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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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Trump takes credit for ‘swift and unrelenting’ action in speech to Congress

ZEKE MILLER and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press

Mar 05, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump took credit for "swift and unrelenting action" in reorienting the nation's economy, immigration and foreign p...

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Biden’s State of the Union was a repeat performance

RAMESH PONNURU Tribune News Service

Mar 03, 2022

The state of Joe Biden’s presidency is enfeebled. His popularity has been dropping for months. The left and right wings of his party blame each other ...

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Trump touts economy in State of Union; Pelosi rips up speech

JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press

Feb 05, 2020

WASHINGTON — Standing before a Congress and nation sharply divided by impeachment, President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday ...

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Reed invites Bemus Point teen diabetic to State of State Address

RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald

Feb 04, 2020

WASHINGTON — Rep. Tom Reed, co-chair of the Diabetes Caucus, said Monday he will bring Ben Cornell of Bemus Point as his guest to President Trump’s St...

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From the Right: Will petty Democrats spurn Trump’s call to ‘greatness’?

NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to The Olean TImes Herald

Feb 11, 2019

The State of the Union addresses that President Donald Trump has delivered have two things in common: first, Trump struck a conciliatory, bipartisan, ...

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Tom Reed ‘very hopeful’ second partial shutdown can be avoided

RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald

Feb 07, 2019

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed said Wednesday he is “very hopeful” congressional negotiators can come up with an agreement in time to prevent a second partial gov...

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If I were to write letter to President Trump…

NICHOLAS L. WADDY Special to The Olean TImes Herald

Apr 09, 2018

Dear Mr. President, Let me first congratulate you on a long list of achievements in your first 15 months in office. I will not be exaggerating when I ...