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Allegany-Limestone residents to vote on $21.3 million for capital projects
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — Allegany-Limestone Central School District voters will vote on two capital programs worth a combined $21.3 million on Dec. 18. A public forum on the project

Pollock: Question of McDermott after loss missed the point, stop rearranging chairs on the Titanic deck
December 9, 2024 A column by CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist It was interesting listening to Sean McDermott’s postgame press conference Sunday night in Los Angeles after his

Olean girls hoops seek growth, cohesion after heavy loss to Cuba-Rushford
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com OLEAN — While the Olean girls basketball team may have suffered its heaviest defeat of the season at the hands of Cuba-Rushford, coach Chelsea Bowker stressed

HS ROUNDUP: Panthers drop to 0-3; Francis leads Lady Terrors with 26
PORTVILLE, NY – Facing a challenger from the Keystone State, the Portville boys’ basketball team dropped their third game in a row, losing to Coudersport 69-44. Despite opening the game

Legislators ask Hochul to reconsider ending some Medicaid payments to rural ambulance services
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to reconsider a provision in her executive budget that would

Chuck Pollock: Reflections on Schmidt’s stint at St. Bonaventure
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Wellsville Sun Senior Sports Columnist The hammer came Saturday morning when the Olean Star announced that St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach Mark Schmidt would be coaching his final game

Borrello, Sempolinski vote against Senate, Assembly add-ons to Hochul’s record state budget
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello criticized the Senate’s one-house budget resolution, passed Thursday along party lines, which adds $7.1 billion to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s

Former Cattaraugus county probation director receives maximum sentence under plea deal for possessing child porn
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — A former Cattaraugus County Probation Director was sentenced in County Court Thursday by Acting County Court Judge Nicholas A. DiCerbo to six












