Finance Committee discusses use of bed tax to promote Olean
KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com 
February 18, 2026
OLEAN — Since establishing an occupancy tax for hotels in Olean, the city has collected over $200,000 in revenues. Now, the Common Council is looking ...
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Conroy, Bush earn spots at states
Local Sports, Sports
February 18, 2026
Cait Conroy (right) and Bianca Bush finished first and second, respectively, at the Section 6 Alpine Skiing Championships earlier this month for Ellicottville. The pair will compete at the state championships Feb. 23-24 at Bristol Mountain in Canandaigua.
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Callen nets 37 as A-L avenges Southwestern
Basketball, Local Sports, Sports
February 17, 2026
Ellicottville rallies past Panama; OHS edges Will East JAMESTOWN — On Dec. 16, the Allegany-Limestone boys basketball team dropped a 68-41 decision to...
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Olean’s Tidd earns 100th win
Local Sports, Sports
February 17, 2026
Olean senior Jon Tidd earned his 100th career varsity victory over the weekend at the Section 6 championships in Fredonia. Needing five wins to reach ...
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Local & Social
Police reports 2/18/26
Crime, Local News, News
Feb 18, 2026
Salamanca Police  Feb. 10, 7:15 p.m. , Derik N. Nelson, 27, of Salamanca, was charged with second-degree criminal trespassing, a class A misdemeanor. ...
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Dave Bush promoted at Cutco’s Vector Marketing
Business, Local News, News
Feb 18, 2026
OLEAN — Dave Bush has been promoted to director of sales development - CSP programs for Vector Marketing Corp., a subsidiary of Cutco Corp. Bush joine...
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Bolivar-Richburg lists 2nd quarter honor rolls
Allegany County News, Local News, News, ...
Feb 18, 2026
BOLIVAR — The Bolivar-Richburg Central School District has announced its honor rolls for the second marking period of the 2025-26 school year. HIGH HO...
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From two sides of immigration debate: Follow the law
Local News, News
By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Feb 17, 2026
ALLEGANY — While clashes between federal immigration officers and protesters in Minnesota’s flashpoint Twin Cities area have tamped down somewhat, deb...
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Police reports 2/17/26
Cattaraugus County, Crime, Local News, ...
Feb 17, 2026
Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office GREAT VALLEY — Giovanni A. Sciotti, 43, of Great Valley, was charged at 8:18 a.m. Friday with first-degree crimina...
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Crime and Courts
Police reports 2/13/26
Crime, Local News
Feb 13, 2026
Olean Police Friday, 9:12 a.m. , Sean D. Dewitt, 33, of Franklinville, was charged with petit larceny, a class A misdemeanor. Dewitt was released with...
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Police reports 2/12/26
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
Feb 13, 2026
Olean Police Wednesday, 10:52 a.m. , no injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident on Main Street. A vehicle operated by Caelyn N. Mett, ...
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Police reports 1/21/26
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Crime, ...
January 21, 2026
Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office OLEAN — John R. Roulo, 42, of Olean, was arrested at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on a violation of probation warrant issued ...
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Commentary, Opinion
By JOHN M. CRISP Tribune News Service 
February 18, 2026
To be honest, I’d never heard of Bad Bunny until this year’s Super Bowl. And I had carelessly confused Kid Rock with Chris Rock, so I was mildly surpr...
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Mamdani gets an important tax fact wrong
Commentary, Opinion
By BILL HAMMOND 
February 18, 2026
ALBANY — At a hearing in Albany last week, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani lobbied state lawmakers to help him balance the city’s finances with a 2...
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