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NY high school softball seasons to be spurred on by a surplus of experience
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com On the other side of the shadows of the winter sports season, our local New York high school softball teams are looking to have big years.
Proposed Olean city tax rate is down by half to 9%; aldermen seek water, sewer director reinstatement
By RICK MILLER Olean Star The Olean Common Council’s line-by-line review of the proposed $23.2 million budget for 2026-27 has resulted in cuts and revisions that have pared a tentative
IDA grants $480,000 sales tax abatement for Olean brownfield cleanup by Benson to retain 1 job
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — The Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) approved $480,000.00 in tax exemptions for a local developer Tuesday for a brownfield cleanup off River
Lens Martial speaks out after City Council rejects Mayor’s plan for outside auditing consultant
Current Olean Auditor Lens Martial submitted the following letter to the Mayor and the City Council. He has not received a response: Dear City Council Members and Mayor, Thank you
Bills rally past Rams in instant classic
Overtime victory keeps fans up late for epic Bills win It was an instant classic. When the Bills survived a pair of James Cook fumbles, mustered a block of the
Local No Kings 4.0 Saturday to get out vote for Democrats including Hochul, Gies and Guite-Williams
OLEAN — The local Voices of the People Movement will hold a No Kings 4.0 protest and Get Out the Vote Rally at War Veterans Park from 2-4 p.m. on
Langworthy, Borrello, Sempolinski and Butler are guests of ‘Right Thinkers’ on Monday
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — Three of Cattaraugus County’s top Republican state and federal elected officials and Sheriff Eric Butler are scheduled to appear at Monday night’s Right
Mayor’s nominee for Ward 6 vacancy fails to get a second from Common Council
By RICK MILLER Olean Star James Douglas Jr., came to the Olean Common Council meetings Tuesday night as the nominee for the Ward 6 alderman vacancy. He left the meeting
