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Salamanca boys hoops survive late scare from Frewsburg
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — Through just over half of its game, it was smooth sailing for the Salamanca boys basketball team. It controlled just about every aspect

Rhode Island uses second half surge to take down Bona women’s hoops
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com KINGSTON, RI — Despite an extremely positive first half, the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team suffered a 66-45 defeat at Rhode Island as the Rams took

DeJour’s 31-point performance sees Fordham past Bona men’s hoops
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — It really is just that simple. For the third time in as many games, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team has been plagued

More than 100 demonstrators in Lincoln Park protest ICE killing of Renee Good
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — More than 100 demonstrators attended an “Ice Out” protest outside Lincoln Park Saturday. Many protesters cited the killing by an ICE agent of

Legislators ask Hochul to reconsider ending some Medicaid payments to rural ambulance services
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to reconsider a provision in her executive budget that would

Chuck Pollock: Reflections on Schmidt’s stint at St. Bonaventure
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist The hammer came Saturday morning when the Olean Star announced that St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach Mark Schmidt would be coaching his final game

Borrello, Sempolinski vote against Senate, Assembly add-ons to Hochul’s record state budget
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello criticized the Senate’s one-house budget resolution, passed Thursday along party lines, which adds $7.1 billion to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s

Former Cattaraugus county probation director receives maximum sentence under plea deal for possessing child porn
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — A former Cattaraugus County Probation Director was sentenced in County Court Thursday by Acting County Court Judge Nicholas A. DiCerbo to six












