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Bona men’s hoops set for defensive clash with VCU in Atlantic 10 opener
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — For St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach Mark Schmidt, every game is special, but when it comes to Atlantic 10 Conference play, the energy

Offenses come alive late as Bona falls to Loyola Chicago in A10 opener
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com CHICAGO — In the Atlantic 10 season-opener for the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team, offense proved hard to come by — for both Bona and Loyola

December 30 marks 50 years since Olean sniper killed three, shocked city, in mass school shooting
By RICK MILLER Olean Star Olean, NY – It has been 50 years since a sniper firing from a third floor room at Olean High School took the lives of

Salamanca loses lead, game late to Lions in DeCerbo closer
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com ALLEGANY, NY – Having just 6.3 seconds left on the clock, the Salamanca boys’ basketball team was up against a wall. After a second half

Bona women’s hoops hope to ‘put a full game together’ in regular season finale against Dayton
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — The end of the regular season is on the near horizon for the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team, but before it can start

Historical Society president laments loss of Roosevelt-Higgins tree logs
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — The tree parts from the Roosevelt-Higgins Oak that until recently stood in Lincoln Park, that were promised to the Olean Historical and Preservation

City firefighter declares candidacy to run for Olean mayor on GOP line
OLEAN — And then there were three. Jared Isaman, an Olean firefighter and paramedic has thrown his hat into the Olean mayoral race. He’s seeking the Republican nomination along with

Rebuilding West State Street with $25 million RAISE grant gets full common council OK
Editor’s note: The council also voted to award a contract for $132,166.00 for reaccreditation of the city’s levee system to Henningson, Durham & Richardson Architecture and Engineering. By RICK MILLER












