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Two smoke shops in county fined $7,000 for selling flavored vapes, underage sales
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Two pop-up smoke shops have been fined a total of more than $7,000 by the Cattaraugus County Board of Health for illegal sales of vaping

Walkable Olean IV work begins on South Union Street Wednesday
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Work got underway on the $3.3 million Walkable Olean IV along South Union Street on Wednesday. A crew from Millennium Construction, Niagara Falls, removed the

DEC creates Blue Hill State Forest in Town of Yorkshire, first since ’63
By RICK MILLER Olean Star YORKSHIRE — Cattaraugus County has a newly-designated state forest in the town of Yorkshire with access to Cattaraugus Creek. Sean Mahar, the interim director of the state

Panthers dominate Salamanca War Wolves, look toward bright future
By HUNTER O. LYLE SALAMANCA – After suffering a loss last week, the Portville boys soccer team was able to get back in the win column with a 10-1 dismantling win over Salamanca-Cattaraugus

Two troopers are stabbed in incident at Crosby’s in Bolivar
By RICK MILLER Olean Star BOLIVAR — Two New York State troopers were stabbed Saturday afternoon while trying to subdue an unidentified woman outside Crosby’s store and gas station in
FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Olean baseball comes alive late; Portville, Olean softball cap regular seasons with big wins
SALAMANCA — Bouncing back from a narrow league loss last time out, the Olean baseball team managed to get its offense going late in a 7-0 shutout of Salamanca. Through

Salamanca’s first ‘true’ Super 8 marks new chapter in Meet’s legacy
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com SALAMANCA — The first ‘true’ Super 8 track and field meet is officially in the books. The Salamanca track and field team has a long, storied
THURSDAY ROUNDUP: Olean misses out on share of league title with loss to Fredonia; consistent offense gets Bradford past Warren
FREDONIA, NY — On the table for the Olean softball team entering its penultimate game of the regular season was a shot at the CCAA Div. I title, all it












