Salamanca man charged with murder in city
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September 27, 2025
SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...

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Future of Otto Twp.’s Old Home Days in question
Lifestyle, Local News, News
JOELLEN WANKEL Special to Olean Times Herald 
Oct 14, 2020
A special announcement posted to the social media page of the Otto Township Old Home Days committee, by member Mat Coast, notes that a meeting will be...
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COVID-19 put White House incompetence on display
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Oct 13, 2020
Every political campaign hopes for an October surprise to shift the November election their way. President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis and hospi...
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Letter: The unborn endangered in NY
Leters to the Editor
Oct 09, 2020
The chickens have come home to roost. Remember the New York legislators who stood up and cheered when a bill was passed in Albany to allow for abortio...
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Remember the riots? They’re still happening
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
BYRON YORK 
Oct 08, 2020
It wasn’t too long ago that the news was filled with reports of violent protests in Portland, Oregon; Seattle; Washington, D.C., and other cities arou...
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Turning back the political clock
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Oct 06, 2020
GREENSBURG, Pa. — Westmoreland County, a collection of rolling green hills and aging industrial towns east of Pittsburgh, is difficult terrain for Dem...
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A failed experiment in Minneapolis
Commentary, Local Columnists
Oct 05, 2020
Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender was one of the leading proponents of dismantling the city’s police force. In early June, she told CNN t...
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Allegany County comprehensive plan update nets award
Allegany County News, Local News, News
BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Sep 30, 2020
BELMONT — Another accolade has been received by Allegany County for its comprehensive plan efforts. The New York Planning Federation Comprehensive Pla...
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Simplify the college grant process
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Sep 28, 2020
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., has long argued for a simpler version of what he calls the “dreaded” Free Application for Federal Student Aid form. The...
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Mitrano stumps for congressional seat in Franchot Park
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
CINDY WAGNER Olean Times Herald 
Sep 27, 2020
OLEAN — Tracy Mitrano, in her second turn running for Congress in the 23rd District against incumbent Rep. Tom Reed, didn’t spare words in Franchot Pa...
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