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Join in the Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cattaraugus County is urging county residents to participate in the 29th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count this coming weekend.

Bona men’s hoops split regular season series with Fordham
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com BRONX, NY — As the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team looked to avenge the loss it suffered to Fordham earlier this season, for a moment it

Drake, Buckley lift St. Bonaventure to dramatic OT win over Duquesne
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team had not seen consecutive wins since Dec. 12. And the message from head coach Jim Crowley after

Pollock’s Super Bowl tradition: The 25 things so insane about the Super Bowl, you can bet on it!
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist Every year, for the past 47, the day before the Super Bowl I’ve written a column about Super Bowl Prop bets. If

‘The exact roster we needed’: Pennsylvania sends New York home with second-half shutout
The Keystone State re-evens Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic series with first win in four years By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com BRADFORD, PA – Just before kickoff, Team Pennsylvania had

Mayor Sherburne vetoes Council resolution to repair city swimming pool, faces override vote by aldermen
By RICK MILLER Olean Star Olean Mayor Amy B. Sherburne on Thursday vetoed the Common Council’s resolution from Tuesday to accept a $1.1 million bid for upgrades to the city

Cattaraugus County asks Siting Board for rehearing on nighttime noise limits for Alle-Catt wind turbines
By RICK MILLER Olean Star Cattaraugus County has asked the New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment for a rehearing on its June ruling that Alle-Catt

Slate is set for special 90th anniversary of Men’s Amateur
Slate is set for ‘special’ 90th anniversary of Men’s Amateur In the aftermath of last year’s 89th annual SWNY-NWPA Men’s Golf Amateur, Kyle Henzel was already mulling potential plans for the round-number




