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Photo by Hunter O. Lyle The Lady Panthers celebrate after completing the season sweep of Falconer.

Regional Sports Round-up: Lady Owls earn another D9 finals appearance, Olean girls soccer bows out of postseason

October 26, 2024

BRADFORD, PA — As they chase their seventh consecutive District 9 Championship, the Bradford girls soccer team took a step towards the title with a 2-0 win over Clearfield. In

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Keynote speaker Jennifer D. Becker, MPH, told those attending the Lead Poisoning Education Conference that preventing lead poisoning is costly, but cost-effective.

Lead Poisoning Education Conference draws 100 to Seneca-Allegany Center

October 26, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star SALAMANCA — There is no safe threshold of lead exposure, but young children are being used as lead detectors, a presenter stated at the Lead Partnership’s second

Early voting starts Today, October 26; absentee, early voting by mail too

October 26, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star The Cattaraugus County Board of Elections will offer nine days of early voting before Election Day starting Saturday, Oct. 26. There are two early voting sites —

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Eric Toegel of Millennium Construction holds onto the bucket of an excavator to smooth concrete at the mini-roundabout at East State and Barry streets Thursday.

Walkable Olean III mini-roundabout gets finishing touches, paving done

October 26, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Paving along East State Street’s Walkable Olean III project was completed on Wednesday. Millennium Construction of Niagara Falls put the finishing touches on

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Cattaraugus County 4-H youth exhibit sheep Wednesday in the animal show ring at the 183rd Cattaraugus County Fair. Don't miss Saturday';s Market Animal Sale that starts at 10:30 a.m.

Champions racking up ribbons at the Cattaraugus County Fair

August 4, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Sixteen-year-old Addyson Shawley of Randolph won Supreme Dairy Cow honors at the 183rd Cattaraugus County Fair this week. Athena, a two-year-old senior

New York rolls past PA in Big 30 Charities Classic, evens up all-time series

August 3, 2025

By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com BRADFORD, PA — For the first time in a decade, New York has gone back-to-back with wins over Pennsylvania in the Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic.

(Rick MIller/Olean Star) Eric Jones works on details of a 20,000-pound sand sculpture along Route 305 in front of the Clarksville Firemen’s Park Friday afternoon. Stop by and see the finished product and take part in the Community Celebration of Eric Jones Saturday beginning at 2 p.m. with a chicken barbecue.

West Clarksville to celebrate its sculptor celebrity, Eric Jones

August 1, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star WEST CLARKSVILLE — It isn’t every day a community gets behind one of its own residents and helps promote his charity dedicated to making sick

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Ethan Boutelle of Kennedy displays his Supreme Lamb Wednesday at the Cattaraugus County Fair. The lamb will be in the Market Animal Auction on Saturday morning.

4-H Market Animal Auction at County Fair on Saturday

August 1, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — The 4-H Market Animal Sale Saturday at the Cattaraugus County Fair is expected to raise more than $250,000 for 4-H owners. The auction begins