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(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Norm Marsh, chairman of the Cattaraugus County Legislature's Development and Agriculture Committee, holds a caterpillar he used to predict the severity of the 2024-25 winter at the W.I.L.M.A. Wooly Bear Weekend.

W.I.L.M.A. Wooly Bear Weekend well attended at county fairgrounds

October 21, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star LITTLE VALLEY — Over 1,000 visitors attended the 12th annual W.I.L.M.A. (We

(Wellsville Sun) Cuba Police arrested two people last week in connection with an illegal marijuana growing operation at the former Farnsworth Cookie factory in Cuba.

Two arrested for having $4 million in drugs at former Cuba cookie factory

October 17, 2024

By Rick Miller Olean Star CUBA — Two local residents were arrested last week as

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) City aldermen heard a proposal for a $2.7 million upgrade of the Olean Municipal Building's 65-year-old heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems on Tuesday.

New City Hall HVAC system could cost taxpayers almost $3 million

October 17, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — City aldermen learned Tuesday that a planned modernization

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Members of the Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency Board of Directors met Tuesday to discuss projects worth more than $12.3 million.

New ready-mix concrete plant Planned for Homer Street, Olean

October 17, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star ELLICOTTVILLE — A Chautauqua County firm plans to build a

(Facebook) Olean Police and firefighters responded Tuesday night to a drive-by shooting on Seneca Avenue.

Eleven-year-old Olean boy shot in leg in Seneca Avenue drive-by shooting

October 16, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star UPDATE – OLEAN — An 11-year-old boy was shot in the leg

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Linda Mecca (right) removes a cover from the memorial for her husband Trooper Joseph J. Mecca Jr., is a memorial dedication ceremony Sunday in front of the Olean State Police Substation on Homer Street in Olean. Retired Sgt. Heidi Riley had just unveiled a memorial to her late husband Trooper Ross M. Riley. Both troopers' deaths were in the line of duty.

Memorial to fallen state troopers dedicated outside Olean substation

October 15, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Nearly 100 people attended the unveiling and dedication of a

Members of the Little Valley Central School Class of 1975 was the honored class attending the LVCS banquet on June 27. Front row from left: Karen Holtz Taft, Sonia Mendoza Alburez, Sandy Howard Pearson, Kim Velie Nickola, Cindy Zimbardi Goodman. Middle Row from left: Nancy Paschen Shinners, Theresa Rettig Wynn, Liz Rickert Rogers, Sue Ellis Koch, Donna Case, Collette Locke. Back row from left: David Reed, John Bedell, Randy Henderson, Kirk Skinner, Kevin Andrew, Dennis Gilman.

180 alumni, guests attend Little Valley School banquet

July 8, 2025

LITTLE VALLEY — The annual Little Valley Central School Alumni banquet was held June 28,

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) The number of local protesters in Olean to policies of President Trump have grown from a few dozen to more than 450.

Saturday protest in Olean will focus on Iran, Supreme Court

July 1, 2025

OLEAN — There are national protests for Fourth of July weekend. Olean will be having

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Olean High School Valedictorian Evan Snyder gives the valedictory address at the 143rd Olean Commencement on Saturday.

105 seniors graduate Saturday At 143rd Olean Commencement

June 30, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — One hundred and five Olean High School seniors

(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