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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...

Nation, National Sports

Wojnarowski auctions iPhones used for ‘Woj bombs’ to raise NIL money at St. Bonaventure

Feb 24, 2025

OLEAN, N.Y. (AP) — Adrian Wojnarowski is cleaning out his office of cell phones and press passes, and even offering dinner dates in a bid to raise nam...

News, NY State News

NY Times to stop endorsing candidates in NY elections

Aug 13, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times editorial board will stop endorsing candidates in New York elections, the paper’s opinion editor said Monday. The e...

New York will set aside money to help local news outlets hire and retain employees

MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press

May 24, 2024

ALBANY — New York is offering up to $90 million in tax credits for news outlets to hire and retain journalists in an effort to help keep the shrinking...

Local News, News

SBU sociology prof explains how emotions drive decisions on politics, policy

Aug 05, 2020

ST. BONAVENTURE — A St. Bonaventure University associate professor contends that emotions have become more central to political life in America than f...

Cattaraugus County News, Here And Now, Local News, ...

State and Union: The final evolution of the newspaper

Sep 10, 2017

Today we have the last installment of our most recent collection of journalism tales, courtesy of Rick Schwab, former Cattaraugus County editor for th...

Commentary, Local Columnists

Nobody has a monopoly on truth

PATRICK VECCHIO, Special to the Olean Times Herald

Feb 14, 2017

Donald Trump tweeted a link Wednesday to an Emerson College survey showing, in his words, “Trump administration seen as more truthful than news media....