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Photo: Josh Allen, who said “these guys aren’t worried about stats or touchdowns … they love each other and love being part of this,” hugs offensive lineman Dion Dawkins after a touchdown put the Bills up, 34-3 just before halftime. Photo courtesy Buffalo Bills.

Pollock: Suddenly, the Buffalo Bills’ season turns after second blowout win; Damar Hamlin records first INT

September 24, 2024

By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun and Olean Star Senior Sports Writer And then there were five. That’s the number of the NFL’s 32 teams which survived the season’s first three

Faulty Electric possible Cause of Fire on Main Street in Salamanca

September 23, 2024

Salamanca and surrounding fire crews responded to a fire on Main Street in Salamanca. Heavy smoke was observed coming form the building by a Salamanca police officer and called into

Pollock prediction: Plenty of familiarity between Bills and Jaguars in Monday Night Football matchup

September 23, 2024

By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun and Olean Star Senior Sports Columnist Talk about familiarity. When the Bills and Jaguars meet at Highmark Stadium in the first of two Monday Night

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Demonstrators march down Wickham Road in Zoar Valley Saturday, where trees along the road in the town of Otto have been marked for cutting as part of a plan by state DEC and Audubon officials to clear-cut hundreds of acres to improve bird habitat.

Zoar Valley demonstrators want logging plan reversed

September 23, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OTTO — More than 50 people participated in a protest Saturday at a state forest in the town of Otto that is part of a proposed state

Connecting Communities in Action, Salamanca, New York

May 28, 2024

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT PUBLIC MEETING TO FILL COMMUNITY SECTOR OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS CCA helps build resilient communities by helping people achieve economic, physical, and emotional security. The Board of

(Daniella Langianese/Star News Photo) Commander Don Langley of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 212 of Bradford, spoke about honoring and remembering all those lost to wars, both foreign and domestic, during a Memorial Service under sunny skies on Sunday morning in Willow Dale Cemetery in Bradford.

McKean Co. celebrates a Memorial Day rich in original purpose

May 28, 2024

By DANIELLA LANGIANESE Star Staff Reporter dani@bradfordstar.com Today Bradford celebrated somber Memorial Day services in honor of our fallen soldiers. Due to impending storm predictions from the National Weather Service,

(Rick MIller/Olean Star) More than 200 people attended Memorial Day ceremonies sponsored by Olean American Legion Post 530 in Lincoln Park on Monday.

More than 200 attend Olean Memorial Day ceremony

May 28, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — More than 200 people came to participate in Olean’s Memorial Day ceremony at Lincoln Monday morning. Despite an occasional sprinkle, rain held off

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Members of the Honor Guard from Charles Harbel Post 892 lead the Allegany Memorial Day Parade on Monday.

Light rain fails to deter Allegany Memorial Day Parade, ceremony

May 28, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — Sponsors of the Allegany Memorial Day Parade proceeded with the parade from the fire hall to the Allegany Town Hall Veterans Memorial Monday