Sherburne claims victory over Aiello for Olean mayor
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Sherburne claims victory over Aiello for Olean mayor
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
November 4, 2025
OLEAN — The 28th mayor of the city has been selected. Surrounded by officials from both the Republican and Democratic parties, first-time candidate Am...
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RTW: Government money always comes with strings
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RTW: Government money always comes with strings
BRENDA HANSON Special to Olean Times Herald 
Oct 06, 2021
We have become addicted to funding. “We” means you and I, the People. “We” means school districts. “We” means town and county governments. Perhaps the...
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Is Biden’s economic plan actually a good idea?
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Is Biden’s economic plan actually a good idea?
TYLER COWEN / Tribune News Service 
Oct 01, 2021
If the biggest news is what’s not being talked about, then my candidate for the most neglected story would be President Joe Biden’s plan for $3.5 tril...
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Biden’s border ‘challenge’ gets worse
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Biden’s border ‘challenge’ gets worse
RICH LOWRY 
Sep 22, 2021
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is indisputably good at one part of his job — always referring to the migrant surg...
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Health Matters: Don’t be lax! Get your vax!
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Health Matters: Don’t be lax! Get your vax!
KRISTIN CHAMBERS Special to Olean Times Herald 
Sep 10, 2021
Six hundred and fifty thousand and counting. That’s how many Americans have died during this pandemic. Many say that’s an undercount, as early deaths ...
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The Afghanistan war wasn’t a cynical misadventure
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The Afghanistan war wasn’t a cynical misadventure
HAL BRANDS Tribune News Service 
Sep 03, 2021
Lost wars are supposed to provoke soul-searching. In America, they usually bring historical revisionism instead. When once-good wars go bad, Americans...
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Why 2020 was unique
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Why 2020 was unique
BYRON YORK 
Aug 19, 2021
There’s a fascinating question in a new Fox News poll that suggests the political dynamics at work in 2022 and 2024 will be far different from 2020. I...
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An Empire State of decline
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An Empire State of decline
CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union 
Jan 03, 2021
ALBANY (TNS)— New Yorkers have grown used to falling populations in much of Upstate, its struggling old industrial centers surrounded by increasingly ...
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Use facts in debating masks
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Use facts in debating masks
Dec 09, 2020
I believe it is time to get away from hearsay and start listening to what the facts say. The COVID-19 response has been confusing in part because we h...
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The human conversation was most meaningful
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The human conversation was most meaningful
KELSEY BOUDIN, Olean Times Herald 
Aug 21, 2016
Her email response was somewhat rattling. Oh, no. What had I done? For a range of reasons — from being a former student to now being a professional jo...
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The rain really didn’t matter
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The rain really didn’t matter
KELSEY BOUDIN, Olean Times Herald 
Oct 08, 2015
The heck with rain on your wedding day. Some call it bad luck. Others say it’s good luck, a sign of fertility, renewal and growth. Still, others symbo...
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Billy a smash in solo performance
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Billy a smash in solo performance
DARLENE M. DONOHUE, Olean Times Herald 
Jun 18, 2015
Smashing Pumpkins, a Chicago-based alternative rock band that entered the mainstream in 1993, is my all-time favorite band from the ’90s. The Cranberr...
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