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OLEAN — Two new city department heads were named Tuesday — one moving across the hall and the other coming from Albany. The Common Council unanimously...

OLEAN — Common Council hopes to move ahead on electric scooter rentals and doing something about the bare walls on city property after Tuesday’s commi...

Football gave Chuck Crist his fame, but according to followers of his athletic career, it could have been any number of sports. Fred Saradin, three ye...

OLEAN — Flat tax, water and sewer bills are being considered for the next city budget, but coronavirus-related revenue declines are definitely in the ...

OLEAN — Around 300 fewer people over five years and smaller savings accounts will cost city taxpayers moving forward. Olean Mayor Bill Aiello reported...

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 ...

OLEAN — Aldermen offered suggestions to remove a tax hike from the 2019-20 city budget on Tuesday. Mayor Bill Aiello released his $25.18 million tenta...

OLEAN — Increased water and sewer rates are proposed for the coming city budget year — but at a much lower rate than previous years. The Common Counci...

OLEAN — The Common Council began its department-by-department review of next year’s spending requests on Tuesday. In a two-and-a-half-hour meeting Tue...

Many municipalities across the state could lose thousands in aid under the proposed state budget. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday released his executive ...

OLEAN — Volunteers can now get to work trapping and sterilizing feral cats in Olean. The city’s Common Council unanimously voted to change the city co...

OLEAN — The last pieces to pay for a $1 million court judgment on the Walkable Olean project were quickly passed Tuesday night. The Common Council una...

OLEAN — The city’s wastewater treatment plant is finally in compliance with a state consent order, and the finishing touches are expected to be done b...

OLEAN — The city signed off on a cooperative river access plan almost four years in the making Tuesday night. The Allegheny River Public Access and Re...

OLEAN — Concerns over financial weaknesses and hoping to better prepare for budget season brought the city’s external auditor back to give the Common ...

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