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Salamanca council to consider city work on Pennsy Trail
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
May 10, 2018
SALAMANCA — Construction on rehabilitating the old Pennsy Trail to make Salamanca more pedestrian friendly is expected to begin this summer, but what ...
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State & Union: Gasoline prices going up
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Apr 26, 2018
Average retail gasoline prices in New York have risen 6.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.86 per gallon at the start of this week, acc...
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McMaster’s parting shot
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Los Angeles Times 
Apr 10, 2018
(TNS) Last Tuesday, H.R. McMaster — the still-uniformed Army lieutenant general who won medals for valor in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf — p...
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Cuomo issues open letter to Trump on guns
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
Mar 07, 2018
Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an open letter Wednesday to President Trump on what he calls the nation’s gun crisis. It follows here: The old adage is right...
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School breakfast expansion can help fill local hunger gap
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
SUZANNE KRULL and JOEL BERG, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Mar 07, 2018
Western New York is so physically enchanting, it’s easy to forget we have a serious hunger and poverty problem. At least 6,000 people in Allegany Coun...
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Letter: Time for action
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Feb 22, 2018
No more flags lowered to half mast. We’ve seen it all too many times before. No more, “We are so sorry for your loss.” We’ve heard that way too many t...
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Eckstrom: Upstate CEOs not confident in prospects
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Jan 31, 2018
Some figures jumped out in a news story about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development chief touting the success of the Regional Economic Development ...
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Letter: A remarkable Veterans Day
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Nov 29, 2017
This was a remarkable Veterans Day this year. In the past 25 years, our military has been restored to its rightful place a revered institution after a...
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Trump’s FCC can lend helping hand to rural America
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to The Olean TImes Herald 
Nov 04, 2017
When Donald Trump won a surprise victory in the 2016 presidential election, he did so largely because rural counties voted overwhelmingly in favor of ...
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RTS: Americans duped by war culture
Commentary, Readers Turn To Write
KEN LAW, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Nov 01, 2017
In response to Chuck Pollock’s recent column in the Times Herald, the major problem with the Colin Kaepernick national anthem controversy is the fact ...
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Flight 93 heroism gives hope for future
Commentary, Local Columnists
KATE DAY SAGER Olean Times Herald 
Oct 24, 2017
As I held little Leo in my arms last week, thoughts of what the world will be like in his lifetime, in view of our turbulent days, filled my mind. Tho...
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