finance

With much fanfare, Gov. Cuomo recently announced the state’s new Excelsior Scholarship, described as “making public college tuition-free.” It is sched...

Olean Public Library, which offers a trove of information and learning resources to the community, marked National Library Week from April 10 to 15. A...

BELMONT — Allegany County sales tax receipts for the first four months of the year are up over 2016, with officials hoping a change in fortunes after ...

ALLEGANY — As Erin Brady Swenson selected fresh, locally grown produce from bins at Canticle Farm’s market, her son, Rohan, eagerly bagged them up to ...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County squeaked by in 2016 with a very small surplus, County Treasurer Joseph G. Keller told county lawmakers Wednesday. T...

Luckily for some, this year’s weird timetable — with April 15 being a Saturday and Emancipation Day, a legal holiday in Washington D.C., falling on Mo...

State lawmakers found good and not so good things in the $153.1 billion budget passed Sunday. State Sen. Catharine Young, R-Olean, and Assemblyman Jos...

OLEAN — Olean’s latest water and sewer rate increase passed Tuesday with no public input. A public hearing to raise water rates 0.00018 cents per gall...

OLEAN — With a budget proposal balanced to the last dollar, Olean Public Library hopes a 2 percent tax rate bump for residents will be enough to cover...

OLEAN — The Olean Common Council unanimously OK’d the city’s $27.79 million budget Tuesday, after weeks of hashing out almost half a million dollars i...

As you may have read, budget season is upon us in the city of Olean. The Common Council and mayor are working through challenging times to make very d...

OLEAN — The Olean Public Library’s 2018 proposed budget, which includes a 2 percent tax increase for residents in the Olean City School District, will...

OLEAN — SubCon employees can continue to expect joyous holiday parties and social gatherings in the future thanks to the recent establishment of the B...

OLEAN — Strong business leaders know the consequences of failing to engage employees to foster a productive work environment. To help area companies a...

OLEAN — The Olean Common Council will vote Tuesday on the 2017-18 budget following a tense series of Finance Committee meetings bent on cutting sensib...

Allegany and Cattaraugus counties will receive around $1.58 million from the state to help finish off major overhauls to the area emergency services r...

SALAMANCA — Like other school districts across the state, Salamanca City Central School District expects to finalize its budget for the upcoming fisca...

At a luncheon for superintendents and business managers on February 24, ACSHIC trustees announced health plan cost increases of 1.9 percent for the fi...