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Last night of County Fair left swingers up in the air
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — The 183rd Cattaraugus County Fair wrapped up Saturday night with a midway ride malfunction that stranded 15 riders until they could be

TUESDAY ROUNDUP: Smethport VFW, 716 Fitness take home slow pitch championships
OLEAN, NY – After dropping the first game of the series, the Smethport VFW took home the 2025 Olean Women’s Slow-Pitch Softball Championship with a win over Randy’s Up the

Tee times set for 89th annual Men’s AM
OLEAN, NY — Going into it’s 89th year of existence, the annual Southwestern New York-Northwestern Pennsylvania Men’s Amateur is set to begin following the release of this year’s tee times. The

Pollock reflects on quite a century for former Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Sun Senior Sports Columnist Statistics will tell you that 0.03% of the 330-plus million Americans will live to be 100 years old. That’s 101,000 and nearly 80% of

Salamanca boys lacrosse falls just short in pursuit of Akron in season-opener
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com SALAMANCA — Despite coming up just short, the Salamanca boys lacrosse team put up a strong fight in its season-opener against Akron. The Warriors wasted no

Man arrested after offering coins to city to stem sewage overflows
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — A man who approached the speaker’s podium with silver coins during the public comment portion of the Olean Common Council meeting Tuesday was led from

Cattaraugus County IDA OKs $9.6 million in tax inducements, does not approve Alle-Catt PILOT
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — Tax breaks for business expansion projects in Olean, Allegany and Portville with nearly $4 million in local investment were approved Tuesday by the Cattaraugus County

Seneca president, councilors meet with governor who will issue apology over state role in Thomas Indian School abuse
By RICK MILLER Olean Star Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca and Seneca tribal councilors met earlier this month with Gov. Kathy Hochul in Albany to discuss a number of issues. The number












