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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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Essay collection edited by SBU prof explores Civil War monument controversies

Oct 28, 2022

ST. BONAVENTURE — Civil War monuments, particularly Confederate monuments, have been lightning rods for controversy in recent years. A new collection ...

Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion

Spotify shouldn’t accept the premises of the cancelers

RICH LOWRY

Feb 08, 2022

There have been many unpleasant paid jobs throughout history, from executioner to leech collector to nitpicker. Now, to this litany of gruesome and on...

Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion

Lia Thomas should give up competing

GENE LYONS

Jan 24, 2022

I don’t know about you, but both as a participant and a spectator, I have always looked to sports as a refuge. A refuge from what? Well, what have you...

Allegany County News, News

Petition calls for change of C-R’s ‘Rebels’ nickname

J.P. BUTLER Olean Times Herald

Jul 14, 2020

CUBA — As calls for social justice reform continue to sweep the nation, handfuls of sports nicknames at all levels have come under fire for being perc...

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Pollock: NFL solution to anthem protests totally ridiculous

CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald

May 30, 2018

Admittedly, I’m conflicted over the National Football League/Star Spangled Banner controversy. There are people who, long ago, earned my respect yet h...

Buffalo Bills, Football, Local Sports, ...

Pollock: Bills still alive but now some help’s needed

CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald

Dec 25, 2017

All right, let’s get the easy (hard?) part out of the way first. With the Bills’ 37-16 loss to the Patriots on Sunday afternoon at Gillette Stadium pl...

Buffalo Bills, Football, Local Sports, ...

Pollock: National anthem controversy just won’t go away …

CHUCK POLLOCK - Olean Times Herald

Sep 28, 2017

ORCHARD PARK — Are you already tired of the ongoing controversy over NFL players protesting police brutality and racial inequality in America during t...

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Sounding Off: Paladino triggers SBU comments

Dec 29, 2016

Real estate mogul and arch conservative Carl Paladino — a 1968 graduate of St. Bonaventure University and the university’s 1993 Alumnus of the Year — ...