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Halloween showers hold off for Olean’s trick-or-treaters
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — After a brief shower that ended just as trick-or-treating started at 6 o’clock on Halloween night things were mostly smooth sailing in Olean.

Crowley looking for team to adapt ‘on the fly’ ahead of season tip-off vs. Mansfield
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure women’s basketball head coach Jim Crowley found out a lot about his new roster in their final exhibition game against Daemen

Williamsville South overpowers Huskies, eliminates Olean in quarterfinals
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com WILLIAMSVILLE, NY – Battling injuries old and new, wind and weather as well as the top seeded team in their bracket, the Olean football team’s

FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Salamanca football falls despite gutsy effort; Wilczewski, Duggan qualify for NYS cross country meet
BARKER, NY — The Salamanca football team is no stranger to dramatic postseason runs. Just two years ago, the Warriors danced all the way to the NYSPHSAA Semifinal and last

Olean girls hoops downed 48-29 by Fredonia after second half offensive deluge
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com OLEAN — It was a tale of two halves for the Olean girls basketball team as Fredonia ran away with a 48-29 result after the sides entered

Terrors survive overtime thriller against Port despite offensive struggles
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com DUKE CENTER, PA – For the first time all season, the Otto-Eldred boys’ basketball team was on their heels. After four quarters of uncharacteristically dreadful

IDA meeting Friday to vote on Alle-Catt tax breaks
If granted, a PILOT would provide Towns $15M more than the NYS Uniform Assessment, but will cost the County and School Districts $29.11M, resulting in a net-loss of $14.11M in

Bona sees second-half surge fended off by UMass, falls 81-54
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com AMHERST, MA — After enduring a consistent offensive display from UMass in the first half, the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team rallied, connected on a haymaker of











