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    Trump’s Christmas present for you
    Local Columnists, Nation World
    Trump’s Christmas present for you
    JAMES AMBROSE, Tribune News Service 
    Dec 26, 2020
    It’s Christmas season and President Donald Trump is Santa Claus trying to slide down chimneys, often finding them a tight fit, but working with others...
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    Boy, does Trump have a Christmas present for you
    Boy, does Trump have a Christmas present for you
    JAMES AMBROSE, Tribune News Service 
    Dec 26, 2020
    It’s Christmas season and President Donald Trump is Santa Claus trying to slide down chimneys, often finding them a tight fit, but working with others...
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    Unemployment at pre-COVID levels locally; still high across state, nation
    Allegany County News, Business, Cattaraugus County, ...
    Unemployment at pre-COVID levels locally; still high across state, nation
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    Dec 26, 2020
    Area unemployment rates dropped to pre-COVID-19 numbers in November, according to the state Department of Labor. However, rates remain high across the...
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    Low point in modern political civility?
    Local Columnists, Nation World
    Low point in modern political civility?
    DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
    Dec 21, 2020
    If you're wondering when American politics hit its low point in civility, I'd nominate Aug. 6, 2020. That was the day when President Trump had this to...
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    Biden poised to unleash Democrats’ immigration radicalism (copy)
    Local Columnists, Nation World
    Biden poised to unleash Democrats’ immigration radicalism (copy)
    RICH LOWRY 
    Dec 02, 2020
    One of Joe Biden's first priorities as president will be to risk stoking a new migrant crisis. After much trial and error, President Donald Trump came...
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    NY would now be subject to its own travel quarantine
    Local News, News, NY State News, ...
    NY would now be subject to its own travel quarantine
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    Oct 30, 2020
    ALBANY — Cases of the coronavirus have climbed enough in New York over the last week that the state has now met the threshold officials set for inclus...
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    The support for Trump you don’t see
    Local Columnists, Nation World
    The support for Trump you don’t see
    BYRON YORK 
    Oct 29, 2020
    WASHINGTON — Everyone can see President Donald Trump’s rallies. In the final days of the campaign, he is jetting from swing state to swing state, draw...
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    Engagement is key to a better community
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Engagement is key to a better community
    ALISON GAYTON, Special to Olean Times Herald 
    Oct 12, 2020
    Editor’s Note: These commentaries are a collaboration between the Olean Times Herald and interviewer Marcia Kelly with area residents, in hopes of cre...
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    Canadian border to remain closed through Oct. 21
    News, NY State News
    Canadian border to remain closed through Oct. 21
    ERIC ANDERSON Times Union 
    Sep 16, 2020
    ALBANY (TNS ) — The border between the United States and Canada will remain closed to nonessential travel at least until Oct. 21, according to a North...
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    Really listen, and things can change
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Really listen, and things can change
    DANIEL GAYTON, Special to Olean Times Herald 
    Sep 15, 2020
    Editor’s Note: This commentary, the result of a collaboration between the Olean Times Herald and interviewer Marcia Kelly, gives voice to area residen...
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    Letter: U.S. Postal Service a vital necessity
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor
    Letter: U.S. Postal Service a vital necessity
    Aug 31, 2020
    The United States Postal Service. A national treasure. A national necessity. Vital infrastructure since the start of our country. Founding father Benj...
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    Nikki Haley says America’s not a racist country. Really?
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Nikki Haley says America’s not a racist country. Really?
    DAHLEEN GLANTON, Tribune News Service 
    Aug 27, 2020
    Nikki Haley proved that she learned something by working in Donald Trump’s administration. She can look America dead in the eye and lie. “America is n...
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    U.S. Justice Department reviewing NY’s nursing home deaths
    News, NY State News
    U.S. Justice Department reviewing NY’s nursing home deaths
    BRENDAN J. LYONS Times Union 
    Aug 26, 2020
    ALBANY (TNS ) — The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday requested COVID-19 data from the Democratic governors of four states, including New York, tha...
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    Cuomo: Taxing wealthiest New Yorkers won’t cover COVID-related deficit
    News, NY State News
    Cuomo: Taxing wealthiest New Yorkers won’t cover COVID-related deficit
    AMANDA FRIES Times Union 
    Jul 29, 2020
    ALBANY (TNS ) — The economic shutdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus has left New York facing a $30 billion deficit over the next two years, an...
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    NY leaders remember civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis
    Local News, News, NY State News
    NY leaders remember civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    Jul 19, 2020
    U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial...
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    All lives matter: A veteran’s perspective
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    All lives matter: A veteran’s perspective
    ARTHUR G. AUSTIN JR. Special to Olean Times Herald 
    Jun 23, 2020
    The U.S. Army has a program called Soldier for Life. I am an American Soldier for life — enlisted for four years, an officer for more than 33 years, n...
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    NY coronavirus deaths keep falling, but trouble can come quickly, Cuomo says
    Coronavirus, News, NY State News
    NY coronavirus deaths keep falling, but trouble can come quickly, Cuomo says
    KEVIN TAMPONE Syracuse Media Group 
    May 19, 2020
    MANHASSET (TNS ) — Another 105 people died due to the coronavirus in New York on Monday, down from 106 the day before. That’s down sharply from April ...
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    Letter: Trump has had chance to unite
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor
    Letter: Trump has had chance to unite
    May 13, 2020
    Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned; President Trump demanded credit for lower heating costs while the United States burned. This does not need t...
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    Why is everybody talking about Sweden?
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Why is everybody talking about Sweden?
    KARIN OLOFSDOTTER, Tribune News Service 
    May 08, 2020
    Lately, my country has caught the attention of the media in the United States for an unexpected reason. As the entire world struggles to manage the sp...
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    RTW: We’re treated like children
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
    RTW: We’re treated like children
    DON CUMMINS, Special to Olean Times Herald 
    May 06, 2020
    Stand up, get out, defy this illegal, unconstitutional lockdowns of our country, our states and our lives. From the beginning, I did not believe the C...
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    Robert E. Stephens
    Julie Keim 
    June 16, 2025
    Robert E. Stephens PORTVILLE --- Robert E. Stephens of 24 Finch Street, passed away on Friday, June 13, 2025 at the Cuba Memorial Skilled Nursing Faci...
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    David W. Leaskey
    David W. Leaskey
    Julie Keim 
    June 16, 2025
    David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
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    David W. Leaskey
    Julie Keim 
    June 16, 2025
    David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
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    Ruth M. Baillargeon
    Julie Keim 
    June 16, 2025
    Ruth M. Baillargeon,  mother, grandmother, sister BELFAST --- Ruth M. Baillargeon, 82, of Belfast, New York, passed away Monday, June 16, 2025 at High...
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    Robert E. Stephens
    Julie Keim 
    June 16, 2025
    Robert E. Stephens PORTVILLE === Robert E. Stephens of 24 Finch Street, passed away on Friday, June 13, 2025 at the Cuba Memorial Skilled Nursing Faci...
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    Another NY legislative session of missed opportunities, misplaced priorities
    Commentary, Opinion
    Another NY legislative session of missed opportunities, misplaced priorities
    By SEN. GEORGE BORRELLO 
    June 16, 2025
    Sometimes I feel like a broken record when I talk about what’s happening in Albany — but the failures keep repeating. This year was no different. Whil...
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