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    State & Union: ‘Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus’
    News
    State & Union: ‘Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus’
    Bob Clark 
    Dec 24, 2022
    When 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 18...
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    State & Union: ‘Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus’
    Local News, News
    State & Union: ‘Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus’
    Bob Clark 
    Dec 24, 2019
    When 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 18...
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    Billy a smash in solo performance
    Editorial, Opinion
    Billy a smash in solo performance
    DARLENE M. DONOHUE, Olean Times Herald 
    Jun 18, 2015
    Smashing Pumpkins, a Chicago-based alternative rock band that entered the mainstream in 1993, is my all-time favorite band from the ’90s. The Cranberr...
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    Can’t put price on giving access to every resident
    Editorial
    Can’t put price on giving access to every resident
    Leonard X. Liguori/Special to the Olean Times Herald 
    Jun 25, 2014
    As an independent living center in Olean, created to advocate for all people with all types of disabilities, it is important for us to comment on the ...
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    ‘A good day’ for an Elliott wedding
    Editorial
    ‘A good day’ for an Elliott wedding
    KELSEY BOUDIN, Olean Times Herald 
    May 28, 2014
    Dustin was nervous. Who could blame him? With about 25 minutes until showtime, he approached me and a handful of close high school buddies as we caugh...
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    American Legion needs new members, leadership
    Editorial
    American Legion needs new members, leadership
    Gerald Bonney/Special to the Olean Times Herald 
    May 25, 2014
    I read something about an American Legion post reaching out to the community, showing great concern for a veterans’ post struggling to exist. This art...
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    Crisafullis grateful for support
    Editorial
    Crisafullis grateful for support
    May 25, 2014
    We would like to give heartfelt gratitude to all of our family, friends, the entire Kinley Corp. team and members of the community for their unwaverin...
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    The gun-control mentality
    Editorial
    The gun-control mentality
    LEON HILLYARD, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
    May 18, 2014
    With every act of horrendous gun violence, radicals opposed to the law-abiding citizen’s right to keep and bear arms slither out to assault your Secon...
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    Allegany State Park upgrades benefit area
    Editorial
    Allegany State Park upgrades benefit area
    Apr 26, 2014
    Allegany State Park will receive $1.5 million — the state has allocated $1 million to rehabilitate deteriorated campsites and $500,000 to repair and r...
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    Easter Joy: Pope Francis and living the gospel message
    Editorial
    Easter Joy: Pope Francis and living the gospel message
    Deacon John Adams/Special to the Olean Times Herald 
    Apr 20, 2014
    Throughout this past Holy Week, Christians around the world examined the life of Christ through his passion, death and resurrection. We do this to com...
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    Excellent care at Cuba hospital
    Editorial
    Excellent care at Cuba hospital
    Apr 19, 2014
    This letter is being written to express my appreciation for the professional yet kind and caring treatment I received during a recent week-long stay a...
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    Let’s do some cleanup in Hinsdale
    Editorial
    Let’s do some cleanup in Hinsdale
    Apr 19, 2014
    It’s time to take some pride in our town and clean up our roadways. Due to neglect of others, it’s time to come together and clean them up. Our highwa...
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    Dispatchers are true first responders
    Editorial
    Dispatchers are true first responders
    Apr 13, 2014
    The Allegany County Sheriff’s Office celebrates this year’s National Telecommunications Week in honor of our dedicated communications officers who, la...
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    There’s no law in the town of Lyndon
    Editorial
    There’s no law in the town of Lyndon
    Dale Carlson Special to the Olean Times Herald 
    Mar 30, 2014
    It’s a shame that a few malcontents can screw up an entire community like has happened in Lyndon. It’s just plain embarrassing and wrong. First, an el...
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    The corporate takeover of American education
    Editorial
    The corporate takeover of American education
    Naysim Simon Special to the Olean Times Herald 
    Feb 11, 2014
    By Naysim Simon Special to the Olean Times Herald The Second Amendment seems to get a lot of scrutiny these days, but I believe it’s time to look at t...
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    IJN sale can work for Olean
    Editorial
    IJN sale can work for Olean
    Feb 09, 2014
    While the former Ivers J. Norton Elementary School will not be placed on the tax rolls after the approved sale to Epic Church — and some have lingerin...
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    City ignores responsibility
    Editorial
    City ignores responsibility
    Feb 07, 2014
    My mailbox was hit by a snowplow a couple weeks ago. I filed a claim with the city and their insurance carrier contacted me to let me know my claim wa...
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    Praying that Epic Church can make building purchase work
    Editorial
    Praying that Epic Church can make building purchase work
    Feb 07, 2014
    Congratulations to Epic Church on winning voter approval to purchase the former Ivers J. Norton Elementary School, an architectural treasure and belov...
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    Trap shooting has benefited kids for years
    Editorial
    Trap shooting has benefited kids for years
    Feb 06, 2014
    I can only speak to what I know to be true locally, but I would invite anyone to visit their local youth trap-shooting club and talk to kids that have...
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    Egalitarian utopias can’t be achieved
    Editorial
    Egalitarian utopias can’t be achieved
    Feb 06, 2014
    Our young leader tells us equality is the new political mandate of the day, although it has been the fascination of youth movements throughout history...
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    DEC closes trails in Zoar Valley over storm damage
    June 20, 2025
    New York state has closed the entire Memorial Trail off the Valentine Flats parking lot and the Valentine Flats Trail in the Zoar Valley Unique Area i...
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    Poached ‘King Louie’ can’t be a NY state record book whitetail
    Local News, News, Outdoors
    Poached ‘King Louie’ can’t be a NY state record book whitetail
    By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.co 
    June 20, 2025
    The antlers of a massive whitetail poached in Montgomery County in December was measured at 174 1/8 gross inches — and when measured under the standar...
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    West Valley chamber provides scholarships to WVCS grads
    Cattaraugus County, High School, Press Releases
    West Valley chamber provides scholarships to WVCS grads
    June 20, 2025
    WEST VALLEY — The West Valley Chamber of Commerce recently presented two awards at the West Valley Central School’s Academic Awards & Scholarship Banq...
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    Cornell Cooperative Extension offers tips for National Pollinator Week
    Local News, News
    Cornell Cooperative Extension offers tips for National Pollinator Week
    June 20, 2025
    BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension offers a series of tips help celebrate National Pollinators Week. National Pollinator Week is a time to recogn...
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    Pfeiffer Nature Center to host evening of bat education
    June 20, 2025
    PORTVILLE — The Pfeiffer Nature Center invites the community to explore the world of bats from 8:30 to 10 p.m. July 12 at 1974 Lillibridge Road. Jonat...
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    HomeCare & Hospice awarded Wilson Legacy Funds to support local caregivers
    Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
    HomeCare & Hospice awarded Wilson Legacy Funds to support local caregivers
    June 20, 2025
    ALLEGANY — HomeCare & Hospice has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds administered by the Community Foundation for...
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