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RTW: The anti-Christ spirits within us
Commentary, Readers Turn To Write
BARBARA CASEY, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Dec 30, 2015
The United Faiths community was instituted in Olean after 9/11 by the Presbyterian minister Gary Larson. He told me he felt it was necessary to show s...
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Trump can’t play the ‘sore loser’
Commentary, Nation World
JOSHUA SPIVAK 
Dec 30, 2015
(TNS) Voters’ disgust with the current political setup is firing Donald Trump’s presidential bid. Yet Trump has latched himself onto the epitome of po...
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Letter: Career Horizons Program a success
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Dec 24, 2015
The Jamestown Community College Olean campus and the Cattaraugus County Counselor’s Association express appreciation to all who helped make this year’...
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RTW: Second-hand smoke takes its toll in public housing
Commentary, Readers Turn To Write
AUBRIANNA WEBER Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Dec 23, 2015
There are three public housing complexes in the city of Olean and all of them allow the occupants to smoke indoors. For some of those occupants, smoki...
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RTW: Luminaria Night benefits Genesis House
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CAROL GALLO Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Dec 21, 2015
On behalf of the Genesis House Luminaria Committee, I would like to thank everyone who participated in this year’s project, including the Genesis Hous...
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Letter: Of ‘free stuff’ and turkeys
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Dec 21, 2015
I am an elderly Social Security recipient and John Cappelletti’s letter to the editor, “More of That Free Stuff,” in the Dec. 6 edition of the Olean T...
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Home Again: Loss magnified during the holidays
Commentary, Local Columnists
DEB WUETHRICH, Olean Times Herald 
Dec 21, 2015
Periodically one of those little sayings will pop up on my Facebook site. It will read: “Light a candle for someone you’re missing in Heaven.” The pos...
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The entire Christmas story
Commentary, Nation World
COKIE ROBERTS and STEVEN V. ROBERTS 
Dec 17, 2015
This holiday season, let's remember the entire Christmas story. It only begins in a manger in Bethlehem. "Jesus himself was a refugee," notes Matthew ...
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Boudin: Trump more damaging than presidential
Commentary, Local Columnists
KELSEY BOUDIN, Olean Times Herald 
Dec 17, 2015
Dr. Naheed Hilal didn’t want to go there. Regarding Donald Trump, that is, and his proposal laden with ignorance and bigotry for the banning of all Mu...
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Home Again: Boomers have to be different — or are we?
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DEB WUETHRICH Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Dec 17, 2015
We baby boomers tend to think that we have to do things differently than those who came before us. In an attempt to hold off the aging process, many f...
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‘Run, hide, fight’ at school
Commentary, Nation World
Lisa Lewis 
Dec 14, 2015
(TNS) The day of the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., my son’s high school was placed on a short lockdown. He was remarkably nonchalant when I...
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