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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

Bona women’s hoops hope to embrace ‘enthusiasm of the unknown’ in A10 tournament
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com HENRICO, VA — For the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team, from here on out, it is win or go home. The regular season has reached its

Ellicottville man dies after his truck is struck by a train
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — An Ellicottville village employee who was critically injured when a train struck his truck last Thursday died Saturday at Erie County Medical Center. Zach Golley,

Cattaraugus County lawmakers back striking corrections officers
EDITOR’S NOTE: The union representing striking New York State corrections officers and the Department of Corrections and Community Safety agreed to terms to end the strike on Friday. Many COs,

Flowing sap a sweet sound at Sprague’s Maple Farms
By RICK MILLER Olean Star PORTVILLE — Sprague’s Maple Farms has produced its first maple syrup of the 2025 season. With several warm days earlier this week, the taps started running through




