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Five candidates seeking 3 seats on Olean Board of Education
By RICK MILLER OLEAN — Personal safety, high student absenteeism and low math and English test scores highlighted comments by Olean City School District Board of Education candidates last week. There are

Two troopers are stabbed in incident at Crosby’s in Bolivar
By RICK MILLER Olean Star BOLIVAR — Two New York State troopers were stabbed Saturday afternoon while trying to subdue an unidentified woman outside Crosby’s store and gas station in
FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Olean baseball comes alive late; Portville, Olean softball cap regular seasons with big wins
SALAMANCA — Bouncing back from a narrow league loss last time out, the Olean baseball team managed to get its offense going late in a 7-0 shutout of Salamanca. Through

Salamanca’s first ‘true’ Super 8 marks new chapter in Meet’s legacy
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com SALAMANCA — The first ‘true’ Super 8 track and field meet is officially in the books. The Salamanca track and field team has a long, storied

MONDAY ROUNDUP: Portville opens with shutout; O-E, A-L softball dominate
GOWANDA, NY – Unable to get past Gowanda’s ace, the Portville baseball team opened their season with a shutout loss, falling 9-0. As Portville failed to find contact at the

Randolph homers in extra innings, spoils Olean’s season opener
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com OLEAN, NY – Despite plugging in two runs in the bottom of the seventh, the Olean softball team fell short of a comeback to open

Chuck Gray Selected as NPRC’s 2025 Commencement Speaker
CORRY – Charles “Chuck” Eurydice Gray has been selected as the commencement speaker for NPRC’s2025 Commencement Ceremony slated to be held on Saturday, May 17 at Enchanted Beginnings inCorry. Gray

Weekend Wrap: Salamanca rolls past Ellicottville 15-6
SALAMANCA — The Salamanca baseball team, playing the second game of a season-opening weekend with back-to-back games, showed no signs of fatigue and rolled past Ellicottville to move to 2-0












