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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...

Lifestyle

Scorecard: NY health care has ups, downs

AMY NEFF ROTH Observer-Dispatch, Utica (TNS)

Feb 01, 2020

New York state has the best policies in the nation for keeping out-of-pocket health care costs affordable, according to a recent state scorecard on he...

Commentary, Leters to the Editor

Letter: ‘Tips’ were rights enjoyed by anyone in the US

Jul 21, 2019

Acknowledging that Olean Times Herald editor Jim Eckstrom has the right to an opinion, I take issue with the way he stated his position in his column ...

Commentary, Nation World

The Conversation: Extreme weather news may not change climate change skeptics’ minds

RYAN WEBER, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Mar 27, 2019

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The year 2018 brought particularly d...

Cattaraugus County News, Local News, News

SBU alum honored with Murrow Award for effort on water contamination

Jul 17, 2018

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University graduate Rachel Konieczny was among a team of student journalists honored last week with a 2018 Student E...