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Thursday Night Football: Bills and Lions duel for season’s fastest start
Buffalo and Detroit kick off is 815pm at Highmark Stadium By Chuck Pollock, Senior Sports Writer, Last Sunday, the Bills and Lions, both slight favorites, won their NFL season openers.

WEDNESDAY ROUNDUP: Otto-Eldred, Portville volleyball sweep at home; Olean girl’s tennis sneaks out win over Salamanca
DUKE CENTER, PA – Seeing their fifth North Tier League opponent of the year, the Otto-Eldred volleyball team kept their untouched record intact, breezing past Northern Potter in three sets.

Panthers break the seal, end Salamanca’s hot streak in one-sided affair
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com SALAMANCA, NY – Through the first three weeks of the season, the Portville boy’s soccer team had been through the ringer. Seeing two games postponed,

TUESDAY ROUNDUP: Salamanca sees third straight win; Huskies volleyball clean sheets Falconer
CATTARAUGUS, NY – Highlighted by an ace header from Presleigh Jimerson, the Salamanca girl’s soccer team tacked on their third consecutive win as they took down Catt-Little Valley 2-0. Tracking

Cattaraugus County releases largest budget in history; tax rates down in 23 of 34 municipalities; 14 jobs cut
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers received a $239.7 million tentative budget Wednesday that cuts 14 jobs — mostly kitchen staff at the Pines Nursing

With season behind them, teams reflect on making waves in girls soccer
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com Over the past two months, three girls soccer teams have stood out through the seemingly relentless weeks of the regular season. Portville, Allegany-Limestone and Ellicottville

Butler easily wins county sheriff’s race over Whitmore
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Acting Cattaraugus County Sheriff Eric Butler was elected to a four-year term Tuesday, defeating Democratic challenger Denny “D.J.” Whitmore. Butler, the former undersheriff who

J.C. Seneca elected Seneca Nation president over Tuesday over General
IRVING — After winning the Seneca Nation Presidential Primary by a two-to-one margin in September, J.C. Seneca on Tuesday received a mandate in the Seneca General Election by earning over 87% of the popular vote over his




