logo
Weather page
GET THE APP
ePaper
google_play
app_store
  • Login
  • E-Edition
  • Sports
  • Obituaries
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Classifieds
    • Place an Ad
    • All Listings
    • Jobs
  • SPECIAL SECTIONS
  • GALLERY
  • CONTESTS
  • LIFESTYLE/ENTERTAINMENT
  • GAMES
  • Allegany County Source
    • News
      • local
      • state
      • nation/world
    • Sports
      • local
      • college
      • State
      • national
    • Obituaries
    • Opinion
      • News
        • local
        • state
        • nation/world
      • Sports
        • local
        • college
        • State
        • national
      • Obituaries
      • Opinion
    logo
    • Classifieds
      • Place an Ad
      • All Listings
      • Jobs
    • E-Edition
    • Subscribe
    • Login
      • Classifieds
        • Place an Ad
        • All Listings
        • Jobs
      • E-Edition
      • Subscribe
      • Login
    Home government finances

    government finances

    Social Security Matters: Can wife and I get spouse benefits from each other?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Can wife and I get spouse benefits from each other?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Mar 28, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: My wife and I are collecting Social Security. We both started receiving SS at 62 years old. That said, we get by on a tight budget. A reti...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    Inflation, wages drive up village of Wellsville budget
    Allegany County News, Local News, News
    Inflation, wages drive up village of Wellsville budget
    KATHRYN ROSS news@oleantimesherald.com 
    Mar 27, 2025
    WELLSVILLE — Inflation and wage increases drive incremental increases in the village of Wellsville's 2025-26 tentative budget, treasurer Melissa Mulle...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    Smethport Senior Center announces upcoming events
    Local News
    Smethport Senior Center announces upcoming events
    Mar 24, 2025
    SMETHPORT, Pa. — The Spethport Senior Center has announced a couple of upcoming events to assist area seniors. Bob Mecca and Mitchell from LIFT will b...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    It’s time to pay attention in New York
    Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
    It’s time to pay attention in New York
    SEN. TOM O'MARA 
    Mar 23, 2025
    The warning signs on New York’s dashboard keep flashing “Pay Attention.” Pay attention to the financial industry, an industry on which the state’s fis...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    Social Security Matters: Will Medicare premium change after selling investment property?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Will Medicare premium change after selling investment property?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Mar 21, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I have questions concerning the deduction of money from my Social Security benefit amount as it relates to the sale of investment property...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    Sorting fact from fiction on the future of Medicaid
    New York, Opinion
    Sorting fact from fiction on the future of Medicaid
    BILL HAMMOND 
    Mar 21, 2025
    ALBANY — As Washington contemplates cutbacks to federal funding for Medicaid, officials in Albany have reacted in two self-contradictory ways. On one ...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    Olean council continues budget prep talks with police, fire
    Local News, News
    Olean council continues budget prep talks with police, fire
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    Mar 21, 2025
    OLEAN — With the deadline about a month away, city officials reviewed 2025–26 budget requests from the assessor’s office and police and fire departmen...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    Wellsville Business Park owner seeks PILOT on property
    Allegany County News, Business, Local News, ...
    Wellsville Business Park owner seeks PILOT on property
    KATHRYN ROSS news@oleantimesherald.com 
    Mar 20, 2025
    WELLSVILLE — The Wellsville Business Park LLC in the former Dresser-Rand facility on Coats Street is seeking a PILOT for its proposed $1 million infra...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    State program will save Wellsville $2.6M on sewage plant payments
    Allegany County News, Local News, News, ...
    State program will save Wellsville $2.6M on sewage plant payments
    KATHRYN ROSS news@oleantimesherald.com 
    Mar 18, 2025
    WELLSVILLE — A state program will save the village of Wellsville more than $2.6 million for the new sewage treatment plant. Gov. Kathy Hochul announce...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    Average American receiving thousands of dollars in tax refunds
    Business, Local News, News, ...
    Average American receiving thousands of dollars in tax refunds
    Mar 16, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) Tens of millions of Americans have already received tax refunds from the federal government, with the average return totaling more than...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    NY governor pushes for 75-day waiting period to help people buy homes
    Business, News, NY State News
    NY governor pushes for 75-day waiting period to help people buy homes
    GEOFF HERBERT syracuse.com 
    Mar 14, 2025
    SYRACUSE (TNS) — Gov.Kathy Hochulis pushing a new idea to make homes more affordable inNew York state. Hochul visitedRochesterrecently to highlight he...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    Social Security Matters: Can paying Medicare premium be avoided?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Can paying Medicare premium be avoided?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Mar 14, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: Is there any way I can get out of paying the $185/month I am told will be taken out of my Social Security for Medicare Part B when I turn ...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    3 NY Social Security offices listed for closing — not Olean’s
    Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
    3 NY Social Security offices listed for closing — not Olean’s
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    Mar 12, 2025
    Elon Musk’sDepartment of Government Efficiency(DOGE) is set to shut down 47 Social Security Administrationfield offices nationwide — and three in New ...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    Social Security Matters: Was starting wife’s benefits a mistake?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Was starting wife’s benefits a mistake?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Mar 07, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I hope we haven't made a mistake! My wife just applied for her Social Security benefit. She was born in May 1962, and the estimated amount...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    Actually, tax cuts will mean a huge deficit
    Commentary, Nation World
    Actually, tax cuts will mean a huge deficit
    DAVID MASTIO The Kansas City Star 
    Mar 07, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — In Donald Trump’s speech, personalities loomed large. Whether it was George Washington’s second best presidency or Elon Musk’s bril...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    About those Medicaid ‘cuts’
    Commentary, Nation World
    About those Medicaid ‘cuts’
    Mar 04, 2025
    Democrats believe they’ve found a potent issue in GOP Medicaid reform. They are hammering at Republican lawmakers, accusing them of not aggressively o...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    NY comptroller warns local governments of ‘fiscal cliff’
    Daily Headlines, Local News, News, ...
    NY comptroller warns local governments of ‘fiscal cliff’
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    Mar 02, 2025
    The changing fiscal landscape could hinder local governments’ budgets, New York State ComptrollerThomas P. DiNapoli warns in his recent report. The co...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    Social Security Matters: Should I wait until age 70?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Should I wait until age 70?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Feb 28, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: I am a married woman, at my full retirement age, and the primary earner in my marriage. How do I know if I should take my Social Security ...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    Salamanca council adopts city budget for 2025-26 fiscal year
    Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
    Salamanca council adopts city budget for 2025-26 fiscal year
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    Feb 27, 2025
    SALAMANCA — Making one substantial and one other minor change from its tentative approval Feb. 12, the Common Council unanimously adopted the city bud...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    Cutting red tape can supercharge growth — and tame inflation
    Commentary, Nation World
    Cutting red tape can supercharge growth — and tame inflation
    WILLIAM BEACH and PARKER SHEPPARD 
    Feb 27, 2025
    The Trump administration is doubling down on deregulation. Quite literally, in fact: Where the previous Trump administration removed five regulations ...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    Newer Posts
    Older Posts
    Local & Social
    Latest news for you
    Photo Gallery: ‘No Kings’ demonstration in Olean
    Gallery, News
    Photo Gallery: ‘No Kings’ demonstration in Olean
    By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    400 turn out in Olean for ‘No Kings’ demonstration against Trump
    Local News, News
    400 turn out in Olean for ‘No Kings’ demonstration against Trump
    By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    June 14, 2025
    OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
    Read More...
    {"website":"Website"}
    Cathy Briggs
    Obituaries
    Cathy Briggs
    June 14, 2025
    Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
    Read More...
    {"to-print":"To Print", "website":"Website"}
    William S. Clemens
    Obituaries
    William S. Clemens
    June 14, 2025
    William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
    Read More...
    {"to-print":"To Print", "website":"Website"}
    John R. Cornwall
    Obituaries
    John R. Cornwall
    June 14, 2025
    John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
    Read More...
    {"to-print":"To Print", "website":"Website"}
    Dennis L. Holliday
    Obituaries
    Dennis L. Holliday
    June 14, 2025
    Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
    Read More...
    {"to-print":"To Print", "website":"Website"}
    Allegany County Source
    ePaper
    google_play
    app_store
    Cattaraugus County Source
    ePaper
    google_play
    app_store
    This Week's Ads
    Current e-Edition
    ePaper
    google_play
    app_store
    Already a subscriber? Click the image to view the latest e-edition.
    Don't have a subscription? Click here to see our subscription options.
    Mobile App

