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(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Protesters carrying signs demonstrate outside LIncoln Park in Olean on Saturday to mark the first year of President Trump's second term.

Olean demonstrators protest a year of Trump, ICE tactics

January 18, 2026

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Protesters demonstrated outside Lincoln Park Saturday afternoon to

(Rick Miller/Olean Star file photo) Rep. Nick Langworthy (right) listens as Olean Water Department Director Brad Camp points out damage to an exterior wall at the water treatment plant on River Street in October 2024. The congressman has secured a $1 million federal grant after the initial grant failed to make it through Congress.

Rep. Langworthy secures $1 million grant to replace wall at Olean water treatment plant

January 14, 2026

By RICK MILLER Olean Star U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy announced Tuesday that he has secured

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Allison Fiut, an attorney for Harris Beach working for the City of Olean on the redevelopment of the Oleran Center Mall speaks to the Common Council Tuesday. The council later voted to use eminent domain to lift lease restrictions on mall stores to facilitate redevelopment.

Aldermen approve eminent domain resolution for mall to drop anchor stores’ lease restrictions

January 14, 2026

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — The Olean Common Council voted unanimously Tuesday to

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

Sempolinski criticizes Hochul for not mentioning Seneca Gaming Compact in State of State Address

January 14, 2026

By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALBANY — As Gov. Kathy Hochul was winding down her

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Coni Coletti (right) of Rolling Scones Baking Company, rings up a sale for Carla Keirstead of Olean (left) as Barbara Casey of Olean waits her turn at the checkout at the Olean Area Farmers Market Winter Market at Miller's Farm Market on Olean-Portville Road.

Olean Area Farmers Market moves to winter quarters twice a month at Miller’s Farm Market

January 12, 2026

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — The Olean Area Farmers Market started its 2026

(Rep. Langworthy office) U.S. Rep.Nick Langworthy announced today (Monday) that his Jamestown District office would be closed until further notice after repeated credible threats were made to the ssafety of the congressman and office staff. Other offices including Olean - will remain open while the Jamestown staff will work remotely.

Langworthy closes Jamestown office over ‘repeated credible threats’ of violence against him, staff

January 12, 2026

By RICK MILLER Olean Star U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy announced Sunday that his Jamestown District

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Bob Wright of Wright’s Farms, Farmersville, keeps watch over the wood-fired evaporator boiling down maple sap into syrup in the farm’s sugar house on Laidlaw Road. The farm has been making maple syrup since 1840.

Wright’s Farms has been in maple business since 1840

March 26, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star FARMERSVILLE — Wright’s Farm on Laidlaw Road in Farmersville has been producing

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) The developer of Olean Town Centre is seeking to redevelop Olean Center Mall in a $40 million program that includes the city using eminent domain to obtain site interest rights.

Common Council votes 4-3 for public hearing on using eminent domain for Olean Mall

March 25, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — The Olean Common Council voted 4-3 at a

Village Election Results

Two village trustees unseated in Cattaraugus County elections

March 25, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star In two contested village elections in Cattaraugus County Tuesday, incumbent trustees lost

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Members of the Cattaraugus-Allegany Liberation Collective protest Tuesday in Lincoln Park in Olean over renewed bombing in Gaza by Israel.

Man waving American flag faces two demonstrations at Lincoln Park

March 25, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — There were two demonstrations at Lincoln Park last Tuesday and