Local News, News
Oct 16, 2019
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 ...
Local News, News
Sep 18, 2019
OLEAN — A third entrance into Franchot Park might help improve the South Olean neighborhood, city officials said Tuesday. During a Common Council stra...
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Jun 27, 2019
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 ...
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Jun 25, 2019
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...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jun 23, 2019
Two Olean Common Council members, one former alderman and an incumbent Cattaraugus County legislator are seeking the Republican nomination for three D...
Local News, News
Jun 23, 2019
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...
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Jun 12, 2019
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...
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May 30, 2019
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...
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May 22, 2019
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...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Apr 11, 2019
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 ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Apr 10, 2019
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...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Apr 09, 2019
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...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Apr 03, 2019
OLEAN — As a deadline approaches, city officials continue to hammer out the next budget agreement. The Common Council’s finance committee met Tuesday ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jan 28, 2019
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...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jan 16, 2019
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...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jan 03, 2019
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...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Dec 29, 2018
OLEAN — A former city of Olean alderman whose two properties suspiciously caught fire early Christmas morning said he feels targeted, and also discuss...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Nov 30, 2018
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...
Crime, News
June 16, 2025
OLEAN — A West Valley woman faces felony welfare fraud charges following an investigation, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office reported. Nicole L....
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
More rain is on the way for the Olean area in the coming week, though the National Weather Service predicts a lower chance for severe weather than the...
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June 16, 2025
OLEAN — The regular monthly meeting of the Olean Public Library Board of Trustees will be held Wednesday, June 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the library's Conf...
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June 16, 2025
BRADFORD, Pa. — To understand the engineering challenges they had set before them, members of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s Baja Racing C...
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June 16, 2025
BRADFORD, Pa. — In August 2024, Keating Township supervisors Dave McClain, John Anderson and Ryan Herzog adopted a protective ordinance that attempted...
June 16, 2025
David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
