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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...

Kevin Dougherty proposed raising the salary of the mayor and stipends of the Common Council members. