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Allegany Old Home Days returns June 27-29
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — Allegany Old Home Days will return again this year Thursday, June 27 to Saturday, June 29. The carnival returns this year with 12

Cattaraugus County Planning Board elects Andrea Mellon as new chairman
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Andrea Mellon of Ashford has been elected chairman of the Cattaraugus County Planning Board. Mellon was vice chairman when longtime chairman Charles

Allegheny River Valley towns, cities await mosquito relief from spraying
By RICK MILLER Olean Star GREAT VALLEY — Mosquito relief is on the way. Jeff Duflo of Duflo Spray Chemical Inc., Lowville, has been flying to Cattaraugus County to spray

IDA encouraged by North Park expansion proposal in Ellicottville
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — Proposed tax breaks from the Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency for a $770,000 expansion for an Ellicottville manufacturer will go to a public

Bona men’s hoops fall to George Washington 62-52 behind lackluster physicality, rebounding
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — When a team has a player ranked in the top 15 for offensive rebounds per game nationally, the battle of the boards will

Chuck Pollock’s annual Super Bowl quiz, perfect for your parties even if you don’t care about the Chiefs and Eagles
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Senior Sports Columnist About 12 years ago, when “prop bets” became a thing in the Super Bowl, I thought it would be fun to list about 30

Beane says he has to make decisions to get the Buffalo Bills better around Josh Allen, points out team could’ve lost to Ravens
Share: (This is the second of a two-part series on Bills general manager Brandon Beane’s season-summarizing press conference.) By CHUCK POLLOCK, Sun Senior Sports Columnist How do the Bills stand

Bona men’s hoops look to get back to ‘same old, same old’ against George Washington
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — While the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team may have suffered its heaviest defeat of the season last time out, its outlook remains positive












