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Salamanca boys soccer looks to carry over positives after hefty defeat to Chautauqua Lake

September 9, 2025

By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com SALAMANCA — After dropping its third straight game to start the season, the Salamanca boys soccer team is looking to string together the positives moving forward.

The Otto-Eldred volleyball team celebrates after sealing their third set win and sweep of Austin on Tuesday. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

Four Matches, Four Sweeps: Lady Terrors continue hot start with win over Austin

September 9, 2025

By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com DUKE CENTER, PA – Bursting out of the gates with energy, confidence and an army of high-flying hitters, the Otto-Eldred volleyball team strung on their

St. Bonaventure men’s basketball to hold NBA/G League Pro Day

September 9, 2025

NEW YORK — On Oct. 11, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team will host a Pro Day at the NBA’s National Basketball Players Association training facility in midtown Manhattan. The

MONDAY ROUNDUP: Port soccer, volleyball earn shutout wins; Huskies volleyball opens with sweep

September 8, 2025

PORTVILLE, NY – Standing behind Kailey Bartlett’s three goals, the Port United girl’s soccer team improved to 3-2 with a road 3-0 win over Bolivar-Richburg. While Joanna Darush recorded an

(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