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(Rick MIller/Olean Star) Eric Jones works on details of a 20,000-pound sand sculpture along Route 305 in front of the Clarksville Firemen’s Park Friday afternoon. Stop by and see the finished product and take part in the Community Celebration of Eric Jones Saturday beginning at 2 p.m. with a chicken barbecue.

West Clarksville to celebrate its sculptor celebrity, Eric Jones

August 1, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star WEST CLARKSVILLE — It isn’t every day a community gets

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Ethan Boutelle of Kennedy displays his Supreme Lamb Wednesday at the Cattaraugus County Fair. The lamb will be in the Market Animal Auction on Saturday morning.

4-H Market Animal Auction at County Fair on Saturday

August 1, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — The 4-H Market Animal Sale Saturday at the Cattaraugus

Hundreds of kids, adults turn out for Olean’s first Fire Truck Spray Event

August 1, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — The City of Olean’s first annual Fire Truck Spray Event

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Village of Cattaraugus Announces Third Local Planning Committee Meetingfor the Downtown Revitalization Initiative

July 31, 2025

July 25, 2025, Cattaraugus, NY – The Village of Cattaraugus will hold its third Local

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Cattaraugus County Real Property Tax Services Director Daniel Martonis sees more fairness in expanding county assessments to more towns.

County OKs contracts with 29 towns for assessments

July 28, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — In his 16 years as director of

Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski

‘Right Thinkers’ to mark 5th anniversary Monday

July 28, 2025

ALLEGANY — The conservative Right Thinkers are celebrating their fifth anniversary this month with a

(Olean City Schools) Olean High School .

Andreano pleads not guilty to charges stemming from incident with student at school

January 22, 2026

By RICK MILLER Olean Star Olean High School Principal Jefrrey Andreano was arraigned in Olean

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Olean aldermen expressed concern Tuesday over the timeline of the city's levee reaccreditation. Unless FEMA certifies the levee system, more than 2,900 homes and businesses would be required to purchase flood insurance. From left are Aldermen Soyna McCall, Jennifer Forney, Joseph Keary and Lawrence Bennion Jr.

Aldermen express concern over timeline of Olean levee reaccreditation

January 22, 2026

By RICK MILLER Olean Star Olean aldermen expressed concern Tuesday over the timeline for reaccrediting

(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