Salamanca man charged with murder in city
Breaking News
September 27, 2025
SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...

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New York’s answer to billionaire-fueled campaigns
Commentary, New York
CELINA AVALOS JARAMILLIO and IAN VANDEWALKER 
Feb 28, 2025
NEW YORK — When it comes to presidential politics, it’s a billionaire’s world. President Donald Trump’s campaign was buoyed by a few megadonors. It mi...
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Nominating petitions available for Salamanca BoE election
Cattaraugus County, Local News
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
Feb 17, 2025
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca City Central School District has announced nominating petitions are available for this year’s school board election on May 2...
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NY Democrats put election law change on hold
Daily Headlines, News, NY State News
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Feb 10, 2025
New York Democrats appeared to veer away Monday from controversial legislation that could have kept Republican U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik’s North Countr...
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Sempolinski opposes changes to NY election law
Local News, News, NY State News
Olean Times Herald staff 
Feb 04, 2025
Pointing to what he calls "the arrogance of one-party rule in Albany," Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski said he opposes potential changes to state election...
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Other Voices: Vote on judges in 2025
Leters to the Editor
Jan 23, 2025
Roy Cohn, the mafia lawyer who nurtured Donald Trump’s contempt for the rule of law, once infamously stated, “Don’t tell me the law, tell me who the j...
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Presidents and their pardons
Commentary, Nation World
Jan 22, 2025
Maybe you’re mad about President Joe Biden’s parting gift of a preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of the Biden family. If not, you’r...
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Presidents and their pardons
Commentary, Nation World
Jan 22, 2025
Maybe you’re mad about President Joe Biden’s parting gift of a preemptive pardons for Dr.Anthony Fauciand members of the Biden family. If not, you’re ...
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Worries about voter fraud were unfounded
Commentary, Local Columnists
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Nov 18, 2024
One thing that shocked me about this year’s presidential election campaign was how many of my fellow Republicans and conservatives expected to lose, b...
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So now they love Senate filibuster
Commentary, Nation World
Nov 13, 2024
News outlets called the last outstanding U.S. Senate race this week for Democrat Ruben Gallego of Arizona. That gives Republicans a 53-47 edge in the ...
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