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(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Olean High School Valedictorian Aila Shoup addresses classmates, parents, family and school officials during her Valedictory Address Saturday at the 142nd annual Commencement in the high school auditorium.

Olean High School graduates 116 seniors at 142nd annual commencement Saturday

June 24, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — One hundred sixteen Olean High School seniors graduated Saturday in a sea of red robes and mortar boards at the 142nd annual Commencement

(Photo provided) It was a happy ending for a kitten stuck under a car hood Monday. From left are: Patrolmen Zack Spears and Joe Cottone; Sgt. Chris Lickfeld (holding the kitten) and Cordell Hill, an auto mechanic who helped remove panels so Lickfeld could grab it.

Olean Police officers help to rescue cat from under hood of woman’s car

June 24, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — A Bolivar-Richburg Central School teacher on her way to work on Monday heard a kitten meowing under her hood as she drove down

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Degaweno:da’s, a Seneca activist, kayaks past the Fourth Street pumping station outflow on the Allegheny River on Thursday. The night before, 200,000 gallons of untreated sewage overflowed from the station into the river.

Senecas threaten legal action on overflows

June 24, 2024

SALAMANCA – Seneca Nation President Rickey Armstrong Sr. asked the legal department to look into legal action against the City of Olean over its latest discharges into the Allegheny River.

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Degaweno:da’s, a Seneca Indian member of Defend Ohi’yo, departed from the South Union Street canoe and kayak launch Thursday morning to thank Olean city officials for taking steps to stop sewage overflows into the Allegheny River. He later found heavy rains Wednesday night had produced record sewage overflows into the river.

Allegheny River paddle by activist upstaged by big sewage overflow

June 21, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — For the Summer Solstice Thursday, Degaweno:da’s, a Seneca environmental activist, paddled his kayak on the Allegheny River from Olean to Allegany to recognize

Axl Firkel is pictured throwing, nearly getting an out at First.

Orioles and Redsox tie 18-18 in T-ball Showdown

May 16, 2024

BY: ERIC FIRKEL Olean Star PORTVILLE – Tuesday night the Orioles faced off against the Red Sox in a gripping T-ball game at the Portville Little League fields. Each team’s

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Della Moore (center with scissors) reacts after cutting the ribbon Wednesday to open the new African American Center for Cultural Development at 214 N. Barry St., Olean.

Della Moore cuts ribbon on new Olean African American Center

May 16, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Della Moore and her supporters cut a ribbon to officially open the new home for the African American Center for Cultural Development Wednesday.

The Olean OATS will run through Dec. 31, under an agreement the Common Council approved Tuesday night for an interest-free loan from Cattaraugus County to ease cash flow problems stemming from lagging state reimbursement. (Rick Miller/Olean Star)

Aldermen approve Olean Center Mall study, Approve county rescue of OATS bus service

May 15, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — The Olean Common Council on Tuesday approved a contract to draw up plans to relocate the John J. Ash Community Center and the

Hinsdale Vietnam veterans met Monday with Hinsdale Historian Stephen Clute (second from left) to discuss the dedication of the Hinsdale Vietnam Veterans Memorial July 13. Others from left are: John Tetlak, Ross Shaffer and Ed Koorse.

Hinsdale Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedication set for Alumni Weekend

May 14, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star HINSDALE — The Hinsdale Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be unveiled and dedicated on July 13, during Hinsdale Central School’s Alumni Weekend. Hinsdale Town Historian Stephen