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Olean Common Council seeks to trim $8.85% tax hike in mayor’s proposed budget Tuesday
By RICK MILLER Olean Star The Olean Common Council will meet in a special session Tuesday night to try to pass Mayor Amy B. Sherburne’s proposed $21.3 million budget for

Bona baseball survives late scare from Rhode Island, captures series sweep
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — It seems as though there might be some magic woven into the renovations at Fred Handler park. Since St. Bonaventure returned to its newly

FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Smethport scores seven runs in final inning to defeat Otto-Eldred; Baylee Francis paces O-E softball past Smethport with 100th career strikeout
DUKE CENTER, PA – The Smethport Hubbers used a seven-run seventh inning to storm back and defeat Otto-Eldred 10-9. O-E earned a 3-0 lead in the first inning following a

Olean Rotary Club to recognize 3 groups at ‘Service Above Self’ awards dinner May 11
OLEAN — The Olean Rotary Club will recognize three organizations whose longstanding commitment to serving residents has strengthened the local community during its 8th Annual Service Above Self Awards Dinner

Borrello calls 2026 state legislative session one of the least productive in years
By RICK MILLER Olean Star State Sen. George Borrello said last week that the 2026 legislative session was one of the least productive in years. “Each year it gets worse,”

County primary voter turnout low in 23rd District Congressional District race between Gies, Stocker
By RICK MILLER Olean Star Early voting in Cattaraugus County that started on Saturday is going slow. As of mid-day Tuesday, 114 people had voted, according to the Board of

Seventy attend Sunday’s ‘No Kings’ protest at Olean’s Lincoln Park
By RICK MILLER Olean Star About 70 people attended a No Kings protest along East State Street at Olean’s Lincoln Park Sunday afternoon. Organized by the local group Voices of

Blakeman, GOP candidate for governor, promises to cut utility costs in half for New Yorkers
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman said in Olean Friday that New York’s utility rates are too high and if elected he would cut




