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(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Allegany-Limestone Valedictorian Ipshita Patra gives her Valedictory Address Saturday afternoon at tghe school's 30th Commencement.

85 Allegany-Limestone seniors graduate in 30th Commencement

June 30, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — Eighty-five Allegany-Limestone seniors graduated in the school’s 30th

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Portville Senior Class President Zya Rayne DeGolier addresses her classmates and family and friends attending commencement exercises Friday evening in the school gymnasium.

81 Portville seniors graduate at commencement Friday

June 28, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star PORTVILLE — Eighty-one Portville Central School seniors graduated at commencement

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Hinsdale Valedictorian Tyler Richards (right) and Salutatorian Peyton Keller stand in front of a Bobcat mural at the school’s main entrance Friday night. Twenty-eight seniors graduated in the school auditorium.

28 seniors graduate at Hinsdale commencement exercises Friday

June 28, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star HINSDALE — Twenty-eight seniors graduated during commencement exercises at Hinsdale

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) This airplane owned by Duflo Spray Chemical Co., parked at the Great Valley Airport, has been spraying mosquito larvicide across wetland areas in southern Cattaraugus County due to the high number of mosquitoes from heavy rains this spring.

Aerial larvicide spraying to bring mosquito relief

June 27, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star Relief from those pesky mosquitos is on the way in

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Cattaraugus County administrator Jack Searles (left), is received a citation Wednesday from County Legislature Chairman Andrew Burr, R-Gowanda, on his retirement after 22 years in the post.

Searles attends last Legislature meeting as county administrator capping 46-year county career

June 27, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Jack Searles is only the second county

Sherburne beats Aiello in GOP mayoral primary

June 25, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Amy Sherburne trounced Olean Mayor Bill Aiello in

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) A restored Nutty O’ St. Nick was unveiled in Lincoln Park near the Santa Claus House on Thursday. From left are: Mayor Bill Aiello, Greater Olean Chamber of Commerce director of Events and Operations Christine Pecherzewski, and Woodland in the City founders Bob and Amy Sherburne.

A restored Nutty O’ St. Nick returns to woodlot in the City

May 6, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Fresh from the repair shop, Nutty O’ St. Nick, the

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) This photo from the 2024 Allegany Old Home Days shows some of the carnival rides at Firemen’s Park. Old Home Days will not be held this year due to circumstances beyond the control of the Allegany Fire Department. A Community Day event will be held Aug. 23 instead.

No Allegany Old Home Days this year; community day planned

May 6, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — There will be no Allegany Old Home Days next month,

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Potter Lumber Company on Five Mile Road in Allegany will wind down operations, its parent company, Baillie Lumber Co., headquartered in Hamburg, announced. No timetable was disclosed.

Potter Lumber Company to wind down operations

May 6, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — Potter Lumber Company, a 115-year-old Allegany company located on the

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OLD Exterior Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program applications now available

May 1, 2025

OLEAN — The Olean Local Development Corporation (OLDC) has announced a third round of the