    Download Now

    The Salamanca Press mobile app brings you the latest local breaking news, updates, and more. Read the Salamanca Press on your mobile device just as it appears in print.

    ePaper
    google_play
    app_store
    Trending Recipes

    Help Our Community

    Please help local businesses by taking an online survey to help us navigate through these unprecedented times. None of the responses will be shared or used for any other purpose except to better serve our community. The survey is at: www.pulsepoll.com $1,000 is being awarded. Everyone completing the survey will be able to enter a contest to Win as our way of saying, "Thank You" for your time. Thank You!

    Get in touch with Olean Times Herald

    Submit Content
    Send a Letter to the Editor Place Wedding Announcement Place Engagement Announcement
    Advertise
    Place Birth Announcement Place Anniversary Announcement Place Obituary
    Subscribe
    Start a Subscription e-Edition Contact Us
    Illinois Hancock Journal-Pilot Iroquois Times-Republic Journal-Republican The News-Gazette
    Indiana Fountain Co. Neighbor Herald Journal KV Post News Newton Co. Enterprise Rensselaer Republican Review-Republican
    Iowa Atlantic News Telegraph Audubon Advocate-Journal Barr's Post Card News Burlington Hawk Eye Collector's Journal Fayette County Union Ft. Madison Daily Democrat Independence Bulletin-Journal Keokuk Daily Gate City Oelwein Daily Register Vinton Newspapers Waverly Newspapers
    Michigan Iosco County News-Herald Ludington Daily News Oceana's Herald-Journal Oscoda Press White Lake Beacon New York Finger Lakes Times Olean Times Herald Salamanca Press
    Pennsylvania Bradford Era Clearfield Progress Courier Express Free Press Courier Jeffersonian Democrat Leader Vindicator Potter Leader-Enterprise The Wellsboro Gazette
    © Copyright Olean Times Herald 639 Norton Drive, Olean, NY 14760  | Terms of Use  | Privacy Policy
    Powered by TECNAVIA