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Eight fire departments participate in Allegany Old Home Days water fights Thursday
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — Teams from eight area volunteer fire departments competed Thursday in water fights at Allegany Old Home Days. Starting at 6 p.m.,19 different teams

THURSDAY ROUNDUP: Oilers lose fifth straight following slow start against Auburn
AUBURN, NY – Seeing the Auburn Doubledays for the second time this summer, the Olean Oilers were unable to redeem their previous loss, falling 6-4 amidst their worst stretch of

Allegany Old Home Days is back with midway with after a one-year hiatus
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — Allegany Old Home Days returned to Fireman’s Park Wednesday for a four-night run. Knox Great American Midway is providing amusement rides, games of

Siting Board refuses Alle-Catt request to ease limits on nighttime noise from wind turbines
By RICK MILLER Olean Star (Story has been updated with a comment from Alle-Catt Wind Energy) Residents in northern Cattaraugus and Allegany counties living near sites where wind turbines are

St. Bonaventure MBB captain Bowen to enter transfer portal
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — Dasonte Bowen, the captain for the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team this past season, has announced via Instagram that he will enter the

St. Bonaventure to hire Mike MacDonald as 20th men’s basketball head coach in program history
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team has their next head coach in Mike MacDonald. MacDonald, who comes with 29 years’ worth of experience

Community of 400 protesters gather Saturday for No Kings 3.0 at Olean’s Lincoln Park
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Organizers said about 400 people attended Saturday’s No Kings 3.0 rally at Lincoln Park in Olean protesting against President Trump and his policies.

With Kaleida planning to close Gundlah Dental Center at OGH, patients left wondering where to go
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — The bad news went out earlier this month to about 3,000 patients of the Gundlah Dental Center that the dental clinic would be




