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Legislature unanimously approves record $293.7 million budget
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers unanimously approved a record $293.7 million county budget for 2025 on Tuesday. The budget contains a 7.29% decrease in the full
Great Lakes Cheese Co. makes first cheese at Franklinville plant
By RICK MILLER Olean Star FRANKLINVILLE — Great Lakes Cheese Co. employees have made the first cheese at the new $700 million plant in Franklinville — an Italian cheese. The first tanker
Cattaraugus County overdose deaths take a nose dive in 2024
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — With a month to go in 2024, overdose deaths in Cattaraugus County are down for the third year in a row. So far this year,
My Turn: DEC’s Zoar Valley timber plans for bird habitat is threat to old growth
By Lily Harrington So, yes. Technically, the DEC is correct with their white-knuckled, redundant rebuttal: “We’re not cutting old-growth trees.” For the damage the old growth will suffer on their

Hundreds of kids, adults turn out for Olean’s first Fire Truck Spray Event
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — The City of Olean’s first annual Fire Truck Spray Event on Thursday couldn’t have happened at a better time. With temperatures in the low 90s,

Salamanca student-athletes make trip to Bills camp
ROCHESTER — On July 31, a number of Salamanca student-athletes were able to make a trip up to St. John Fisher University to watch the Buffalo Bills preseason training camp.

Village of Cattaraugus Announces Third Local Planning Committee Meetingfor the Downtown Revitalization Initiative
July 25, 2025, Cattaraugus, NY – The Village of Cattaraugus will hold its third Local Planning Committee (LPC) meeting for the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) on Wednesday, August 6 from

John Joseph Topor, Jr.
November 12, 1943 – July 25, 2025 Portville- John Joseph Topor, Jr. “Loving Husband, Father & Amazing Papa” John J. Topor of Prosser Road was called home by the Lord












