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    Olean Public Library seeks 29% tax hike to cover rising costs
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    Olean Public Library seeks 29% tax hike to cover rising costs
    BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 30, 2025
    OLEAN — Olean Public Library officials are seeking voter approval for the largest tax increase in decades. The library announced this week a $2.06 mil...
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    The ‘big, beautiful bill’ could backfire
    Articles, Commentary, Local Columnists
    The ‘big, beautiful bill’ could backfire
    NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
    May 28, 2025
    The process of crafting and passing legislation has often been compared to sausage-making, insofar as most people enjoy eating sausage, but virtually ...
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    Olean council OKs lower tax bills to be mailed
    Articles, Local News, News
    Olean council OKs lower tax bills to be mailed
    BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 28, 2025
    OLEAN — New, lower tax bills will be coming to city taxpayers — and they will have some extra time to pay without penalty. The Common Council unanimou...
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    Trump should learn from Nixon’s mistake meddling with the Fed
    Articles, Commentary, Nation World
    Trump should learn from Nixon’s mistake meddling with the Fed
    CLARK G. ROSS The Charlotte Observer 
    May 26, 2025
    DAVIDSON, N.C. (TNS) — The first few months of Donald Trump’s nonconsecutive second term as president have been marked by controversial economic initi...
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    Social Security Matters: How do I apply for benefits?
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    Social Security Matters: How do I apply for benefits?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    May 23, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I just turned 65 years old in February. I need to sign up for Social Security but don’t even know where to start. — Seeking Assistance DEA...
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    America’s debt problem is also a retirement problem
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    America’s debt problem is also a retirement problem
    ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
    May 22, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — The wise minds at Moody’s Investors Service finally acknowledged last week what the other two main credit rating agencies did years a...
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    Chautauqua Institution names interim chief executive
    Local News, News
    Chautauqua Institution names interim chief executive
    May 19, 2025
    CHAUTAUQUA — The Chautauqua Institution Board of Trustees announced that Kyle Keogh has been appointed interim chief executive of the institution. The...
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    Even Democrats might like MAGA accounts
    Commentary, Nation World
    Even Democrats might like MAGA accounts
    ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
    May 19, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — One of the more remarkable aspects of the MAGA ideology is how often it fulfills the left-wing policy wish list. The latest example i...
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    Taxpayers haven’t reached finish line under new state budget
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Taxpayers haven’t reached finish line under new state budget
    SEN. TOM O'MARA 
    May 12, 2025
    Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature’s Democrat majorities may be touting that they’ve finally finished work on a new state budget. Make no mistake, ...
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    Siemens local legacy continues with revolving loan fund
    Business, Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, ...
    Siemens local legacy continues with revolving loan fund
    JOHN BARTIMOLE Special to Olean Times Herald 
    May 10, 2025
    OLEAN — Now what happens? That was the daunting question facing the community, particularly its governmental, educational and business leaders — when ...
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    Every move NY government makes comes with a cost
    Commentary, Nation World
    Every move NY government makes comes with a cost
    SEN. TOM O'MARA 
    May 08, 2025
    New York state finally has a budget. Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Democrat-led State Legislature were running state government on a series of emergency e...
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    Olean Local Development Corp. accepting applications Exterior Housing Rehabilitation Program
    Local News, News
    Olean Local Development Corp. accepting applications Exterior Housing Rehabilitation Program
    Apr 29, 2025
    OLEAN — The Olean Local Development Corporation announces a third round of the Exterior Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program. The EHRLP will provide fi...
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    DOGE isn’t enough to tame big government
    Commentary, Nation World
    DOGE isn’t enough to tame big government
    Apr 24, 2025
    Elon Musk is reportedly planning to spend less time tending to the budget-cutting DOGE project and more time on his businesses, according to Politico,...
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    End of the world as we know it, but was it all good?
    Commentary, Nation World
    End of the world as we know it, but was it all good?
    BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Apr 21, 2025
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Earlier this month, sharp declines in the stock market wiped out $5 trillion in value. Which raises the question: If $5 trillion ca...
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    Social Security Matters: Trust fund could deplete sooner than expected
    Business, News
    Social Security Matters: Trust fund could deplete sooner than expected
    DENNIS W. JANSEN The Conversation 
    Apr 18, 2025
    Roughly 67 million Americans, most of whom are 65 or older, received Social Security benefits in 2023. An estimated 183 million workers paid the Socia...
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    Financial crisis of ’25? Better to be ready
    Commentary, Nation World, New York
    Financial crisis of ’25? Better to be ready
    Apr 18, 2025
    If there’s one thing investors have learned in recent days, it’s that there’s no way to guess what America will do next. With its on-again, off-again ...
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    Extending Trump tax cuts critical for Main Street
    Opinion, opinion/columns
    Extending Trump tax cuts critical for Main Street
    PRESTON BRASHERS 
    Apr 17, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Congress has a decision to make. Hang American small business owners out to dry, or lock in a tax system that allows America’s entr...
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    A doomsday clock is ticking
    Opinion, opinion/columns
    A doomsday clock is ticking
    Apr 17, 2025
    If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...
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    A Social Security doomsday clock is ticking
    Commentary, Nation World
    A Social Security doomsday clock is ticking
    Apr 17, 2025
    If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...
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    Extending Trump tax cuts critical for Main Street
    Commentary, Nation World
    Extending Trump tax cuts critical for Main Street
    PRESTON BRASHERS 
    Apr 17, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Congress has a decision to make. Hang American small business owners out to dry, or lock in a tax system that allows America’s entr...
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    Skatepark in Allegany River Park
    Local News, News
    Skatepark in Allegany River Park
    June 13, 2025
    Zach Chisewick (left) and Josh Munday, both of Bradford, Pa., use the skatepark ramps at Allegany River Park as some of the best weather of the otherw...
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    Village of Cattaraugus seeks input for Downtown Revitalization Initiative
    Local News, News
    Village of Cattaraugus seeks input for Downtown Revitalization Initiative
    By Olean Times Herald staff 
    June 13, 2025
    CATTARAUGUS — The first public workshop on the village of Cattaraugus Downtown Revitalization Initiative is set for 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday in the...
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    Allegany County rider earns equestrian national titles in Tenn.
    Local News, News
    Allegany County rider earns equestrian national titles in Tenn.
    June 13, 2025
    Jesse Heffley, senior at Alfred-Almond Central School, won national titles June 7 at the Youth Equestrian Development Association (YEDA) National Cham...
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    Pfeiffer Nature Center plans membership event
    Local News, News
    Pfeiffer Nature Center plans membership event
    June 13, 2025
    PORTVILLE — Pfeiffer Nature Center will host a membership drive event 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Pavilion, 1974 Lillibridge Road. There will be a gar...
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    Sempolinski sponsors Summer Reading Challenge
    Local News, News
    Sempolinski sponsors Summer Reading Challenge
    June 13, 2025
    ALBANY — Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski has launched a Summer Reading Challenge for school children in kindergarten through seventh gradE. “I wanted to d...
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    Olean youth fishing derby set for June 28
    Local News
    Olean youth fishing derby set for June 28
    Bob Clark 
    June 13, 2025
    OLEAN -- The city of Olean youth fishing derby is returning again this year, set for the morning of June 28. Kris Shewairy, coordinator of the City of...
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