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Southern Tier Restaurant Week set for August 9-16 by GOACC
OLEAN — The Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce will present 2024 Southern Tier Restaurant Week Aug. 9-16. Participating GOACC member restaurants will be offering a specialty item or a

County fair’s demolition derby draws good grandstand crowd
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — The first of two demolition derbies was the highlight of Day Three of the 181st Cattaraugus County Fair on Monday night. Twenty-six

Kindt due for court hearing on parole violation Thursday
By RICK MILLER Olean Star Cattaraugus County officials will learn Thursday whether their comments regarding Edward Kindt fleeing parole supervision for six days until his arrest in Salamanca last Wednesday

Antique Tractor Pull starts off 181st Cattaraugus County Fair
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — The 181st Cattaraugus County Fair got underway Saturday under sunny skies and good crowds. The north end of the infield was taken

Costly errors, inconsistent bats lead to Salamanca’s 8-2 defeat at Hornell
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com HORNELL — What was, for a moment, set up to be another back-and-forth game between the Salamanca Lizards and the Hornell Steamers, wound up favoring the

Common Council approves $2.3 million street paving bid
By RICK MILLER Olean Star The Olean Common Council awarded a $2.3 million bid to a Jamestown paving firm for the city’s annual pavement preparation and overlay program. Lakeshore Paving

‘Resilient’ Lizards come up just short against West-leading Genesee
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com SALAMANCA — The Salamanca Lizards, eyeing a change of fortunes ahead of the home stretch of the season, came up just short in their pursuit of

Appellate court reverses Salamanca man’s assault conviction over Miranda violation
By RICK MILLER Olean Star A 36-year-old Salamanca man convicted of first-degree assault and sentenced to 18 years in prison in connection with the death of another Salamanca man will











