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Kill Buck ‘Flag House’ is a tribute to veterans
BY: Rick Miller KILL BUCK — The Kill Buck Flag House is ready for Memorial Day. Alan Robison started placing hundreds of small American flags on the front lawn of

Rural Minds founder and chairman Jeffrey Winton is building connections for mental health services across rural America
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ST. BONAVENTURE — Rural Minds founder and chairman Jeffrey Winton of Mayville in Chautauqua County is building connections for mental health services across rural America.

East State Street project over budget, Olean aldermen eye savings from cuts
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Members of the Olean Common Council are looking for ways to reduce the cost of the South Union Street reconstruction project scheduled to

Voters approve local school budgets Tuesday
By RICK MILLER Olean Star The proposed $20 million capital project at Portville Central School passed Tuesday 152-38. The proposed project includes improvements to the football and soccer fields including

County votes to abolish four DPW laborer positions by immediate resolution
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers voted Wednesday to abolish four full-time laborer II positions in the Public Works Department in return for backfilling four other DPW

Five candidates seeking 3 seats on Olean Board of Education
By RICK MILLER OLEAN — Personal safety, high student absenteeism and low math and English test scores highlighted comments by Olean City School District Board of Education candidates last week. There are

Two troopers are stabbed in incident at Crosby’s in Bolivar
By RICK MILLER Olean Star BOLIVAR — Two New York State troopers were stabbed Saturday afternoon while trying to subdue an unidentified woman outside Crosby’s store and gas station in
FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Olean baseball comes alive late; Portville, Olean softball cap regular seasons with big wins
SALAMANCA — Bouncing back from a narrow league loss last time out, the Olean baseball team managed to get its offense going late in a 7-0 shutout of Salamanca. Through












