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SALAMANCA — Ward 1 in Salamanca is expected to continue being represented by Laurie Hunt after the Republican incumbent defeated Democrat nominee John...

OLEAN — For the first time in years, voters in Ward 3 only have one candidate to represent them on the Common Council. Democrat Paul Gonzalez, a three...

OLEAN — Discussions of pay raises for the city’s elected officials have evolved into talks of whether there should be so many of them at all. The Comm...

OLEAN — Raises for the city’s elected leadership will move out of committee — but just to get more input from all of the aldermen. The city’s strategi...

OLEAN — The Common Council now has a possible way forward with feral cats on paper, with a draft to green-light trap-neuter-release operations on the ...

OLEAN — Three more city-owned properties will be going back on the tax rolls, and by next year three blighted properties will be distant memories for ...

OLEAN — An Olean woman with several grievances against the Common Council received a biting remark Tuesday at city hall from the alderman who represen...

OLEAN — An awkward nine-second silence settled on the room of elected Olean officials Tuesday night once the touchy topic of pay raises for their own ...

OLEAN — A proposal to raise city political salaries by about 60 percent has rankled feathers, but the sponsor said his intention is more to jumpstart ...

OLEAN — Several complaints against the proposed farmer’s market in Lincoln Park were registered with the Common Council on Tuesday, months after the c...

OLEAN — Four hopefuls filed petitions to run for three city Common Council seats in November. Thursday was the deadline to file petitions for party no...

The March 30 front-page story that the Common Council is considering cutting the city historian, the Olean Museum and historic Bartlett House from the...

OLEAN — The Common Council approved bonding for $3.35 million to fund three projects Tuesday evening, but one alderman said some of the borrowing did ...

OLEAN — Aldermen began the long task of budget discussions in earnest on Thursday, questioning costs of the first round of department heads on the 201...

A meeting to discuss the city's water and sewer system didn't really happen this morning as the vote to go into executive session failed by a vote of ...

OLEAN — Common Council members will re-examine the Walkable Olean Phase 2 project after the first of the year. The council’s committee of the whole ta...

OLEAN — An Olean alderman hopes to keep using his YouTube channel to let constituents “know the real me,” despite complaints over personal attacks and...

OLEAN — From glowing support to outright denunciation, commenters expressed a range of opinions at a public hearing on the city’s proposed rental insp...