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Olean Common Council seeks to trim $8.85% tax hike in mayor’s proposed budget Tuesday
By RICK MILLER Olean Star The Olean Common Council will meet in a special session Tuesday night to try to pass Mayor Amy B. Sherburne’s proposed $21.3 million budget for

Bona baseball survives late scare from Rhode Island, captures series sweep
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — It seems as though there might be some magic woven into the renovations at Fred Handler park. Since St. Bonaventure returned to its newly

FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Smethport scores seven runs in final inning to defeat Otto-Eldred; Baylee Francis paces O-E softball past Smethport with 100th career strikeout
DUKE CENTER, PA – The Smethport Hubbers used a seven-run seventh inning to storm back and defeat Otto-Eldred 10-9. O-E earned a 3-0 lead in the first inning following a

Olean Rotary Club to recognize 3 groups at ‘Service Above Self’ awards dinner May 11
OLEAN — The Olean Rotary Club will recognize three organizations whose longstanding commitment to serving residents has strengthened the local community during its 8th Annual Service Above Self Awards Dinner

Council votes 5-1 to hire recruiting firm to find remote workers, families to move to Olean
By RICK MILLER Olean Star The Olean Common Council voted 5-1 Tuesday to contract with a company for 12 months to recruit five families to live and work in Olean.
Water Division doing emergency repair of water main break on Virginia Street
The City of Olean Department of Public Works Water Distribution Division is undertaking an emergency water main repair that will affect Virginia Street this morning (Wednesday).There may be water outages
TUESDAY ROUNDUP: Huskies advance to A2 championship, A-L falls short of survival
MARYVALE, NY – Keeping their hot streak alive through the Section VI Class A2 playoffs, the Olean baseball team punched their ticket to the championship game with a 9-4 win

Allegany-Limestone’s season comes to a close after late offensive eruption from Alden
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ALDEN — The season has come to a close for the Allegany-Limestone softball team after falling 7-5 to No. 2 seed Alden in the Section 6












