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O-E's Davey Schenfield goes up for a layup during the Terrors' win over Cuba-Rushford during the DeCerbo Memorial Showcase. On Thursday, Schenfield scored a career-high 27 points. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

Roundup: Schenfield scores career-high in O-E win over Austin, Olean girls fall short in new year opener

January 2, 2025

DUKE CENTER, PA – Kicking off the new year, Davey Schenfield led the Otto-Eldred boys’ basketball team to their eighth win of the season, recording a career-high 27 points in

Bona women’s hoops stumble in A10 home-opener with 82-48 loss to Rhode Island

January 2, 2025

By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team officially opened its Atlantic 10 home account for the season, but not with the kind of result

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) William Snyder, president of Farmersville United, a group opposed to the proposed 340-megawatt Alle-Catt Wind Farm, speaks at a hearing by the Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency Monday on tax breaks for the wind farm.

Alle-Catt supporters, opponents speak at IDA hearing on PILOT

January 2, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star FARMERSVILLE — Supporters and opponents of the proposed 340-megawatt Alle-Catt Wind Farm spoke at public hearings Monday on whether the Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency should grant

Chuck Pollock points out, “St. Bonaventure is on Christmas break (and only a handful of students at the games). But alas, the folks in the blues and reds relocated their energy and excitement and spent most of the second half standing and screaming, a scene rarely replicated in the on-campus arena’s history. Photo courtesy @BonniesMBB

Pollock: Where the Bonnies’ victory over A-10 No. 1 seed VCU ranks in history all-time for St. Bonaventure basketball

January 2, 2025

Share: By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist In its 58-year history, St. Bonaventure’s Reilly Center has seen its share of memorable basketball games. There was the unforgettable win

Wind turbines like these in northern Chauatauqua County, visible from the Cattaraugus County town of Dayton, are at the heart of a challenge by Cattaraugus County to the state Siuting Board's power to override a county road use agreement with the Alle-Catt developer. (Rick Miller/Olean Star)

County challenging Siting Board ruling bypassing Alle-Catt road use agreement

May 17, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County is taking the New York State Board of Electric Generation Siting and the Environment to court over its decision on

Dr. Kevin D. Watkins, Cattaraugus County Public Health director.

Right Thinkers panel to discuss ‘State of Health Care’ Monday

May 16, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — The Right Thinkers will meet Monday, May 20, beginning at 5 p.m. at The Hall on Fourth Street in Allegany. There is a

Saturday’s Float the Allegheny looking at better weather than 2023

May 16, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star The weather for Saturday’s Float the Allegheny kayak and canoe paddle from the Steam Valley Road launch in Portville to an afterparty in Franchot Park

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) M.J. Painting Contractor Corp. plans to begin construction of a $1.7 million facility at 350 Franklin St., Olean, a former brownfield, this summer.

M.J. Painting to begin construction of new Olean facility this summer

May 16, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — M.J. Painting Contractor Corp., plans to begin construction of a $1.7 million facility this summer on a 9-acre site at 350 Franklin St.,