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Fresh Joy Church seeking sneaker donations for Feet Heat 7
By RICK MILLER Olean Star Fresh Joy, formerly the Church Without Walls, 1803 W. State St., is accepting new children’s sneakers for its community outreach project Feet Heat 7. The

Democrat Gies Kicks Off 100 Town Hall Tour in Jamestown in race for 23rd congressional seat
JAMESTOWN — Aaron Gies, Democratic candidate for Congress in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, kicked off his districtwide 100 town hall tour in Jamestown Thursday evening, drawing more than 125

GOP comptroller candidate Hernandez speaks to local Republicans as he courts Upstate votes
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — Joseph Hernandez, the Republican candidate for New York state comptroller, met with state and local GOP leaders Friday at the Ellicottville Town Center.

Colosimo cleans up at inaugural ‘I-Fest’ pizza eating contest
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com BRADFORD, PA – We’ve all been there before. You order a pizza, have one or two or three slices and then sit back in stuffed

Olean boys hoops survive Lew-Port’s 3-point barrage, claim 59-56 win in A2 Quarterfinal
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com OLEAN — Olean boys basketball coach Tim Kolasinski knew that his team’s opponent in the Section 6 Class A2 Quarterfinal, Lewiston-Porter, was going to shoot the

All roads lead here: O-E boys, girls finally return to D9 championships, face tall tasks
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com You couldn’t write a better script if you tried to. On one hand, you have grass roots camaraderie, ascension and failure, persistence and failure, redemption

Bona women’s hoops hope to ‘put a full game together’ in regular season finale against Dayton
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — The end of the regular season is on the near horizon for the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team, but before it can start

Historical Society president laments loss of Roosevelt-Higgins tree logs
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — The tree parts from the Roosevelt-Higgins Oak that until recently stood in Lincoln Park, that were promised to the Olean Historical and Preservation




