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Olean Common Council eyes fines for camping, sleeping or encampments on public property
By RICK MILLER Olean Star The cost of being homeless in Olean is about to go up. The Olean Common Council has a resolution on Tuesday night’s agenda to rewrite

Town of Olean Planning Board discusses site plan for proposed 5 megawatt solar facility on Dugan Road
By RICK MILLER Olean Star The Town of Olean Planning Board on Thursday discussed the site plan for the proposed 5 megawatt Dugan Road Solar project on Dugan Road. The

MY HOMETOWN: OLEAN’S CITY HALL IN DISARRAY
Olean Star – Eric M. Firkel I was eight years oldAnd running with a dime in my handTo the bus stop to pickUp a paper for my old manI’d sit

Ischua Creek Water Keeper group seeking answers on fish kill in Franklinville creek a year ago
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following press release was submitted by the Ischua Valley Water Keepers group, formed last year after the die-off of fish, amphibians and other aquatic animals in Ischua

Weekend Roundup: Salamanca track and field begins season with pair of second-place finishes; Warriors girls lacrosse falls to West Seneca West
TRACK AND FIELD BOYS: Wellsville 179, Salamanca 87.5, Friendship/Scio 31, FIllmore 26, Bolivar-Richburg 19.5 GIRLS: Wellsville 120, Salamanca 117, Bolivar-Richburg 39, Fillmore 33, Friendship/Scio 31 BOLIVAR-RICHBURG — The Salamanca boys

Bonnies baseball swept by St. Joseph’s after 15-2 loss in series finale
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — The St. Bonaventure baseball team, looking to get back on track in the Atlantic 10, unfortunately ran into a St. Joseph’s team that

Gator repeat: A-L earns walk-off win over Portville
After walk-off win over Randolph, A-L downs PCS in 9 By J.P. BUTLER — Special to the Olean Star jpbutler10@gmail.com ALLEGANY — Eric Hemphill turned to his dugout and beckoned

Republican lawmakers blast plan for inmates early release
RICK MILLER Olean Star GOWANDA — Republican state lawmakers from Western New York blasted state plans Friday for early release of some nonviolent inmates to address staff shortages in a




