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

Feet Heat 5 is underway by Church Without Walls
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Feet Heat 5 is underway! The Church Without Walls has begun its annual drive to collect quality sneakers for area youths. This year’s

House Ag Committee chairman to attend Right Thinkers meeting
ALLEGANY — House Agriculture Committee Chairman Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson will be one of the guests at Monday night’s Right Thinkers meeting at The Hall, 80 N. Fourth St. The

Open Painting Day brings out dozens to help with Olean’s latest public mural
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — The perspective for “the Moment,” Olean’s latest public art on a brick wall at The Sports Locker on West State Street, is that

Olean stalls out against Vikings, end playoff run in quarterfinals for the second year in a row
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com ERIE COUNTY, NY – Facing elimination in the Section VI Class A quarterfinals, the Olean softball team was unable to come away with timely hits,

Olean bats more efficient in 7-2 tune-up game victory over Portville
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com OLEAN — While the final 7-2 scoreline may depict a one-sided affair, there was not much that came between the victorious Olean baseball team and Portville.

‘Accelerated’ Moneyball: How Jim Crowley has taken lessons from the past to reshape Bona women’s basketball
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — In today’s current era of college basketball, everything is new. Recruiting, coaching, name, image and likeness (NIL) deals, the transfer portal, redshirting —
MONDAY ROUNDUP: Portville softball walks off Cassadaga Valley in Class C First Round; Olean, Salamanca softball cruise in First Round fixtures
PORTVILLE — Behind an incredibly efficient offense, the No. 7 seed Portville softball team scored a 7-6 victory over No. 10 seed Cassadaga Valley in the first round of the











