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Cattaraugus County IDA OKs 37M in Alle-Catt tax breaks
The PILOT costs Cattaraugus County, area School Districts 29M By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — The Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency board voted 5-2 Friday to provide $37.8 million

Cattaraugus-Wyoming Head Start programs set to resume Monday
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Cattaraugus-Wyoming Project Head Start classes are set to resume on Monday — eight school days after closing down in the face of the Trump administration

Salamanca takes league crown with dramatic 55-52 comeback win over Allegany-Limestone
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ALLEGANY — Trailing for the grand majority of three quarters only to complete a miraculous comeback attempt was not the way the Salamanca boys basketball team

Friday Roundup: Olean boys win third straight; Panthers, Lady Owls suffer different fates in OT
BOYS BASKETBALL Olean 61, Southwestern 49 OLEAN, NY — Joe Mest’s excellent night shooting the ball highlighted the third consecutive win for the Olean boys basketball team as it downed

Olean Police officers help to rescue cat from under hood of woman’s car
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — A Bolivar-Richburg Central School teacher on her way to work on Monday heard a kitten meowing under her hood as she drove down

Senecas threaten legal action on overflows
SALAMANCA – Seneca Nation President Rickey Armstrong Sr. asked the legal department to look into legal action against the City of Olean over its latest discharges into the Allegheny River.

Allegheny River paddle by activist upstaged by big sewage overflow
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — For the Summer Solstice Thursday, Degaweno:da’s, a Seneca environmental activist, paddled his kayak on the Allegheny River from Olean to Allegany to recognize

House Ag Committee chairman Thompson touts dairy bill that cuts $28B in food stamps, claims inflation hurting farmers despite drop in inflation
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — The U.S. needs small and medium-sized farms to spread the risk, but inflation is killing everybody and stalking our farmers, House Agriculture Committee




