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State police charge teen with Friendship bomb threat
Allegany County News, Crime, News
Olean Times Herald staff 
Dec 15, 2022
FRIENDSHIP — A teenager is facing a felony charge following Wednesday’s reported bomb threat that caused the evacuation of Friendship Central School. ...
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A youngster’s long-range first deer
Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON Special to Olean Times Herald 
Nov 12, 2022
Time is certainly slippery and difficult to comprehend in its passage. It certainly doesn’t seem all that long ago that Matt Wingard was shooting four...
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As local violence goes, so goes the nation
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
GENE LYONS 
Oct 13, 2022
A friend down at the dog park asked about my wife the other day. She and her girlfriend had taken a long weekend trip to visit a former roommate. My f...
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On NY gun law, it’s ready, aim, pfft
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Oct 04, 2022
There’s a lot of hyperbole in the opposition to gun control, where seemingly every regulation is a “gun grab” and every lawmaker who proposes one is “...
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Putin’s threat of nuclear strike may not be all bluff
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Oct 03, 2022
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — After weeks of reverses, Russia’s army is still losing ground in the battlefields of Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin’s response,...
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After your shot — now what?
Outdoors, Sports
WADE ROBERTSON Special to Olean Times Herald 
Oct 01, 2022
You’ve had an exciting morning and hit a nice buck with your bow. You’re shaking like a leaf and your first natural reaction is to immediately follow ...
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Hold fire: Re-enactors fear being targeted by NY gun law
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, News
MICHAEL HILL Associated Press 
Sep 28, 2022
ALBANY — Some historical battle re-enactors in New York are holding their musket fire because of worries over the state’s new gun rules — an unplanned...
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Archery season is almost upon us
Outdoors, Sports
WADE ROBERTSON Special to Olean Times Herald 
Sep 23, 2022
The nights are cooler, the leaves changing. Geese are flocked up and swarms of blackbirds fly through the sky in ever-changing shapes. The bucks have ...
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