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Two Olean icons’ Hometown Heroes banners fly outside Municipal Building
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Bev Bennett passed by the Olean Municipal Building recently and saw her father’s Hometown Heroes banner on a light pole outside the entrance

Construction begins on $300,000 Allegany Skate Park in village park
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — Construction of the Allegany Skate Park has begun in the village’s Allegany River Park on East Union Street. Grindline Skateparks of Washington State

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.

Big bats lift Bradford over Oswayo Valley, complete season sweep
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com BRADFORD, PA – With equal parts of patience and power at the plate as well as a hive-mind defense in the field, the Bradford softball

‘Resilient’ Allegany-Limestone takes care of business in five-inning win over Southwestern
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ALLEGANY — Over the course of her team’s season thus far, Allegany-Limestone softball coach Kaelyn Arnold has raved about the resilience and collective growth she has
TUESDAY ROUNDUP: Lady Terrors storm back late; Olean softball, Portville baseball fall just shy
PORT ALLEGANY, PA – Finding themselves with their backs against a wall, the Otto-Eldred softball team rallied late, finding clutch hits as they pulled ahead in the seventh to beat

Lacking clutch hits, Otto-Eldred falls in second meeting with Gators
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com ROULETTE, PA – In a clash of two of the top teams in the Allegheny Mountain League, the Otto-Eldred baseball team was unable to claim












