Legislature unanimously approves record $293.7 million budget
By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers unanimously approved a record $293.7 million county budget for 2025 on Tuesday. The budget contains a 7.29% decrease in the full […]
Great Lakes Cheese Co. makes first cheese at Franklinville plant
By RICK MILLER Olean Star FRANKLINVILLE — Great Lakes Cheese Co. employees have made the first cheese at the new $700 million plant in Franklinville — an Italian cheese. The first tanker […]
Cattaraugus County overdose deaths take a nose dive in 2024
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — With a month to go in 2024, overdose deaths in Cattaraugus County are down for the third year in a row. So far this year, […]
Freya Rose Lopus
May 8, 1979 – October 21, 2024 Freya Rose Lopus, 45, of Bradford passed away Oct. 21, 2024, at her home. She was born May 8, 1979, in Bradford, a […]
Walter M. Makin
December 20, 1936 – November 24, 2024 Walter M. Makin, 87, of Bradford, passed away on Sunday, November 24, 2024 at UPMC Hamot, Erie. He was born on December 20, […]
Jeanne Moore Sluga
September 2, 1957 – November 24, 2024 Jeanne M. (Moore) Sluga, 87, of Lebanon Road, Randolph, passed away, Sunday, November 24, 2024. She was born September 2, 1937 in the Town of […]
Mark Farrell
July 1, 1954 – November 17, 2024 Mark Farrell, 70 of Limestone died Sunday November 17, 2024 after living a life he’d describe as “finer than a frog hair.” Born […]
My Turn: DEC’s Zoar Valley timber plans for bird habitat is threat to old growth
By Lily Harrington So, yes. Technically, the DEC is correct with their white-knuckled, redundant rebuttal: “We’re not cutting old-growth trees.” For the damage the old growth will suffer on their […]
Michael P. “Mike” Wargo
January 2, 1947 – November 24, 2024 Michael P. Wargo, 77, of Jamestown Street, Randolph, passed away on Sunday (November 24, 2024) at home with his family by his side while under […]
Olean Common Council votes to continue solar moratorium
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — The Olean Common Council voted 5-1 Tuesday for a local law extending a city moratorium on new solar farms or facilities. Alderman Vernon Robinson Jr., […]