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Pollock: Stew Barber protected Jack Kemp’s blind side for the Bills, clashed with Knox and was bigger than life in Bradford
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Sun Senior Sports Columnist He wasn’t a super-big guy at least by current pro football standards … but Stew Barber was larger than life to me. After

It’s only a mini-camp for the Buffalo Bills, but good news on the James Cook and Joey Bosa front
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Sun Senior Sports Columnist Bills’ fans found good reason from optimism this past week in the most innocuous of events … mandatory mini-camp. The most encouraging event

Olean town residents opposed to 650-foot wind towers proposed for Olean-Allegany-Portville
By RICK MILLER Olean Star Town of Olean residents expressed their concerns Tuesday over a proposed 95 megawatt wind farm with 24 turbines along mountain ridges in Olean, Allegany and

Aiello, Sherburne debate city issues in GOP mayoral primary
RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Olean mayoral candidates Bill Aiello and Amy B. Sherburne met in their first and only debate Wednesday, three days before the first votes in the

Olean High School graduates 116 seniors at 142nd annual commencement Saturday
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — One hundred sixteen Olean High School seniors graduated Saturday in a sea of red robes and mortar boards at the 142nd annual Commencement

Olean Police officers help to rescue cat from under hood of woman’s car
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — A Bolivar-Richburg Central School teacher on her way to work on Monday heard a kitten meowing under her hood as she drove down

Senecas threaten legal action on overflows
SALAMANCA – Seneca Nation President Rickey Armstrong Sr. asked the legal department to look into legal action against the City of Olean over its latest discharges into the Allegheny River.

Allegheny River paddle by activist upstaged by big sewage overflow
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — For the Summer Solstice Thursday, Degaweno:da’s, a Seneca environmental activist, paddled his kayak on the Allegheny River from Olean to Allegany to recognize











