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Salamanca rolls past AA Niagara-Wheatfield 64-39 after second-half offensive deluge
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com SALAMANCA — Entering the halftime interval with nothing to split the sides, the Salamanca boys basketball team had kept pace with its AA challengers Niagara-Wheatfield. What came

Lady Terrors blow out Smethport by 47 for sixth straight win
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com DUKE CENTER, PA – Using tireless defense and fluid ball movement, the Otto-Eldred girls’ basketball dominated Smethport, 65-18, for their sixth consecutive win and fourth

Bona women’s hoops looking for change in fortunes against visiting SLU
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — Two teams currently at the bottom of the Atlantic 10 table will look to turn the tides of fate in their favor as the

Bona men’s hoops set for big Atlantic 10 test with Schertz’s new-look SLU
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — On Jan. 8, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team will get its first crack at Saint Louis in the Josh Schertz era. Prior

NY high school softball seasons to be spurred on by a surplus of experience
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com On the other side of the shadows of the winter sports season, our local New York high school softball teams are looking to have big years.

Proposed Olean city tax rate is down by half to 9%; aldermen seek water, sewer director reinstatement
By RICK MILLER Olean Star The Olean Common Council’s line-by-line review of the proposed $23.2 million budget for 2026-27 has resulted in cuts and revisions that have pared a tentative

IDA grants $480,000 sales tax abatement for Olean brownfield cleanup by Benson to retain 1 job
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — The Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) approved $480,000.00 in tax exemptions for a local developer Tuesday for a brownfield cleanup off River

Lens Martial speaks out after City Council rejects Mayor’s plan for outside auditing consultant
Current Olean Auditor Lens Martial submitted the following letter to the Mayor and the City Council. He has not received a response: Dear City Council Members and Mayor, Thank you












