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Salamanca/Cattaraugus Little Valley Picks up First Win in Boys Soccer

September 19, 2024

The Salamanca Boys soccer team picked up their first win of the season against Pine Valley-Gowanda in over-time on Monday before dropping their next one to a very tough and

Cuba-Rushford vs Catt/LV 9-7-24 (Photo; Jason Wick)

Week 6 CCMFL Midget League Results

September 18, 2024

Week 6 saw the undefeated Bolivar-Richburg Wolverines bring their record to 5-0 with a 41-22 victory over the host Wellsville Lions (2-3). The Wolverines continue to lead the league in

Cuba-Rushford girls soccer tops Wellsville 3-2

September 17, 2024

Photos and stories by CHRIS BROOKS, managing editor, wellsvillesports.com CUBA — From within a packed crowd of contests that went past regulation time back on Wednesday, both Wellsville and Cuba-Rushford

Josh Allen joins teammates after a James Cook touchdown. Photo by James Gilbert/Buffalo Bills

Joe Brady had a ‘defensive victory’ over Miami as the Buffalo Bills’ offensive coordinator earns high marks

September 17, 2024

By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun and Olean Star Senior Columnist It had to be a bit weird for Joe Brady. The Bills’ offensive coordinator was the subject of great interest

(Photo provided) It was a happy ending for a kitten stuck under a car hood Monday. From left are: Patrolmen Zack Spears and Joe Cottone; Sgt. Chris Lickfeld (holding the kitten) and Cordell Hill, an auto mechanic who helped remove panels so Lickfeld could grab it.

Olean Police officers help to rescue cat from under hood of woman’s car

June 24, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — A Bolivar-Richburg Central School teacher on her way to work on Monday heard a kitten meowing under her hood as she drove down

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Degaweno:da’s, a Seneca activist, kayaks past the Fourth Street pumping station outflow on the Allegheny River on Thursday. The night before, 200,000 gallons of untreated sewage overflowed from the station into the river.

Senecas threaten legal action on overflows

June 24, 2024

SALAMANCA – Seneca Nation President Rickey Armstrong Sr. asked the legal department to look into legal action against the City of Olean over its latest discharges into the Allegheny River.

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Degaweno:da’s, a Seneca Indian member of Defend Ohi’yo, departed from the South Union Street canoe and kayak launch Thursday morning to thank Olean city officials for taking steps to stop sewage overflows into the Allegheny River. He later found heavy rains Wednesday night had produced record sewage overflows into the river.

Allegheny River paddle by activist upstaged by big sewage overflow

June 21, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — For the Summer Solstice Thursday, Degaweno:da’s, a Seneca environmental activist, paddled his kayak on the Allegheny River from Olean to Allegany to recognize

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) State Sen. George Borrello (left) speaks at the Right Thinkers meeting on agriculture Monday. At right is House Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson.

House Ag Committee chairman Thompson touts dairy bill that cuts $28B in food stamps, claims inflation hurting farmers despite drop in inflation

June 18, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — The U.S. needs small and medium-sized farms to spread the risk, but inflation is killing everybody and stalking our farmers, House Agriculture Committee