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Mayor not surprised at reaction to proposed 18.6% tax rate hike; new state aid to reduce it
By RICK MILLER Olean Star Olean Mayor Amy B. Sherburne wasn’t surprised at the negative
Sherburne’s first proposed budget contains 18.6% property tax hike
By RICK MILLER Olean Star In her first proposed budget, Olean Mayor Amy B. Sherburne
Sherburne expected to submit proposed 2026-27 budget on Thursday, four days after it was due
By RICK MILLER Olean Star Each Feb. 15, the Olean mayor presents a proposed 2026-27
Developer seeks IDA sales tax exemption on River Street brownfield cleanup
By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — A local developer is proposing a brownfield cleanup
John J. Ash Community Center open Sunday for Code Blue event
John J. Ash Community Center open Sunday for Code Blue event By RICK MILLER Olean
Bill Flanigan Memorial Ice Pond grand re-opening held in Salamanca Friday
By RICK MILLER Olean Star SALAMANCA — The City of Salamanca’s Bill Flanigan Memorial Ice
Feared lost, Roosevelt-Higgins historic oak tree trunk is found
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Olean Historical and Preservation Society President Steve Teachman was deeply
Feds arrest Theodore “Teddy Tickles” Coffie with a handgun and 20 grams of crack cocaine in Olean
OLEAN — Theodore Coffie A.K.A. “Teddy Tickles,” age 54 was arrested yesterday by the Olean
Cattaraugus County’s vaccination rate for measles lowest in Western New York
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — As the number of measles cases continue to rise in
Demonstrators gather outside Langworthy office in Olean, following Ukraine policy change, DOGE Cuts
By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — About a dozen area residents demonstrated outside Rep. Nick Langworthy’s