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County Legislature approves design, alignment of Southern Tier Trail in Ashford, Ellicottville
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers on Wednesday approved design and alignment of the portion of the Southern Tier Trail in the towns of Ashford

Pollock: How dumb could Vrabel and Russini be?
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist The other day, an educated friend of mine — college professor with a doctorate — asked me a pointed question? “Why does

Common Council turns down proposed local law affecting brownfield cleanups
By RICK MILLER Olean Star The Olean Common Council voted down a proposed local law Tuesday that was designed to make sure costs associated with brownfield cleanups in the city

Olean firefighters extinguish house fire on Irving Street Sunday
No one was injured early Sunday in a house fire at 604 Irving St., Olean. Olean Fire Department crews were dispatched to Irving Street at 1:38 a.m., after an emergency

Area farmers rolling with the punches of high costs for fuel, fertilizer
By RICK MILLER Olean Star Higher fuel and fertilizer prices brought on by the U.S. war in Iran are a one-two punch for many Southern Tier farmers. It’s still not

Tax-free Seneca gas stations’ prices on par with non-Native gas outlets due to war in Iran
By RICK MILLER Olean Star For decades, motorists have filled their gas tanks at tax-free Native American filling stations on the Seneca Nation’s Allegany and Cattaraugus territories and more recently
WEDNESDAY ROUNDUP: Consistent bats carry Portville past North Collins; Smethport baseball, softball split matchups against Red Raiders
NORTH COLLINS, NY – Taking to the road for their first of four consecutive games played away from home, the Portville softball team survived an early slugfest, emerging with a

Olean softball snaps Fredonia’s seven-game win streak behind ‘full team effort’
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com OLEAN — The story of the Olean softball team’s 7-6 victory over Fredonia could have been an incredibly different one. Holding a two-run lead with two












