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    America turns 250 this decade; everyone’s invited
    Local News, News
    America turns 250 this decade; everyone’s invited
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 04, 2023
    Oh, America; it seems like she was just a toddler and now she’s about to turn 250. To commemorate the moment, the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission h...
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    Republicans finally weaponized Kamala Harris
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Republicans finally weaponized Kamala Harris
    JACKIE CALMES 
    Jul 30, 2023
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Republicans are doing their damnedest to make Vice President Kamala Harris a liability for President Joe Biden’s reelection, not wi...
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    Marvin ‘Joe’ Curry Veterans Powwow in Salamanca this weekend
    Local News, News
    Marvin ‘Joe’ Curry Veterans Powwow in Salamanca this weekend
    DEB EVERTS Special to the Times Herald 
    Jul 14, 2023
    SALAMANCA — When the gates of Veterans Memorial Park open for the annual Marvin “Joe” Curry Veterans Powwow this weekend, thousands of visitors will e...
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    DEI will never die
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    DEI will never die
    NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
    Jul 10, 2023
    Thursday, June 29, 2023, was a very good day for the Supreme Court and the U.S. Constitution. On that day the high court struck down “affirmative acti...
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    Being fair to each other helps us all
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
    Being fair to each other helps us all
    JAY AMBROSE 
    Jul 09, 2023
    The Supreme Court just acted to get rid of decades-long practices at colleges and universities that have been an illegal, unconstitutional, unprincipl...
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    The myth of Native American innocence
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    The myth of Native American innocence
    RICH LOWRY 
    Jul 07, 2023
    Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream wants the United States to return the Blacks Hills to the Lakota. Which raises the question: Once this transfer takes place, w...
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    Affirmative action critics get win, but diversity matters
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    Affirmative action critics get win, but diversity matters
    HARVEY YOUNG Chicago Tribune 
    Jul 03, 2023
    BOSTON (TNS) — The campaign against affirmative action has reduced the complicated process of college admissions to a simple and highly inaccurate sou...
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    Justice Jackson’s abysmal affirmative action dissent
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    Justice Jackson’s abysmal affirmative action dissent
    RICH LOWRY 
    Jun 30, 2023
    Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent in the Supreme Court’s affirmative action case achieved instant legendary status in certain quarters. Vice Pre...
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    Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions; Biden ‘strongly’ disagrees
    Nation, News
    Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions; Biden ‘strongly’ disagrees
    MARK SHERMAN Associated Press 
    Jun 29, 2023
    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institu...
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    Senecas to return to Caneadea for a day of learning and exchange
    Allegany County News, Daily Headlines, News, ...
    Senecas to return to Caneadea for a day of learning and exchange
    KATHRYN ROSS Olean Times Herald 
    Jun 26, 2023
    HOUGHTON — It has been 197 years since Native Americans have walked these hilltops and fished from the riverbank of this section of the Genesee River ...
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    When a ‘travel advisory’ is partisan politics
    Commentary
    When a ‘travel advisory’ is partisan politics
    BYRON YORK 
    Jun 22, 2023
    Recently, the NAACP issued what it calls a “formal travel advisory” to warn black Americans against visiting Florida. “Florida is openly hostile towar...
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    Barack Obama v. Tim Scott
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    Barack Obama v. Tim Scott
    RICH LOWRY 
    Jun 21, 2023
    Barack Obama doesn’t want America validated, at least not by the wrong people. In taking a shot at Republicans Tim Scott and Nikki Haley, Obama told h...
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    Senecas respond to ‘no deal’ on proposed casino compact vote
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    Senecas respond to ‘no deal’ on proposed casino compact vote
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    Jun 19, 2023
    ALBANY — Seneca Nation officials are not pleased with the attitude of some state leaders who want to hold off a New York State Assembly vote on the ne...
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    Don’t erase the Anglo-Saxons
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    Don’t erase the Anglo-Saxons
    RICH LOWRY 
    Jun 09, 2023
    It’s official. The Anglo-Saxons are getting canceled. The move comes more than 1,000 years too late for the previously ascendant Romano-British who co...
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    Chief Rolling Thunder called town of Coldspring home late in life
    Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, ...
    Chief Rolling Thunder called town of Coldspring home late in life
    DEB EVERTS Special to Olean Times Herald 
    Jun 03, 2023
    COLDSPRING — As town of Coldspring residents prepare for their 200th birthday celebration, it’s a good time to take a look back at a celebrity who onc...
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    Area Memorial Day observances draw hundreds
    Daily Headlines, Local News, News
    Area Memorial Day observances draw hundreds
    BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
    May 29, 2023
    OLEAN — In a scene that played out thousands of times nationwide Monday, local veterans groups, musical performers and dignitaries gathered in area co...
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    From Civil War to mattress sales, Memorial Day full of contradiction
    News
    From Civil War to mattress sales, Memorial Day full of contradiction
    BEN FINLEY Associated Press 
    May 28, 2023
    NORFOLK — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer an...
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    When a ‘travel advisory’ is partisan politics
    Commentary, Nation World
    When a ‘travel advisory’ is partisan politics
    BYRON YORK 
    May 24, 2023
    Recently, the NAACP issued what it calls a “formal travel advisory” to warn black Americans against visiting Florida. “Florida is openly hostile towar...
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    Why it matters that Johnny doesn’t know history
    Daily Headlines, Nation World, Opinion
    Why it matters that Johnny doesn’t know history
    NICHOLAS GOLDBERG 
    May 16, 2023
    LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Most Americans don’t know which countries the United States fought against in World War II or when the U.S. Constitution was ratif...
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    State & Union: Turning back the clock on Olean
    News
    State & Union: Turning back the clock on Olean
    May 01, 2023
    From a new coach for St. Bonaventure College football to a big expansion for an area manufacturer, from a crackdown on landfills to upheaval over a po...
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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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