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County gets 2 for 1 return on its investment for Medicaid funds for nursing homes
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers made their best deal of the year Wednesday, trading $5.2 million for nearly $10.6 million in nursing home funding.

City signs consent order with DEC for faster schedule to prevent sewage releases in river
By RICK MILLER Olean Star The Olean Common Council voted Tuesday to have Mayor Bill Aiello sign a state Department of Environmental Conservation consent order to speed up work to

IDA OKs tax breaks for new owner of SetterStix plant in Cattaraugus
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency members on Tuesday welcomed a new manufacturer to the village of Cattaraugus. Daich Coating Corp., an Ontario company

Portville volleyball sweeps Olean, avoids ‘trap game’ to remain undefeated
Pressure a non-factor as program standards keep Panthers level-headed By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com OLEAN — The Portville girls volleyball team is now over halfway through its regular season, and so

Buzzard’s first hat-trick carries Allegany-Limestone on Senior Night
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com ALLEGANY, NY – Since being called up to the varsity level, Owen Buzzard has taken his job as a starting forward in stride. Helping lead

Bills rally past Rams in instant classic
Overtime victory keeps fans up late for epic Bills win It was an instant classic. When the Bills survived a pair of James Cook fumbles, mustered a block of the

Local No Kings 4.0 Saturday to get out vote for Democrats including Hochul, Gies and Guite-Williams
OLEAN — The local Voices of the People Movement will hold a No Kings 4.0 protest and Get Out the Vote Rally at War Veterans Park from 2-4 p.m. on

Langworthy, Borrello, Sempolinski and Butler are guests of ‘Right Thinkers’ on Monday
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — Three of Cattaraugus County’s top Republican state and federal elected officials and Sheriff Eric Butler are scheduled to appear at Monday night’s Right




