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(Rick Miller/Olean Star) While most maple sap is collected by tubing, you'll see some old-fashioned maple sap buckets hanging on trees soon as the 2026 maple syrup season gets underway in the coming weeks. Tuesday's temperatures aren't enouggh to get sap moving just yet.

One day of warm weather won’t thaw maple trees and get sap running

February 10, 2026

By RICK MILLER Olean Star PORTVILLE — Maple producers across Cattaraugus County and Western New

(Photo provided) Olean Police are seeking to identify this man who died after being stricken in Olean on July 14, 2023. A gofundme page has been set up to pay for DNA tests and genealogy research on Olean's John Doe.

Gofundme page is started to identify Olean’s John Doe

February 10, 2026

By RICK MILLER Olean Star Almost three years after an unidentified man died in Olean,

(Assembly photo) Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski will hold a town hall meeting in Salamanca Feb. 17.

Sempolinski to host town hall meeting in Salamanca Feb. 17

February 9, 2026

SALAMANCA – Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski will hold his first town hall meeting of 2026 at

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) The 29th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 13-15. Go online to birdcount.org.

Join in the Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend

February 9, 2026

By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cattaraugus County is urging

(Olean Fire Department) Fire broke out at this house at 311 N. Sixth St., late Friday morning. There were no injuries. The cause remains under investigation.

City firefighters stretched thin responding to house fire on North Sixth Street Friday

February 6, 2026

By RICK MILLER Olean Star City of Olean firefighters were stretched thin late Friday morning

Rick Miller/Olean Star) Cattaraugus County voters who wish to change their political party have until Feb. 14 to be able to vote in the June 23 primary.

Board of Elections notes Feb. 14 deadline to change party enrollment

February 6, 2026

LITTLE VALLEY – The Cattaraugus County Board of Elections reminds all registered voters that Saturday,

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Demonstrators march down Wickham Road in Zoar Valley Saturday, where trees along the road in the town of Otto have been marked for cutting as part of a plan by state DEC and Audubon officials to clear-cut hundreds of acres to improve bird habitat.

Zoar Valley demonstrators want logging plan reversed

September 23, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OTTO — More than 50 people participated in a protest Saturday at

J.C. Seneca wins Seneca party 2024 nomination for president

September 23, 2024

Seneca businessman J.C. Seneca won the Seneca Party nomination for Seneca Nation president Friday by

St. bonaventure

Online auction to benefit Warming House

September 21, 2024

ST. BONAVENTURE — A Silent Auction to complement the Empty Bowls & Baskets Dinner on

DEC graphic Hundreds of acres in the Cattaraugus County towns of Persia, Otto and East Otto would be logged — included large clear-cuts — under a state DEC plan

Zoar Valley Coalition plan demonstration Saturday to stop logging

September 21, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star GOWANDA — Zoar Valley activists plan to demonstrate Saturday near where the