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OLEAN — Aldermen will decide on whether to ban smoking in city parks next month. The Common Council’s public safety committee on Tuesday forwarded on ...

OLEAN — A third entrance into Franchot Park might help improve the South Olean neighborhood, city officials said Tuesday. During a Common Council stra...

OLEAN — The Olean farmers market building has a new name. The Common Council on Tuesday approved the official name of the $1.25 million structure now ...

OLEAN — A pair of Republican primaries for the Olean Common Council were decided Tuesday amid slightly above-average turnout for such races. In Ward 2...

Two Olean Common Council members, one former alderman and an incumbent Cattaraugus County legislator are seeking the Republican nomination for three D...

OLEAN — City republicans will head to the polls Tuesday to decide on candidates for the county Legislature, as well as two aldermen positions, in Nove...

OLEAN — Looking at repairing the pavement at the Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport, Olean city aldermen had a bigger question: what is the future of th...

OLEAN — The list of houses torn down by the city to fight blight is getting a little longer. On Tuesday, the Common Council unanimously backed a propo...

OLEAN — Aldermen are a step closer to demolishing another eyesore in West Olean. The Common Council’s committee of the whole forwarded on a resolution...

OLEAN — Average homeowners can expect a single-digit increase in their city property taxes on June 1. In a 15-minute meeting Wednesday afternoon, the ...

OLEAN — Officials hope to use a special meeting today to iron out just how much city property taxes will go up in June. The Common Council is set to m...

OLEAN — Two of four aldermen whose terms are ending at the end of the year will not be seeking re-election, but all four seats will be contested in No...

OLEAN — As a deadline approaches, city officials continue to hammer out the next budget agreement. The Common Council’s finance committee met Tuesday ...

OLEAN — While Albany debates legalizing marijuana, local officials are split on whether it is a good fit for the city. A straw poll of aldermen conduc...

OLEAN — Work is continuing on a policy to give the Common Council more oversight of capital projects. The council’s finance committee on Tuesday discu...

OLEAN — With the same council as last year, aldermen chose to keep the council presidency the same this year. The aldermen unanimously elected John Cr...

OLEAN — A former city of Olean alderman whose two properties suspiciously caught fire early Christmas morning said he feels targeted, and also discuss...

OLEAN — A city alderman who led efforts to increase code enforcement was ticketed this week by that office for a violation. On Wednesday, the city’s c...