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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...

Allegany County News, News

100 years of service: Wellsville Rotary Club marks first century

KATHRYN ROSS Olean Times Herald

Jun 25, 2021

WELLSVILLE — The Wellsville Rotary is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding in May 1921. Nationwide, the Rotary started with the vision of...

Cattaraugus County News

I-86 bridge to be named after Randolph vet who died in Vietnam

Olean Times Herald staff

Jun 04, 2021

RANDOLPH — To honor and recognize his service in peacetime and war, the Interstate 86 bridge crossing West Main Street in the town of Randolph will be...

Leters to the Editor

Freedom is not free

Jul 03, 2020

Our freedom is not free, it comes with a responsibility to preserve and protect it. Just ask the patriots who died to guarantee the freedom we now enj...

Commentary, Local Columnists

Confessions of a Hallmark movie watcher

Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

Dec 17, 2018

When I watch TV it’s most often a football game, classic movie or “Law & Order” reruns — preferably older “Law & Order,” with characters like Logan, B...

MLK’s words still inspire

DEB WUETHRICH Special to the Olean Times Herald

Jan 15, 2017

Although more than 50 years have passed since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, his words and ideals still resonate wi...

Commentary, Nation World

Does America have a religion?

Anthony T. Kronman

Dec 23, 2016

(TNS) Does America have a religion? It seems a strange question to ask. Some Americans have one religion, others another; many have none at all. If th...