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Two smoke shops in county fined $7,000 for selling flavored vapes, underage sales
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Two pop-up smoke shops have been fined a total of more than $7,000 by the Cattaraugus County Board of Health for illegal sales of vaping
Walkable Olean IV work begins on South Union Street Wednesday
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Work got underway on the $3.3 million Walkable Olean IV along South Union Street on Wednesday. A crew from Millennium Construction, Niagara Falls, removed the
DEC creates Blue Hill State Forest in Town of Yorkshire, first since ’63
By RICK MILLER Olean Star YORKSHIRE — Cattaraugus County has a newly-designated state forest in the town of Yorkshire with access to Cattaraugus Creek. Sean Mahar, the interim director of the state
Panthers dominate Salamanca War Wolves, look toward bright future
By HUNTER O. LYLE SALAMANCA – After suffering a loss last week, the Portville boys soccer team was able to get back in the win column with a 10-1 dismantling win over Salamanca-Cattaraugus
Four Olean aldermen re-elected — two opposed, two unopposed
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Four incumbent Olean aldermen — two opposed and two unopposed — were re-elected Tuesday. Ward 4 Alderwoman Sonya McCall was re-elected on the
Amy Sherburne elected Olean mayor over Aiello in landslide
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Amy Sherburne won a landslide victory over Mayor Bill Aiello Tuesday, winning by a nearly three-to-one margin. The unofficial vote tally from the
Pollock: Bills continue regular-season dominance of Chiefs
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Sun Senior Sports Columnist It shouldn’t have been a surprise … we already knew the regular-season numbers. Since Sean McDermott became Bills coach in 2017 his regular-season
Bonnies get contributions from everywhere in season-opening win over Mansfield
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — In its first game of the 2025-26 season, there was not much that went wrong for the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team. The
