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North Second Street home’s Halloween display a magnet for Olean trick-or-treaters
By RICK MILLER Olean Star The extensive Halloween decorations on and around Paul Capozzi’s North Second Street home made it a magnet for Olean trick-or-treaters Saturday night. The decorations —

Panthers’ outsized, overwhelmed by top-seeded Barker/Roy-Hart in Class C quarterfinals
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com BARKER, NY – Fighting a dearth of size on the line of scrimmage, as well as a gaps in their roster, the Portville/Bolivar-Richburg/Cuba-Rushford football team’s

Olean filmmakers update IDA on their plans for regional soundstage, production facility in city
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — The Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency heard earlier this week from an Olean couple who plan to bring a little bit of Hollywood

Gies holds last town hall in Cattaraugus County before Tuesday’s midterm election
By RICK MILLEROlean StarALLEGANY — Democrat Aaron Gies held his last town meeting in Cattaraugus County before the election on Wednesday to an audience of about 100 at The Hall

Bell, Drummond lead Lady Terrors to PIAA first round win over Geibel Catholic
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com DUKE CENTER, PA – Fueled by their senior leadership, the Otto-Eldred girls’ basketball team stormed through the opening round of the PIAA state tournament, beating

Allegany-Limestone claws back from 22-point deficit, falls short of B2 title 56-47
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com BUFFALO — The goal for the Allegany-Limestone boys basketball team this season was to compete for a Section 6 title and, according to coach Glenn Anderson,

Ellicottville community mourns fallen firefighter Zach Golley
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — Family, friends, firefighters, paramedics and public works employees paid final respects to fallen firefighter Zach Golley Friday. Following a funeral service at the Ellicottville Town

Splain leads charge as Terrors open states run with domination of Naz Prep
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com DUKE CENTER, PA – Although it was still an hour before tipoff, the Terror Dome was buzzing. Donning blue and gold, as well as neon




