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August 18, 2026
OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...
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Apr 13, 2022
OLEAN — The 2022-23 city budget was approved Tuesday evening by a 5-2 margin, along with unanimous approval for increased water rates and steady sewer...
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Apr 07, 2022
OLEAN — City officials are now eyeing replacing — rather than augmenting — the War Veterans Park pool with a splash pad. The Common Council directed e...
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Mar 10, 2022
OLEAN — City officials have COVID-19 home tests available for the public at no cost. Mayor Bill Aiello announced that the city has received COVID-19 a...
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Mar 08, 2022
You see it in a lot of championship games in which the mayors of respective cities put up, say, a hometown bucket of wings to a hometown platter of cr...
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Mar 01, 2022
OLEAN — Additional Common Council meetings will be needed to go through the next year’s city budget proposal. Mayor Bill Aiello released his proposed ...
News, NY State News
Jan 28, 2022
ALBANY — Olean Mayor Bill Aiello has been appointed to serve as treasurer of the New York State Conference Mayors. The selection was made by NYCOM’s e...
Crime News, News
Jan 12, 2022
OLEAN — A city firefighter has been charged with several felonies for allegedly writing $116,000 in unauthorized checks to himself out of union funds....
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Jan 04, 2022
OLEAN — Despite having “a tough two years,” progress was still made in 2021, the city’s chief executive announced Monday. At the start of his third te...
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Dec 14, 2021
LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers continue to encourage residents to wear masks to slow the spread of COVID-19, but they won’t enforce the ...
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Nov 24, 2021
OLEAN — Two new city department heads were named Tuesday — one moving across the hall and the other coming from Albany. The Common Council unanimously...
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Nov 04, 2021
OLEAN — Absentee ballots could overturn preliminary results in one city election, but the odds are stacked against an upset. Incumbent independent Ver...
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Nov 03, 2021
OLEAN — The mayor’s office at city hall won’t need a new nameplate after Tuesday’s election results, but at least one ward will. Incumbent Bill Aiello...
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Oct 27, 2021
The only city mayor reelected in a generation hopes to repeat his success as he runs again Nov. 2. Mayor Bill Aiello said his track record for helping...
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Oct 23, 2021
OLEAN — The city’s Fourth Ward will see three candidates on the ballot Nov. 2. Sonya McCall will appear on the Democratic and Working Families lines, ...
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Oct 22, 2021
OLEAN — After more than a year, work continuing the new downtown look of Walkable Olean on portions of Main and Front streets is complete. Local and s...
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Oct 20, 2021
OLEAN — Beautiful murals, park spaces that allow everyone to play and lower water facility operating costs are all being considered for the next few y...
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Oct 15, 2021
OLEAN — Efforts to catalog and plan for the city’s public tree population are ongoing, and officials they plan to show off their progress next week. A...
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Sep 21, 2021
OLEAN — Voters across the city will see at least one contested race when they get their ballots. The mayoral race and alderman races in wards 2, 4 and...
Local Sports, Soccer, Sports
September 12, 2026
SALAMANCA — Salamanca (2-1-0) spent nearly the entire second half chasing an equalizer against Frewsburg (0-0-2) on Saturday, waiting for the one mome...
Buffalo Bills, Football, National Sports, ...
September 12, 2026
HOUSTON (AP) — Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills travel to Houston to Sunday to open their season against the Texans with the quarterback looking to fi...
Business News, Local News, News
September 12, 2026
Paula J. Snyder will receive the 2026 L.O.U.I.E. (“Love of Olean, United In Enterprise”) Award as the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce celebrate...
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September 12, 2026
SUNY Jamestown Community College has welcomed four new full-time faculty members for the 2026-2027 academic year. The new faculty members are Katherin...
Lifestyle, Lifestyles
September 12, 2026
DEAR ABBY: About 15 years ago, my nephew gave me a birthday gift of a baseball bat signed by a top player. I love baseball, so it was a lovely gift. A...
Football, Local Sports, Sports
September 11, 2026
GOWANDA — A 12-0 halftime deficit and an injury at quarterback gave the Portville/Cuba-Rushford/Bolivar-Richburg team its first test of the season in ...
