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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...

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Golden Rule Day and Earth Day celebrated by OACC and OPL

Apr 02, 2021

OLEAN — During April, the Olean Area Charter for Compassion will be celebrating Golden Rule Day and Earth Day, in partnership with the Olean Public Li...

Western New York

Town bids farewell to iconic, 200-year-old copper beech tree

Apr 23, 2018

PITTSFORD (AP) — Officials in a western New York town are bidding a sad farewell to an iconic 200-year-old tree. A public ceremony is planned Monday e...

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DEC uses high and low-tech to monitor spread of hemlock woolly adelgid

RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald

Dec 04, 2017

New York State is using high-tech and low-tech tools in its fight against the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid, a tiny insect from East Asia that can s...

Outdoors

Robertson: Bad weather only means opportunity for stillhunter

WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Olean Times Herald

Nov 29, 2017

As hunters looked at the upcoming weather forecast for the opening day of New York, groans and moans filled the state. High wind, rain, cold — just mi...

Outdoors

Yes, it’s time to consider deer stands

WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Olean Times Herald

Aug 08, 2017

It’s the middle of summer, but serious deer hunters know there’s little time left to place this fall’s deer stand. Experts agree that if you’re huntin...

Outdoors

Robertson: Get out there for late-season hunting action

WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Olean Times Herald

Jan 04, 2017

The snow is deep and crusty; the wind gnaws at your neck, nips your bright-red cheeks and stiffens your fingers. It is really not the most pleasant ti...