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Photo by Hunter O. Lyle The Lady Panthers celebrate after completing the season sweep of Falconer.

Regional Sports Round-up: Lady Owls earn another D9 finals appearance, Olean girls soccer bows out of postseason

October 26, 2024

BRADFORD, PA — As they chase their seventh consecutive District

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Keynote speaker Jennifer D. Becker, MPH, told those attending the Lead Poisoning Education Conference that preventing lead poisoning is costly, but cost-effective.

Lead Poisoning Education Conference draws 100 to Seneca-Allegany Center

October 26, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star SALAMANCA — There is no safe threshold

Early voting starts Today, October 26; absentee, early voting by mail too

October 26, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star The Cattaraugus County Board of Elections will

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Eric Toegel of Millennium Construction holds onto the bucket of an excavator to smooth concrete at the mini-roundabout at East State and Barry streets Thursday.

Walkable Olean III mini-roundabout gets finishing touches, paving done

October 26, 2024

By RICK MILLER Olean Star OLEAN — Paving along East

(Rick Miller/Olean Star) Randy Sprague, owner of Sprague Maple Farms watches over a valve that releases sap from the plastic tubing into a tank behind Sprague’s Restaurant.

Flowing sap a sweet sound at Sprague’s Maple Farms

March 3, 2025

By RICK MILLER Olean Star PORTVILLE — Sprague’s Maple Farms has produced its first maple syrup of the 2025 season. With several warm days earlier this week, the taps started running through

(Photo provided) Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski held his first town meeting as the 148th Assembly District representative at the John J. Ash Center in Olean Thursday night.

Sempolinski holds first town meeting in Olean Thursday attended by 60

March 3, 2025

OLEAN – More than 60 people attended Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski’s first town hall meeting Thursday at the John J. Ash Community Center in Olean. “We had a great turnout and

Kenneth W. Kelly

March 3, 2025

August 13, 1943 – February 27, 2025 Portville- Kenneth W. Kelly, 81, passed away on February 27, 2025, at the Olean Pines Health Care Center, surrounded by his loving family

Tracy L. Panada,

March 3, 2025

August 30, 1971 – February 28, 2025 Allegany, NY Tracy L. Panada, 53, of Allegany, passed away Friday (February 28, 2025) at the Olean General Hospital after a recent illness.