State: Area sales taxes mixed in February
By BOB CLARK bclark@oleantimesherald.com 
April 8, 2026
State officials said local sales tax receipts were mixed in February, with some taxing bodies seeing higher receipts and others lower than the year be...
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Before he coached St. Bonaventure, Mike MacDonald experimented with basketball’s future at Olean
Basketball, College Sports, Local Sports, ...
By By HENRY BUCHAN, Olean Times Herald 
April 8, 2026
OLEAN — Step into Olean High School during the 1987-88 season, and you’d see something unusual: a brand of basketball that looked nothing like the pros — rarely tested at any level, and never proven. Possession after possession, the Huskies would send an all-out press, creating havoc and forcing tur...
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Local & Social
Shakespeare events at St. Bonaventure, Alfred State
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Lifestyles, ...
By Olean Times Herald staff 
Apr 08, 2026
A whole lot of Shakespeare will be going on next week on the campuses of St. Bonaventure University and Alfred State College. At SBU, that means Willi...
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ASP seeking volunteers for I Love My Park Day
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News, ...
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
Apr 08, 2026
RED HOUSE — Allegany State Park will welcome volunteers at Beehunter Picnic Shelter in the Red House area of the park as part of more than 100 cleanup...
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Crime and Courts
Many paths, one mountain
Commentary, Opinion
By MARCIA M. KELLY 
April 8, 2026
When my husband Jack and I started our driving trip from the East Coast to the West, we were delighted to find ourselves in Kentucky, home of Gethsema...
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Rescue is a tribute to professionalism
Commentary, Opinion
April 7, 2026
President Donald Trump’s foes had a field day over the weekend when Iran downed two American planes, an F-15E Strike Eagle and an A-10 Warthog. But ma...
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Good information is hard to find
Commentary, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
April 7, 2026
Barack Obama pinpointed a central conflict in American politics back in 2004 while talking with a group of Google executives, “Many people — they’re j...
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