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Salamanca man charged with murder in city

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Salamanca man charged with murder in city

September 27, 2025

SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...

US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending constitutional right to abortion

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US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending constitutional right to abortion

MICHAEL WILNER and ALEX ROARTY McClatchy Washington Bureau

Jun 24, 2022

WASHINGTON (TNS)— The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, a landmark 1973 court ruling that established abortion as a constitutional right,...

NY leaders vow new gun limits after Supreme Court ruling

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NY leaders vow new gun limits after Supreme Court ruling

BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press

Jun 23, 2022

NEW YORK — For decades, New York’s leaders boasted that its strict limits on handgun ownership made it one of America’s safest places, a claim backed ...

Supreme Court expands gun rights, striking New York limits

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Supreme Court expands gun rights, striking New York limits

JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press

Jun 23, 2022

WASHINGTON — In a major expansion of gun rights, the Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defe...

Cornell Tech Farm gets state business incubator status

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Cornell Tech Farm gets state business incubator status

Jun 22, 2022

GENEVA — The Cornell Agriculture and Food Technology Park is now a New York state-certified Business Incubator — and one of only 20 statewide. Officia...

Siena poll: Voters support gun laws, abortion protections

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Siena poll: Voters support gun laws, abortion protections

MICHELLE DEL REY Times Union

Jun 16, 2022

ALBANY (TNS) — According to a new Siena poll, an overwhelming number of New York voters back stricter gun laws, support increased legal protections fo...

Zeldin to bring GOP primary campaign for governor to Olean

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Zeldin to bring GOP primary campaign for governor to Olean

RICK MILLER Olean Times Herald

Jun 15, 2022

OLEAN — U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the endorsed Republican in the GOP primary for New York governor, will hold a campaign rally in Lincoln Park at noon tod...

Friends of ASP awarded $23K grant to replace Red House sawmill roof

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Friends of ASP awarded $23K grant to replace Red House sawmill roof

DEB EVERTS Special to Olean Times Herald

Jun 14, 2022

RED HOUSE — Friends of Allegany State Park Inc. has been awarded a $23,400 matching grant from the Environmental Protection Fund’s Park and Trail Part...

Hill Cumorah tourists take cover after bullet hits complex

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Hill Cumorah tourists take cover after bullet hits complex

CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press

Jun 09, 2022

A Western New York man was arraigned on a reckless endangerment charge Thursday after a round he fired while target shooting struck a window at the Hi...

Workers say closure of Ithaca Starbucks is retaliation for union efforts

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Workers say closure of Ithaca Starbucks is retaliation for union efforts

KEVIN TAMPONE syracuse.com

Jun 07, 2022

ITHACA (TNS) — A Starbucks location in Ithaca is closing at the end of the week in a move employees say is retaliation for their efforts to unionize. ...

Error on NY’s Science 8 test answer sheets

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Error on NY’s Science 8 test answer sheets

KATHLEEN MOORE Times Union

Jun 06, 2022

ALBANY (TNS) — State officials had to urgently send out a message to school districts during a test Monday, about an error on the eighth-grade state S...

Borrello, Giglio: Critical issues ignored in Albany

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Borrello, Giglio: Critical issues ignored in Albany

Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

Jun 05, 2022

State Sen. George Borrello and Assemblyman Joseph Giglio both said they were disappointed that the legislative session completed in Albany last week f...

Special election set, Della Pia officially tabbed as Dem candidate for 23rd

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Special election set, Della Pia officially tabbed as Dem candidate for 23rd

Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

Jun 05, 2022

With the governor setting a special election in New York’s 23rd Congressional District to fill the remainder of Tom Reed’s term, Democratic Party chai...

NY lawmakers end session with focus on guns, abortion

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NY lawmakers end session with focus on guns, abortion

JOSHUA SOLOMON Times Union

Jun 05, 2022

ALBANY (TNS) — Against the backdrop of pressing national issues such as gun laws and abortion, New York’s lawmakers at the close of their session late...

Albany must not keep letting ethics slide

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Albany must not keep letting ethics slide

Jun 05, 2022

It should not go unnoticed, as lawmakers in Albany recessed for the summer, that they are leaving unfinished their obligation to have an earnest go at...

Police Reports 6/4/22

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Police Reports 6/4/22

Jun 04, 2022

Cuba man charged weapons possession CUBA — A Cuba man was taken to Allegany County Jail Thursday on a $15,000 bail on several weapon possession charge...

Vine removal technique foils devastating grape disease

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Vine removal technique foils devastating grape disease

JIM CATALANO Cornell Chronicle

Jun 04, 2022

OVID — Removing not only a diseased grapevine but the two vines on either side of it can reduce the incidence of leafroll disease, a long-standing ban...

Landmark bill to limit cryptomining passes NY Legislature

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Landmark bill to limit cryptomining passes NY Legislature

MICHAEL HILL Associated Press

Jun 03, 2022

ALBANY — New York lawmakers have passed a milestone environmental measure designed to tap the brakes on the spread of cryptocurrency mining operations...

Buffalo gunman pleads not guilty to domestic terror charge

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Buffalo gunman pleads not guilty to domestic terror charge

CAROLYN THOMPSON and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press

Jun 02, 2022

BUFFALO — The white gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded not guilty Thursday to hate-motivated domestic terrorism and ot...

Concerns by NY Dept. of Ed stall Clean Slate Act

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Concerns by NY Dept. of Ed stall Clean Slate Act

JOSHUA SOLOMON Times Union

Jun 02, 2022

ALBANY (TNS) — The push to enact legislation that would erase the criminal records of more than 2 million people hit an impasse at theCapitolthis week...

NY cannabis officials file first recreational industry rules

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NY cannabis officials file first recreational industry rules

REBEKAH F. WARD Times Union

Jun 01, 2022

ALBANY (TNS) — New York’s cannabis board on Wednesday voted to advance regulations for the state’s recreational cannabis industry, which establish sta...