Eye-popping bed tax revenue has aldermen raising eyebrows

By RICK MILLER Olean Star Members of the Olean Common Council heard brief updates on levee reaccreditation and controlling sewage overflows Tuesday night, but a bed tax report seemed to […]
Speakers take city to task over efforts to stem sewage overflows

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Three downriver residents — including two members of the Seneca Nation — pressed the Olean Common Council Tuesday for signs of progress on ending raw […]
Olean looking to 5% bed tax to fund tourism, development
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — By this time next month, the City of Olean’s plan to institute a bed or occupancy tax could become effective. Last week, Gov. Kathy Hochul […]
