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Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break

By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

August 18, 2026

OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...

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Russian forces seize key Ukrainian port, pressure others

JIM HEINTZ, YURAS KARMANAU, MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press

Mar 03, 2022

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces battled for control of a vital energy-producing city in Ukraine's south on Thursday and also gained ground in their bid...

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Ukrainian forces fight to hold on to Kyiv amid Russian onslaught

NABIH BULOS, HENRY CHU and JAWEED KALEEM Los Angeles Times

Feb 26, 2022

KYIV, Ukraine (TNS) — Under incongruously bright skies, Ukrainian forces fought fiercely Saturday to protect and maintain control of their country’s c...

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From the Right: Good riddance to the Syrian civil war

NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to The Olean TImes Herald

Jan 03, 2019

The media and the political establishment’s excoriation of President Donald Trump for his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from the battlefield of eas...

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State & Union: 50 years ago, 2 Cattaraugus Co. men killed on same day in Vietnam

Feb 15, 2018

In the early morning hours of Jan. 31, 1968, the Tet Offensive was launched by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese army, shattering the presu...

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Young hero was first soldier from Allegany to die in Korea

KATE DAY SAGER Olean Times Herald

May 29, 2017

Clifford C. Finn Jr., a 1948, graduate of Allegany High School, was described as a young man with a quiet and unassuming manner. During his high schoo...