Herald

Jan 02, 2023

WELLSVILLE — No one likes to see a town’s treasures go down the road, but that is what often happens when people pass away, and their possessions are ...

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Planting milkweed in the rain in Wellsville

KATHRYN ROSS Olean Times Herald

Nov 13, 2022

WELLSVILLE — Rain may have stopped the crowds, but the faithful Wellsville Monarchs planted milkweed seeds at the Fassett Greenspace on Friday. Milkwe...

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State & Union: The Upland Gardener — bugs and slugs

Jul 02, 2022

M.L. Wells — The Upland Gardener — is a volunteer master gardener with the Cornell Cooperative Extension who shares wisdom from time to time: Summer i...

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Forest Service seeks comment on plans to increase suppression of spongy moth

Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

Mar 24, 2022

BRADFORD, Pa. — The U.S. Forest Service is accepting public comments on a proposal to use additional treatment methods to suppress outbreaks of spongy...

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State & Union: What do woolly bears say about winter?

Oct 22, 2020

We’re a little late on this subject this year, but we only ran across our first woolly bear caterpillar of the fall a couple of days ago. As readers o...

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State & Union: Does the woolly bear predict the winter weather?

Oct 11, 2019

Our editor, Jim Eckstrom, is always on the lookout for nature — even in the Olean Times Herald parking lot. Leaving to run an errand Thursday, he saw ...