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    Alfred professor emeritus to discuss WWII
    Allegany County News, Local News
    Alfred professor emeritus to discuss WWII
    May 07, 2024
    WELLSVILLE — Tuesdays With Grace at Grace United Church, a week early this month, will feature Dr. Gary Ostrower, Professor Emeritus of History at Alf...
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    CA BOCES names Ellicottville honor rolls for 3rd quarter
    Cattaraugus County, Local News
    CA BOCES names Ellicottville honor rolls for 3rd quarter
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 04, 2024
    ELLICOTTVILLE — Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES named its Career and Technical Education High Honor and Honor rolls for the third quarter from CTE Center i...
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    Ritchie’s ‘Ungentlemanly Warfare’ a delightful ’60s-style WWII caper
    Entertainment
    Ritchie’s ‘Ungentlemanly Warfare’ a delightful ’60s-style WWII caper
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    Apr 25, 2024
    If last week’s review of “Civil War” didn’t sound like the war movie for you, then hopefully this week’s look at “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfar...
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    State & Union: Turning back the clock on Olean
    Allegany County News, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
    State & Union: Turning back the clock on Olean
    Apr 09, 2024
    From the signs of spring and a daring escape to fighting flooding, from “Coffee Day” to cleaning up chromium, here’s a look back on the week that was ...
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    State & Union: As Cuba teen, Dick “Horseshoe” Ferris joined Navy after Pearl Harbor
    Allegany County News, Daily Headlines, Local News
    State & Union: As Cuba teen, Dick “Horseshoe” Ferris joined Navy after Pearl Harbor
    Apr 05, 2024
    When Richard Lee “Dick” Ferris was 17 years old, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Two weeks later, the Cuba teenager joined the Nav...
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    Putin, Russia and what might have been
    Commentary, Nation World
    Putin, Russia and what might have been
    MARTIN SCHRAM Tribune News Service 
    Apr 01, 2024
    The tip came from the enemy. So, of course, the president found it suspicious — and provocative. He was, after all, ex-KGB. But what came next would h...
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    CA BOCES names Ellicottville honor rolls for 2nd quarter
    Cattaraugus County, News
    CA BOCES names Ellicottville honor rolls for 2nd quarter
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    Feb 07, 2024
    ELLICOTTVILLE — Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES named its Career and Technical Education High Honor and Honor rolls for the second quarter from CTE Center ...
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    Portville man will never forget soldiers, sailors from McKean County
    Daily Headlines, Local News, News
    Portville man will never forget soldiers, sailors from McKean County
    SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Jan 04, 2024
    On its side, on the ocean floor in the Outer Banks, rests a former U.S. Navy landing craft. It’s a military vessel Eldred, Pa., native Joel Gilfert wa...
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    Local veterans donate to Pioneer student service group
    Cattaraugus County, News, Western New York
    Local veterans donate to Pioneer student service group
    Dec 12, 2023
    YORKSHIRE — Pioneer PRO, the student service group at Pioneer High School, has once again received financial help from local veterans’ groups in the m...
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    No, Henry Kissinger was not a war criminal
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    No, Henry Kissinger was not a war criminal
    RICH LOWRY 
    Dec 01, 2023
    Henry Kissinger, the great American statesman who has died at age 100, stands accused by his critics of many things, but perhaps the most outlandish i...
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    Was Napoleon really a simple dullard?
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Was Napoleon really a simple dullard?
    RICH LOWRY 
    Nov 28, 2023
    The figure of Napoleon has long been an object of fascination, but the new Ridley Scott biopic makes one wonder why. The film, perhaps inadvertently, ...
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    CA BOCES names Ellicottville honor rolls for 1st quarter
    Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
    CA BOCES names Ellicottville honor rolls for 1st quarter
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    Nov 12, 2023
    ELLICOTTVILLE — Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES recently announced its Career and Technical Education High Honor and Honor rolls for the first quarter from...
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    Olean man served in WWII Marine air wing in Pacific
    Local News, News
    Olean man served in WWII Marine air wing in Pacific
    Nov 11, 2023
    About 15 years ago, Albert D. Cecchi, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II, spoke to his grandson's class at school about his experiences. Cecc...
