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    Federal teams use Olean area to plan abandoned oil well searches nationwide
    News
    Federal teams use Olean area to plan abandoned oil well searches nationwide
    BOB CLARK Special to The Era 
    Sep 12, 2022
    OLEAN, N.Y. — Federal officials have made three trips to the Olean area to survey for abandoned oil wells. A team from the U.S. Department of Energy’s...
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    Great Lakes Cheese: Franklinville is site of $505 million plant
    News
    Great Lakes Cheese: Franklinville is site of $505 million plant
    BOB CLARK Special to The Era 
    Sep 16, 2021
    FRANKLINVILLE, N.Y. — With tax breaks, commitments to buy land and millions in aid for infrastructure, a $505 million cheese plant north of the villag...
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    Lake trout fry found in Lake Erie for first time in six decades
    News, Outdoors, PA State News
    Lake trout fry found in Lake Erie for first time in six decades
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    Aug 26, 2021
    New York state fisheries researchers identified lake trout fry in Lake Erie this past spring, a significant milestone in re-establishing wild stocks o...
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    The hazy days of summer in the region are result of wildfires in the West
    News
    The hazy days of summer in the region are result of wildfires in the West
    KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter 
    Jul 21, 2021
    If you think the wildfires in the Western states and Canada haven’t affected Western Pennsylvania and New York state, look toward the hills and sky an...
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    Leaky collection pipe causes small crude oil leak on West Branch
    News
    Leaky collection pipe causes small crude oil leak on West Branch
    RICK MILLER Special to The Era 
    Apr 29, 2021
    ALLEGANY, N.Y. — The state Department of Environmental Conservation responded Monday night to a crude oil spill on a lease along West Branch Road in t...
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    Newest self-led activity now available at Pfeiffer Nature Center
    Bradford, Local News, News
    Newest self-led activity now available at Pfeiffer Nature Center
    Kate Sager 
    Jun 09, 2020
    PORTVILLE, N.Y. — A new self-led activity titled “Invasive Species Awareness Week” is available this week to participants at the Lillibridge Road prop...
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    No, fracking isn’t safe
    Letters to Editor
    No, fracking isn’t safe
    Mar 04, 2020
    A recent commentary in this newspaper stated that, “fracking, is safe” and that it “poses no threat to groundwater supplies.” It also claimed that the...
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    Concerned Citizens helping Allegany residents in area of house explosion
    Local News, Online Features
    Concerned Citizens helping Allegany residents in area of house explosion
    KATE DAY SAGER Special to The Era 
    Feb 07, 2020
    ALLEGANY, N.Y. — Following the explosion of a home on West Branch Road in November, a private group that has stepped forward to help ease the worries ...
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    Allegany man who had hundreds of reptiles pleads innocent in Village Court
    Crime, Local News
    Allegany man who had hundreds of reptiles pleads innocent in Village Court
    RICK MILLER Special to The Era 
    Sep 07, 2019
    ALLEGANY, N.Y. — An Allegany man has pleaded not guilty to several misdemeanors and violations stemming from the seizure at his home of hundreds of re...
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    DEC again denies Northern Access Pipeline; NFG says FERC ruling gives OK
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    DEC again denies Northern Access Pipeline; NFG says FERC ruling gives OK
    RICK MILLER Special to The Era 
    Aug 13, 2019
    OLEAN, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation doubled down last week on its opposition of the proposed 97-mile Northern Ac...
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    More than 250 attend DEC hearing on Northern Access Pipeline
    Local News, News, Online Features
    More than 250 attend DEC hearing on Northern Access Pipeline
    RICK MILLER Special to The Era 
    Feb 08, 2017
    ALLEGANY, N.Y. — Speakers for and against the $455 million Northern Access Pipeline Project spoke at a state hearing on water and air quality permits....
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    DEC to hold hearing tonight on Northern Access Pipeline
    Local News, News
    DEC to hold hearing tonight on Northern Access Pipeline
    RICK MILLER Special to The Era 
    Feb 07, 2017
    ALLEGANY, N.Y. —Four days after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the National Fuel Gas Northern Access Pipeline Project, a sta...
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    Northern Access pipeline hearing set at St. Bonaventure
    Local News, News
    Northern Access pipeline hearing set at St. Bonaventure
    RICK MILLER Special to The Era 
    Feb 02, 2017
    ALLEGANY, N.Y. —The state Department of Environmental Conservation has set a legislative public hearing on the National Fuel Gas Northern Access Pipel...
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    National Fuel pipeline project through McKean County pushed back
    Local News, News, Online Features
    National Fuel pipeline project through McKean County pushed back
    ALEX DAVIS Era Reporter a.davis@bradfordera.com 
    Jan 31, 2017
    An approximately 100-mile gas pipeline project that will run through McKean County has been pushed back until 2018, officials reported this week. Offi...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    (TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
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