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(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Glenn Wahl of Salamanca, (standing at left) urged the Olean Common Council Tuesday to resolve their problem of sewage overflowing into the Allegheny River during heavy rains in months, not years.

Olean Common Council scolded for continued sewage overflows

June 26, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Two speakers took

(Aerial Imaging Services) This image is from the 2019 Allegany Old Home Days.

Old home Days kick off Thursday night with water fights

June 26, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star ALLEGANY — They began setting

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Olean High School Valedictorian Aila Shoup addresses classmates, parents, family and school officials during her Valedictory Address Saturday at the 142nd annual Commencement in the high school auditorium.

Olean High School graduates 116 seniors at 142nd annual commencement Saturday

June 24, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — One hundred sixteen

(Photo provided) It was a happy ending for a kitten stuck under a car hood Monday. From left are: Patrolmen Zack Spears and Joe Cottone; Sgt. Chris Lickfeld (holding the kitten) and Cordell Hill, an auto mechanic who helped remove panels so Lickfeld could grab it.

Olean Police officers help to rescue cat from under hood of woman’s car

June 24, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — A Bolivar-Richburg Central

Robin A. Gergel

March 9, 2025

August 3, 1968 – March 5, 2025 Robin A. Gergel grew up in Allegany, loving mother and grandmother Allegany- Robin A. Gergel, who resided in Allegany most of her life,

Alex Charles Freeman

March 9, 2025

April 10, 1927 – March 6, 2025 Bradford- Alex Charles “Dick” Freeman “Loving Uncle” Alex C. Freeman of 26 Oxford Street passed away on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at the

Bertha A. “Bernie” Eisenhart

March 9, 2025

March 11, 1929 – March 5, 2025 Allegany, NY Bertha A. “Bernie” Eisenhart formerly of 4115 S. Nine Mile Rd. passed away Wednesday (March 5, 2025) at Field of Dreams

Tena E. (Wengerd) Coblentz

March 9, 2025

March 31, 1965 – March 7, 2025 Tena E. (Wengerd) Coblentz, 59, of 5464 Myers Road, Conewango Valley, NY, passed away unexpectedly, Friday, March 7, 2025 at her daughter Susie