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    Letter to the Editor: Bolivar Library requests support for budget vote
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor, Local Columnists
    Letter to the Editor: Bolivar Library requests support for budget vote
    May 16, 2025
    Residents of the Bolivar-Richburg Central School District will vote on the 2025-26 school budget. Along with the budget, there will be decisions to be...
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    Area school budget votes, board elections are Tuesday
    Local News, News
    Area school budget votes, board elections are Tuesday
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 16, 2025
    Editor's Note: Olean City School District's 2025-26 proposed budget, propositions for capital improvements and board candidates will be detailed tomor...
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    Lawmakers eye overhaul of New York’s prison system after beating deaths
    Local News, News, NY State News
    Lawmakers eye overhaul of New York’s prison system after beating deaths
    DAN CLARK Times Union, Albany 
    May 15, 2025
    ALBANY (TNS) — The homicide ofRobert L. Brooks, who died after being severely beaten by correction officers atMarcy Correctional Facilityin December, ...
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    Unpopular Democrats can still win midterms
    Commentary, Nation World
    Unpopular Democrats can still win midterms
    DAVID M. DRUCKER Bloomberg Opinion 
    May 15, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — TheDemocratsare leaderless; theDemocratshave an identity crisis; theDemocratshave lousy approval ratings. None of that precludes them...
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    Olean council OKs three-year OATS agreement with Allegany County
    Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, ...
    Olean council OKs three-year OATS agreement with Allegany County
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 14, 2025
    OLEAN — The Olean Common Council will continue supporting public transportation services in the city through at least 2027 through an annual contribut...
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    Readers’ Turn to Write: Olean SPO Ireland deserved better for doing his job
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Readers’ Turn to Write: Olean SPO Ireland deserved better for doing his job
    TERRY P. SCHNELL 
    May 14, 2025
    I have been following the saga of school patrol officer Kurt Ireland on Facebook and social media, attempting to separate fact from fiction. The truth...
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    Schumer vows to hold up Justice Department nominees for answers about luxury plane from Qatar
    Local News, News, NY State News
    Schumer vows to hold up Justice Department nominees for answers about luxury plane from Qatar
    MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press 
    May 13, 2025
    WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he will hold up all Justice Department nominations on the Senate floor until he ...
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    Albany’s belated — and bloated — budget
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Albany’s belated — and bloated — budget
    BILL HAMMOND 
    May 13, 2025
    ALBANY — The State Legislature approved the last of nine budget bills Thursday evening, 38 days after the start of the fiscal year. The state-funded p...
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    House GOP reveals Trump’s ‘big’ bill, but costs run high
    Local News, Nation, News, ...
    House GOP reveals Trump’s ‘big’ bill, but costs run high
    AP/Olean Times Herald staff 
    May 12, 2025
    House Republicans revealed the sweeping tax provisions for President Donald Trump's big bill Monday, tallying at least $4.9 trillion in costs so far, ...
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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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    NY’s $254B budget faces shaky future amid federal uncertainty
    Local News, News, NY State News
    NY’s $254B budget faces shaky future amid federal uncertainty
    DAN CLARK Times Union, Albany 
    May 12, 2025
    ALBANY (TNS) — Legislation incorporated into the latest state budget in 15 years has been signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul after more than a month of negot...
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    Olean Library to present $7.9M expansion project, bond vote
    Daily Headlines, Local News, News
    Olean Library to present $7.9M expansion project, bond vote
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 09, 2025
    OLEAN — For several years, Olean Public Library officials explored options for providing more space for visitors and public events, with the goal of m...
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    Sempolinski, Borrello critical of record $254.3B New York budget
    Local News, News
    Sempolinski, Borrello critical of record $254.3B New York budget
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 09, 2025
    Both houses of the state legislature passed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s sweeping $254.3 billion state budget package Thursday night following days of debate a...
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    Much work remains on trade
    Commentary, Nation World
    Much work remains on trade
    May 09, 2025
    The Trump administration took a step Thursday toward quelling economic uncertainty by unveiling a trade deal with theUnited Kingdom. TheWhite Housepro...
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    Petitions available for nomination to Olean Public Library Board of Trustees
    Local News, News
    Petitions available for nomination to Olean Public Library Board of Trustees
    May 08, 2025
    OLEAN — Nominating petitions for election to the Olean Public Library Board of Trustees are available at the Library. There is one five-year term to b...
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    Recession fears may be making GOP lawmakers uneasy
    Commentary, Nation World
    Recession fears may be making GOP lawmakers uneasy
    CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
    May 08, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — The impact of political landslides and the resulting mandates wear off, even when they are substantial. It will certainly happen wh...
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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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    Cop Camp law enforcement job fair Thursday at Olean’s Rec Center
    Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News
    Cop Camp law enforcement job fair Thursday at Olean’s Rec Center
    May 07, 2025
    OLEAN — The Olean Recreation Center will host the 23rd annual Cop Camp law enforcement job fair Thursday, as local students — and anyone interested in...
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    NY Democrats want to revoke tax benefits for ICE-contracted airlines
    Local News, News, NY State News
    NY Democrats want to revoke tax benefits for ICE-contracted airlines
    RAGA JUSTIN Times Union, Albany 
    May 06, 2025
    ALBANY (TNS) — Some New York Democrats want to hamstring the ability of commercial airlines to work with Immigrations and Custom Enforcement as the ad...
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    Readers’ Turn to Write: What are we fighting for?
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    Readers’ Turn to Write: What are we fighting for?
    PEGGY CRADDUCK 
    May 06, 2025
    “And it’s one, two, three, what are we fightin’ for?..." Country Joe and the Fish sang those words from a protest song to half a million rain-soaked p...
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    2 New York State Police troopers stabbed as they made arrest in Bolivar
    Local News, News
    2 New York State Police troopers stabbed as they made arrest in Bolivar
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    May 17, 2025
    One New York State Police trooper was stabbed just above the eye while a second trooper was stabbed in the head as they arrested a woman who was in a ...
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    Spring gobblers: Crazily unpredictable
    Outdoors, Sports
    Spring gobblers: Crazily unpredictable
    WADE ROBERTSON 
    May 17, 2025
    You must have to have a screw or two loose to hunt spring gobblers. You never know what can and will go wrong or when, to your complete disbelief, eve...
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    Olean ballet instructor hanging up pointe shoes after five decades
    Daily Headlines, Local News
    Olean ballet instructor hanging up pointe shoes after five decades
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 17, 2025
    OLEAN — Artists spend years training, performing and teaching in hopes of passing that passion along to the next generation, whether through music, cr...
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    Much at stake Tuesday in Olean City School District vote
    Local News, News
    Much at stake Tuesday in Olean City School District vote
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 17, 2025
    OLEAN — One of the more consequential budget/capital project votes and board elections in many years in the Olean City School District is coming up on...
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    State & Union: Walkable Olean III work continues next week
    Local News, News
    State & Union: Walkable Olean III work continues next week
    May 17, 2025
    Construction will continue next week on Walkable Olean Phase III along East State Street from Front Street to North Union Street. According to city of...
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    Soto, Mets offense quiet in the Bronx in 6-2 Subway Series loss to Yankees
    Local Sports, Sports
    Soto, Mets offense quiet in the Bronx in 6-2 Subway Series loss to Yankees
    Abbey Mastracco New York Daily News (TNS) 
    May 16, 2025
    NEW YORK — In the battle between the best pitching staff in baseball and the best offense, the big bats in the Bronx prevailed. The Yankees ruled base...
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