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    Young naval officer from Olean earned Silver Star in Battle of Okinawa
    Content, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
    Young naval officer from Olean earned Silver Star in Battle of Okinawa
    Nov 11, 2023
    Editor's note: Jim Smith of Columbia, South Carolina, son of World War II hero and Olean native Paul Bridges Smith, submitted this narrative on the el...
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    Pioneer pounces on Springville for 61-14 win in regular season finale
    Football, High School, Local Sports, ...
    Pioneer pounces on Springville for 61-14 win in regular season finale
    Oct 20, 2023
    YORKSHIRE — The Pioneer football team wrapped up its regular season with another dominant win on Thursday, running away from Springville in a non-leag...
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    NY prof’s support for Hamas amid atrocities stokes outrage
    Commentary, Content, Daily Headlines, ...
    NY prof’s support for Hamas amid atrocities stokes outrage
    CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
    Oct 17, 2023
    ALBANY (TNS) — As Hamas terrorists were slaughtering, kidnapping and mutilating Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, Albany Law School professor Nina Farnia t...
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    Living History weekend set for Eldred WWII Museum
    Local News, News
    Living History weekend set for Eldred WWII Museum
    Sep 28, 2023
    ELDRED, Pa. — This will be Living History Weekend at the Eldred World War II Museum. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, meet and visit with W...
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    Is Hollywood still afraid of the truth about the atomic bomb?
    Commentary, Daily Headlines, Local Columnists, ...
    Is Hollywood still afraid of the truth about the atomic bomb?
    GREG MITCHELL Los Angeles Times 
    Jul 23, 2023
    LOS ANGELES (TNS) — In 1945, Hollywood set in motion its first big-budget movie drama about the making and use of the atomic bomb. Almost immediately ...
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    Final ‘Indiana Jones’ adventure still fun, but here too late
    Arts And Entertainment, Lifestyles, News
    Final ‘Indiana Jones’ adventure still fun, but here too late
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    Jul 06, 2023
    The nostalgia cycle ushering in a slew of remakes, reboots and legacy sequels of popular movies and TV shows from the 1980s is mostly done as ’90s nos...
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    Ellicottville BOCES CTE students graduate
    Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
    Ellicottville BOCES CTE students graduate
    Jun 19, 2023
    YORKSHIRE — Students graduating from the BOCES Career and Technical Education Center at Ellicottville held their commencement ceremony at Pioneer High...
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    Joseph Ray “Dupe” Duplechian
    Obituaries
    Joseph Ray “Dupe” Duplechian
    June 11, 2025
    Joseph Ray 'Dupe' Duplechian, loving fiancé, father and son OLEAN — Joseph Ray “Dupe” Duplechian, of Olean, passed away unexpectedly Friday (June 6, 2...
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    Margaret J. ‘Peggy’ Jones
    Obituaries
    Margaret J. ‘Peggy’ Jones
    June 11, 2025
    Margaret J. 'Peggy' Jones RANDOLPH — Margaret J. “Peggy” Jones, 78, of Randolph, formerly of Steamburg, passed away Monday (June 9, 2025) in the home ...
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    Jeanette A. Cradduck
    Obituaries
    Jeanette A. Cradduck
    June 11, 2025
    Jeanette A. Cradduck, loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother and aunt PORTVILLE — Jeanette A. Cradduck, 87, of Portvil...
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    CRCF makes $15,000 in Community Fund grants to 11 nonprofits
    CRCF makes $15,000 in Community Fund grants to 11 nonprofits
    June 11, 2025
    OLEAN — Eleven area nonprofit organizations have received grants in varying amounts from the Community Fund at the Cattaraugus Region Community Founda...
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    William “Bill” Sunderlin III
    Obituaries
    William “Bill” Sunderlin III
    June 11, 2025
    William R. 'Bill' Sunderlin III, a special brother, uncle, great-uncle and friend to many OLEAN — William "Bill" Sunderlin III, a lifelong resident of...
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    Voter registration deadline is this Saturday; early voting to begin
    Local News, News
    Voter registration deadline is this Saturday; early voting to begin
    By Olean Times Herald staff 
    June 11, 2025
    LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Election Commissioners Kevin Burleson and Cortney Spittler announced that this Saturday is the last day to register...
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