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    Canadian wildfire smoke not current cause for concern in So. Tier
    Articles, Local News, News
    Canadian wildfire smoke not current cause for concern in So. Tier
    Brian McClellan bjm2herzen@yahoo.com 
    Jun 03, 2025
    With more than 200 wildfires raging across areas of Canada, some regions of the United States may experience dangerous air quality conditions due to t...
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    NY needs to get smart about road salt
    Articles, Commentary, New York
    NY needs to get smart about road salt
    KEVIN SCHLAD syracuse.com 
    Jun 03, 2025
    ALBANY (TNS) — What is more important: safe roads or clean water? In Upstate New York we can expect snow and, with it, the profuse application of road...
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    State & Union: Full-circle journey for Canticle Farm’s new distribution/business manager
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    State & Union: Full-circle journey for Canticle Farm’s new distribution/business manager
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    May 29, 2025
    Sydney Zuckerman’s journey to her new position as distribution and business manager at Canticle Farm in Allegany is one of completing a full circle. G...
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    NYC lawmakers’ bill would limit number of cows on dairy farms
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    NYC lawmakers’ bill would limit number of cows on dairy farms
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 29, 2025
    Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski joined in the alarm sounded over a bill introduced by two New York City lawmakers who want to limit the number of cows on ...
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    State & Union: Full-circle journey for Canticle Farm’s new distribution/business manager
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    State & Union: Full-circle journey for Canticle Farm’s new distribution/business manager
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    May 29, 2025
    Sydney Zuckerman’s journey to her new position as distribution and business manager at Canticle Farm in Allegany is one of completing a full circle. G...
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    WVDP employees celebrate Earth Day through photos of nature’s beauty
    Articles, Cattaraugus County, News
    WVDP employees celebrate Earth Day through photos of nature’s beauty
    Kellen Quigley kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 27, 2025
    WEST VALLEY — The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management and CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV), its cleanup contractor at the West V...
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    Habitat loss, climate change make it tough to be an amphibian — but there’s help
    Articles, News, NY State News
    Habitat loss, climate change make it tough to be an amphibian — but there’s help
    MARYEL PRYCE and OLIVER BUTLER 
    May 22, 2025
    (Editor’s Note: This story is a collaboration between Rochester Institute of Technology and The Associated Press.) HONEOYE (AP) — On a rainy March eve...
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    What happened to those trees at Phillips Creek State Forest?
    Local News, News
    What happened to those trees at Phillips Creek State Forest?
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    May 19, 2025
    WEST ALMOND — Recent logging that removed tall red pine trees near the trailhead parking area for Phillips Creek State Forest is part of the Sustainab...
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    EPA hears concerns about second injection well in McKean County
    Local News, News
    EPA hears concerns about second injection well in McKean County
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    May 14, 2025
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking public comments regarding a second proposed wastewater disposal injection well in McKean County. In...
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    Less NY farmland going for organic crops over costs, other issues
    Local News, News, NY State News
    Less NY farmland going for organic crops over costs, other issues
    CAITLYN DAPROZA and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press 
    May 07, 2025
    SKANEATELES — Farmer Jeremy Brown taps the nose of a young calf. "I love the ones with the pink noses," he says. This pink-nosed animal is just one of...
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    Hinsdale Central repeats as Cattaraugus County Envirothon champions
    Local News, News
    Hinsdale Central repeats as Cattaraugus County Envirothon champions
    Olean Times Herald staff 
    May 06, 2025
    Hinsdale Central School repeated as Cattaraugus County Envirothon Competition champions at the event’s 32nd edition held at Camp Allegany in the Red H...
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    Business Council leads case challenging NY’s new wetland regulations
    Local News, News, NY State News
    Business Council leads case challenging NY’s new wetland regulations
    BRENDAN J. LYONS Times Union, Albany 
    May 04, 2025
    ALBANY (TNS) —The Business Council of New York Stateand a consortium of building industry stakeholders has filed a lawsuit challenging new freshwater ...
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    The links we can all share with nature
    Local News, News
    The links we can all share with nature
    JEFFREY REED 
    May 03, 2025
    When we watch birds, we’re seeing them at a point in time. Whether they’re at our feeder or they’re on the ground or they’re making their way through ...
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    Community works together to clean up Salamanca
    Cattaraugus County, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
    Community works together to clean up Salamanca
    DEB EVERTS news@oleantimesherald.com 
    May 01, 2025
    SALAMANCA — In observance of Earth Day, which officially took place earlier in the week, Salamanca area residents of all ages set out Saturday morning...
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    Geoengineering’s risks need more study
    Commentary, Nation World
    Geoengineering’s risks need more study
    F.D. FLAM Bloomberg Opinion 
    Apr 29, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — More than a dozen private companies around the world are looking to profit from extreme measures to combat global warming — filling t...
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    Vineyards in NY wine country push sustainability as they adapt to climate change
    Local News, News, NY State News
    Vineyards in NY wine country push sustainability as they adapt to climate change
    NATASHA KAISER and MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press 
    Apr 23, 2025
    EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is a collaboration between Rochester Institute of Technology and The Associated Press. PENN YAN (AP) — A decade ago, Scott O...
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    Olean Library hosts climate change documentary, discussion
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    Olean Library hosts climate change documentary, discussion
    Brian McClellan bjm2herzen@yahoo.com 
    Apr 22, 2025
    OLEAN — Two dozen people gathered in the Olean Public Library community room to mark the day before Earth Day with a screening of the documentary “Cho...
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    State & Union: Plant trees to celebrate Arbor Day
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    State & Union: Plant trees to celebrate Arbor Day
    Apr 18, 2025
    The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is calling on community groups, municipalities, schools and individuals to celebrate Arbor...
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    Roach-Bauer forum highlights 20 years of KQDC
    Local News, Local Sports, News, ...
    Roach-Bauer forum highlights 20 years of KQDC
    Apr 18, 2025
    KANE — “Quality deer, quality habitat, quality hunting,” are the words John Dzemyan used at the April Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum to describe the 74,00...
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    Warmer weather to return
    Local News, News
    Warmer weather to return
    Brian McClellan bjm2herzen@yahoo.com 
    Apr 16, 2025
    Following a couple of unseasonably cold days, including some snow, the weather will take a warming trend that should last through the end of the month...
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    Photo Gallery: ‘No Kings’ demonstration in Olean
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    Photo Gallery: ‘No Kings’ demonstration in Olean
    By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    June 14, 2025
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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