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    Home demolition

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    Protected assumptions keep WVDP Main Plant demolition safe, compliant
    Business, Cattaraugus County
    Protected assumptions keep WVDP Main Plant demolition safe, compliant
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    Nov 14, 2024
    WEST VALLEY — The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) has completed 75% of the Main Plant process building demolition at...
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    Study: Building deconstruction, reuse would benefit New York state jobs, climate
    Business, News, NY State News
    Study: Building deconstruction, reuse would benefit New York state jobs, climate
    JAMES DEAN Cornell Chronicle 
    Oct 31, 2024
    ITHACA — Shifting from wasteful demolition practices to a circular construction economy in New York state could unlock unrealized economic activity, c...
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    WVDP ahead of schedule with demolition waste disposal milestone
    Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
    WVDP ahead of schedule with demolition waste disposal milestone
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    Sep 06, 2024
    WEST VALLEY — The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Projec...
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    WVDP workers safely remove large bridge crane from Main Plant
    Cattaraugus County, Local News
    WVDP workers safely remove large bridge crane from Main Plant
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    Jul 26, 2024
    WEST VALLEY — Crews with the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) recently removed a large steel bridge crane from the Chemica...
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    Dedicated employees have been key to WVDP demo process
    Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
    Dedicated employees have been key to WVDP demo process
    JOSEPH PILLITTERE Special to Olean Times Herald 
    Jun 25, 2024
    WEST VALLEY — When you think of the word “demolition,” the first thing that you probably think of is a giant wrecking ball swinging into a building. A...
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    WVDP clears one large component after another from Main Plant
    Cattaraugus County, Local News
    WVDP clears one large component after another from Main Plant
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    Jun 04, 2024
    WEST VALLEY — Another massive component has been safely removed and packaged for disposal from the Main Plant Process Building as part of the facility...
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    Environmental groups urge cover for WVDP Main Plant Process Building
    Cattaraugus County, News
    Environmental groups urge cover for WVDP Main Plant Process Building
    RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
    Sep 07, 2022
    The West Valley Coalition on Nuclear Wastes and 24 other environmental groups have joined in opposing demolition of the Main Plant Process Building at...
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    Cattaraugus County scraps construction debris at all but Salamanca transfer station
    Cattaraugus County, News
    Cattaraugus County scraps construction debris at all but Salamanca transfer station
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    Jun 14, 2022
    LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Department of Public Works reported that as of July 1 it will only accept construction and demolition debris at...
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    WVDP experts detail Main Plant demolition safeguards
    Cattaraugus County
    WVDP experts detail Main Plant demolition safeguards
    Oct 09, 2021
    WEST VALLEY — The Department of Energy and CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley, its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project, announced the ...
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    Demolition of Alfred University’s South Hall begins next week
    Allegany County News, News
    Demolition of Alfred University’s South Hall begins next week
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    Sep 03, 2021
    ALFRED — Demolition of South Hall on the Alfred University campus is set to begin next week, after the Alfred Village Planning Board gave its unanimou...
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    Open air demolition at WVDP put off until later this year
    Cattaraugus County, News, Western New York
    Open air demolition at WVDP put off until later this year
    RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
    May 29, 2021
    WEST VALLEY — The timeline for the open-air demolition of the main plant process building at the West Valley Demonstration Project has been put off un...
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    Olean’s Uptown Florist: ‘Do what we have to do’ as emergency repairs commence
    Business, News
    Olean’s Uptown Florist: ‘Do what we have to do’ as emergency repairs commence
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    May 03, 2021
    OLEAN — The front of the building might be falling off, but a city florist is still gearing up for one of the busiest weekends of the year. Roy Suiter...
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    Potter County bridge reopened to traffic
    Local News
    Potter County bridge reopened to traffic
    Oct 04, 2020
    COUDERSPORT, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation reports that a replaced bridge in Potter County is open to traffic. Crews have been w...
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    Correction
    News, Olean
    Correction
    Rick Miller 
    Sep 29, 2020
    A story in Friday’s edition indicating the open-air demolition of the Main Plant Process Building at the West Valley Demonstration Project in Ashford ...
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    Another structure demolished at West Valley Demonstration Project
    Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
    Another structure demolished at West Valley Demonstration Project
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    Aug 20, 2020
    WEST VALLEY — Crews recently demolished the 7,000-square-foot utility room building at the West Valley Demonstration Project. Built in 1964, the utili...
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    WVDP encapsulates Main Plant office building slab
    Cattaraugus County, Local News, News, ...
    WVDP encapsulates Main Plant office building slab
    Jul 10, 2020
    WEST VALLEY — A facility disposition crew at the West Valley Demonstration Project encapsulated the Main Plant office building concrete slab with poly...
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    As school shutdown continues, Vets Park construction begins
    Baseball, Football, High School, ...
    As school shutdown continues, Vets Park construction begins
    SAM WILSON Olean Times Herald 
    Apr 16, 2020
    SALAMANCA — Those who venture out of their houses to drive down Broad Street may be struck by an unusual sight at Veterans Memorial Park. Gone are alm...
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    Buffalo Street fire site demolition bids under review
    Local News, News
    Buffalo Street fire site demolition bids under review
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    Feb 12, 2020
    OLEAN — Officials hope to have the demolition of the most recent structure fire site move ahead in the next month. Mayor Bill Aiello reported to the O...
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    Buffalo Street landmark a total loss, fire cause undetermined
    Crime, Local News, News
    Buffalo Street landmark a total loss, fire cause undetermined
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    Jan 23, 2020
    OLEAN — The cause of a Buffalo Street fire that left several families homeless Tuesday night is still under investigation. City firefighters reported ...
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    Wood salvaged from Otto Masonic Temple will live on in other products
    News, Olean
    Wood salvaged from Otto Masonic Temple will live on in other products
    RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald 
    Dec 06, 2019
    OTTO — The three-story brick Masonic Temple Building had been reduced to a single story of rubble on Thursday, but much of the interior woodwork will ...
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    Iran can’t have nuclear weapons
    June 16, 2025
    Promising an apocalypse by the ayatollahs who were getting ever closer to obtaining a nuclear weapon to carry out that diabolical wish, Israel had eve...
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    Commentary, Opinion
    Readers’ Turn to Write: Americans face a choice at the ballot box
    June 16, 2025
    Growing up, my family was destitute. If not for food stamps, we would have had little food — even so, there were times when our refrigerator was empty...
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    What’s wrong with enforcing the law?
    Commentary, Opinion
    What’s wrong with enforcing the law?
    By SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles Daily News 
    June 16, 2025
    LOS ANGELES (TNS) — President Donald Trump is enforcing immigration law, and for the first time in many decades immigration enforcement does not resem...
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    June 16, 2025
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    Belfast celebrates reopening of County Road 26 bridge
    Local News, News
    Belfast celebrates reopening of County Road 26 bridge
    By Olean Times Herald staff 
    June 16, 2025
    BELFAST — A newly constructed and reopened bridge on County Road 26 in the town of Belfast has been named the William “Bill” A. Nichols Bridge. Allega...
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    Donald L. Thierman, Sr.
    Donald L. Thierman, Sr.
    Julie Keim 
    June 16, 2025
    Donald L. Thierman, Sr. OLEAN --- Donald L. Thierman, Sr., 86, passed away peacefully Friday (June 13, 2025) at The Pines of Olean. Born August 14, 19...
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