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Bar-Bill owners to operate Ellicottville Depot tavern in time for ski season
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — When the Ellicottville Depot closed this spring, everyone wondered what would become of the popular iconic tavern. Over the summer, Win-Sum Ski Corp.,

Portville/C-R/B-R rounds out season with 43-28 slugfest loss to Eden/North Collins
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com EDEN — Who would blink first? That was the big question as the No. 6 seed Portville/Cuba-Rushford/Bolivar-Richburg and No. 3 seed Eden/North Collins football teams exchanged

THURSDAY ROUNDUP: Olean, Portville volleyball sweep through quarterfinals
OLEAN, NY — Enjoying a playoff christening from their home crowd, the Olean volleyball team opened their postseason with a clean sweep over Buffalo Academy of Science in the Section

Olean Food Pantry girding for increased use with no SNAP benefits due to shutdown
By RICK MILLER Olean Star With no plan in sight to extend SNAP benefits into November, the Olean Food Pantry and other area food pantries are girding for increased numbers

Portville, in search of experience, falls to Sherman in Rick Hughes Memorial tourney
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com FRANKLINVILLE — It’s not the start to the season the Portville boys basketball team was hoping for. And its 51-43 loss in the first round of

Clash of the Titans: Terrors spoil Randolph’s season opener with second-half surge
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com RANDOLPH, NY – Meeting for the first time Friday night, the Twin Tier powerhouses of Otto-Eldred and Randolph battled for four quarters. While the Cardinals

‘It’s not rocket science:’ Bona prepared to face high-profile Providence in HOF Showcase
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — Two teams similar in style, game plan and execution, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team hits the road to face Providence for perhaps the

Speakers take city to task over efforts to stem sewage overflows
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Three downriver residents — including two members of the Seneca Nation — pressed the Olean Common Council Tuesday for signs of progress on ending raw












