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Right Thinkers meet Monday on AI and cyber security impact
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — The conservative Right Thinkers group will meet Monday beginning at 5 p.m. at The Hall on North Fourth Street in Allegany. The theme

Schmidt era comes to a close at St. Bonaventure following A10 tourney loss to Dayton
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com PITTSBURGH, PA — The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team entered the Atlantic 10 Championship knowing that the final days of head coach Mark Schmidt’s tenure were

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

Terrors’ second-half comeback routes Olean
Landon Franics leads charge as O-E outscores Huskies 30-8 in third quarter By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com ALLEGANY, NY – In a tale of two halves, the Otto-Eldred boys’ basketball

The IDA should deny financial assistance to Alle-Catt for several reasons, here are six:
By: Gary Abraham, resident of Great Valley and Environmental Attorney First, the project is environmentally destructive. Evidentiary hearings were conducted at which scientists from DEC offered evidence, testified and were

Invenergy: Catt County IDA Must Act Now to Secure Funding for Local Communities
By: Archana Kumar | Manager, External Communications, Invenergy A once-in-a-generation financial opportunity for Cattaraugus County is being jeopardized by inaction from the Industrial Development Agency (IDA). The IDA has yet to

Alle-Catt Wind Energy hearings scheduled for Monday by IDA
By RICK MILLER Olean Star Three public hearings on Alle-Catt Wind Energy’s application for tax benefits from the Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency will be held Monday. The public hearings in Farmersville,












