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Olean facing $1 million shortfall in sales tax revenue for 2024-25, enacts spending freeze
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Olean Mayor Bill Aiello last week sent a letter to city department heads to notify them of a spending freeze due to a

Friday Roundup: Salamanca boys hoops claim third consecutive CCAA Div. I title, Olean boys get back to winning ways
FREDONIA, NY – For the third time in as many years, the Salamanca boys basketball team has claimed the CCAA Div. I title, clinching it this season with a 60-51

Every Panther scores as Portville decimates Cassadaga Valley
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com PORTVILLE, NY – Winning by 40 points, the Portville boys’ basketball team took down Cassadaga Valley for the second time this season, earning a season

Bona men’s hoops prepared for matchup against improved, unchanged Fordham team
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — As the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team prepares to take on Fordham for the second time this season, it will be hoping for
FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Port Allegany, Bradford experience different sides of Week One blowouts
PORT ALLEGANY, PA – In the first glimpse of the post-Bienkowski-Bliss era, the Port Allegany football team picked up right where they left off, storming through the first week of

Hubbers drop 72 in season-opening rout over Otto-Eldred
Kisko, Dickerson lead charge for Smethport’s highest scoring affair in over 20 years By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com SMETHPORT, PA – Head coach Ryan Yingling’s main goal for the Smethport

Mrs. Sherburne: Tear Down Those Chains
-Letter to the Editor- By: Al Bernstein, Olean, New York Earlier this week the Common Council voted to prohibit camping or sleeping in public places. There are arguments for and

Victoria Guite, Democratic challenger of Sen. Borrello, hold first town hall in Olean Thursday
By RICK MILLER Olean Star Victoria Guite, a Genesee County Democrat running in the 57th Senate District, held her first town hall Thursday at the John Ash Center. Guite, an




