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Master Gardener Help Line open Tuesdays for plant help
ELLICOTTVILLE — Master Gardener volunteers at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cattaraugus County are ready to help residents with gardening questions, identification and other plant issues. The Master Gardener volunteers will answer

Benson gravel pit hearing will continue next month
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — The Allegany Zoning Board voted on Monday not to close a hearing on a request for a variance to construct a gravel pit closer to

Olean to reissue tax bills due to miscalculation of increase in 2025 tax rate
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — City of Olean taxpayers can expect something in the mail soon — a new tax bill. Mayor Bill Aiello announced Thursday morning that “due to

Suspect in stabbing of troopers in Bolivar held without bail after Preliminary Hearing Wednesday
BOLIVAR — After a preliminary hearing on Wednesday,a Richburg woman charged with seriously injuring two New York state troopers in a violent confrontation Saturday in Bolivar was ordered held in

Genesis House opens HOPE resource center in Olean to aid area’s homeless
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — The Genesis House formally opened its new Housing Outreach and Peer Engagement (Hope) Center at 315 W. State St. on Friday. Melissa Yaworsky,

Patriots 29, Bills 26 wasn’t just a loss, it was a “two-game swing”
Josh Allen: We’ve got to find a way to learn from this and put in the back of our brains A COLUMN by Chuck Pollock, Senor Sports Writer This wasn’t

Poll shows Trump underwater, Langworthy losing ground in NY-23 re-election bid
OLEAN — President Trump’s and Rep. Nick Langworthy’s standing with voters in New York’s 23rd Congressional District has declined sharply since his 2024 election, according to a new Public Policy

WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Panthers steamrolled by CSP; Bradford soccer sweeps Punxsy on Senior Day
PANAMA, NY – Seeing the dam break twice, the Portville football team suffered another backslide as they fell to CSP 42-14. Up against the fifth-best rushing team in Section VI,




