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Olean High School lists 1st quarter honor rolls
Olean High School lists 1st quarter honor rolls
November 30, 2025
OLEAN — Olean High School Principal Jeff Andreano has announced the following students in grades 8 through 12 have been named to the honor rolls for t...
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Bolivar-Richburg lists 1st quarter honor rolls
Bolivar-Richburg lists 1st quarter honor rolls
November 30, 2025
BOLIVAR — Bolivar-Richburg Central School District released its honor rolls for the first marking period of the 2025–26 school year. HIGH HONOR ROLL G...
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Cuba-Rushford names 1st quarter honor rolls
Cuba-Rushford names 1st quarter honor rolls
November 30, 2025
CUBA — Cuba-Rushford Junior/Senior High School has announced the honor rolls for the first quarter of the 2025-26 school year. HIGH HONOR ROLL Grade 1...
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Ellicottville ski resorts targeting a mid-December opening
Ellicottville ski resorts targeting a mid-December opening
By DEB EVERTS news@oleantimesherald.com 
November 29, 2025
ELLICOTTVILLE — Old Man Winter can’t decide when this year’s ski and snowboard season will get underway, but Holiday Valley and HoliMont ski resorts i...
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The Bills and Steelers both consider themselves playoff teams. Time is running out to prove it
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The Bills and Steelers both consider themselves playoff teams. Time is running out to prove it
By By WILL GRAVES - AP Sports Writer 
November 29, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — There are many, many things Mike Tomlin loves about coaching football. The urgency created by the limited number of chances to compete is near the top of the list. “You get 17 opportunities to state a case for yourself,” the longtime Pittsburgh Steelers coach said. And 11 of them a...
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With experience in hand, Allegany-Limestone targets the next step
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With experience in hand, Allegany-Limestone targets the next step
By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
November 27, 2025
ALLEGANY — After a few years spent growing up on the court, Allegany-Limestone girls basketball looks like a veteran group. Coach Andrea Darrow says t...
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Bills QB Allen dismisses soreness concerns despite padded elbow
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Bills QB Allen dismisses soreness concerns despite padded elbow
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer 
November 26, 2025
ORCHARD PARK — Josh Allen dismissed any suggestion of being sore, even while explaining the reason for the pad taped to the back of the Bills quarterb...
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Salamanca schools Indian policy forum date changed
Nov 29, 2025
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca City Central School District has announced that the Indian Policy & Procedure Forum originally scheduled for Thursday, Dec. ...
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Cattaraugus County bears brunt of snow event
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Cattaraugus County bears brunt of snow event
By BRIAN McCLELLAN news@oleantimesherald.com 
Nov 29, 2025
The lake-effect snow event that began early on Thanksgiving and continued throughout the day Friday saved the bulk of its fury for areas of Cattaraugu...
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Smith ready to take on new role as Cattaraugus Co. District Attorney
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Smith ready to take on new role as Cattaraugus Co. District Attorney
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
Nov 29, 2025
LITTLE VALLEY — As someone who has practiced law in the region she grew up in throughout her career, the next role Ashley Smith will assume in the new...
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Scenes from the 2025 Olean Santa Claus Lane Parade
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Scenes from the 2025 Olean Santa Claus Lane Parade
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
Nov 28, 2025
OLEAN — Thousands turned out for the annual Santa Claus Lane Parade on Black Friday. Led off by city police and the Olean High School band, units from...
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Lake-effect snow, high winds could continue today
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Lake-effect snow, high winds could continue today
By BRIAN McCLELLAN news@oleantimesherald.com 
Nov 28, 2025
After heavy lake-effect snow was predicted for Olean and Cattaraugus County over Thanksgiving Day and Friday, more lake-effect snow was expected for t...
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Social Security Matters: Are benefits really a good deal?
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Social Security Matters: Are benefits really a good deal?
By RUSSELL GLOOR 
Nov 28, 2025
DEAR RUSTY: You’ve said in the past that most people recoup their SS contributions within five years of starting benefits, thus Social Security “is an...
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Police reports 11/28/25
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Police reports 11/28/25
Nov 28, 2025
Olean Police Tuesday, 11:48 a.m. , no injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident on Front Street near Seneca Avenue. A vehicle operated b...
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Police reports 11/25/25
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Police reports 11/25/25
Nov 25, 2025
Salamanca Police  Nov. 19, 6:05 p.m. , Brandon M. Light, 20, of Kill Buck, was charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor ve...
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Police reports 11/24/25
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Police reports 11/24/25
Nov 24, 2025
Olean Police Friday, 10:23 a.m. , two injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of West State and Seventh streets. A...
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State police: Fla. man kills two brothers in Allegany County
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State police: Fla. man kills two brothers in Allegany County
Nov 24, 2025
FILLMORE — The New York State Police reported Monday that two brothers were killed and another is in custody following an altercation in the Allegany ...
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July 29, 2025
Benjamin Morgan of Allegany earned a Bachelor of Science in computer networks and cybersecurity from University of Maryland Global Campus this past sp...
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Health Matters: Nurses, and their well-being, matter
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Health Matters: Nurses, and their well-being, matter
By CONNIE PERKINS 
November 28, 2025
November is a month known for gratitude. For nurses, gratitude starts with their initial admission into nursing school. Nurse educators love to ask nu...
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Europe is on the sidelines on Ukraine
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Europe is on the sidelines on Ukraine
November 28, 2025
In the contention over the United States’ peace plan for Ukraine, the Europeans are in their accustomed role — carping from the sidelines. Not only ca...
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The gender wars are heating up — on the right
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The gender wars are heating up — on the right
By ABBY McCLOSKEY Bloomberg Opinion 
November 26, 2025
More than half a million women left the labor force this year. Many are mothers with young children. It's being called the next she-cession. This may ...
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