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OLEAN —The city this week approved a new one-year settlement contract with its unionized Civil Service workers. Negotiating the short-term plan — retr...

Area sales tax receipts lagged behind the rest of New York in 2016, according to a report from the state’s fiscal watchdog. The Office of the State Co...

OLEAN — City lawmakers soon to draft the 2017-18 budget may adopt an official accounting principle to govern its fund balance. Currently, there’s no l...

OLEAN — Riding a $100,000 grant, the city may soon enlist more manpower to fight zombie properties and blight. The Olean Common Council’s Operations C...

OLEAN — Local officials Wednesday got a closer look at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new executive budget proposal, which intends to reduce taxes while investin...

BUFFALO — Olean Mayor Bill Aiello was among several elected officials from Cattaraugus County attending Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State Address...

Local officials continue to weigh in on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s free tuition plan, mostly praising the proposal that would guarantee free tuition at state...

Local officials continue to weigh in on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's free tuition plan, mostly praising the proposal that would guarantee free tuition at state...

Another lake-effect snow storm is overhead, and it’s projected to dump more than a foot in some places in Western New York. But it’s likely to keep no...

OLEAN — Olean Common Council members opted to retain their current leader during Tuesday’s annual reorganizational meeting. Alderman Paul Gonzalez, D-...

OLEAN — The last year in Olean saw the end of arguably one of the biggest, most transformative and most controversial civic projects in the city’s his...

OLEAN — While many people were watching Friday’s heavy snowfall from inside a warm home or building, a group of dedicated volunteers shoveled sidewalk...

OLEAN — Mayor Bill Aiello has declared a snow event effective immediately. The snow event designation restricts and prohibits parking on specific stre...

OLEAN — With one Olean Common Council meeting left in 2016, city leaders have begun looking ahead to next year. Some matters will require prompt atten...

FRANKLINVILLE — Retirement awaits Olean Police Department patrolman Mark Slavinski, but his career is far from over. It’s just moving closer to home. ...

OLEAN — Not all that long ago, civic and business leaders in the city looked up North Union Street and saw a beleaguered downtown decades past its pri...

OLEAN — Not all that long ago, civic and businessleaders in the city looked up North Union Street and saw a beleaguered downtown decades past its prim...

A well-known rendition of Santa Claus will greet children and collect letters in Olean for the first time in more than two decades. George Pancio, a l...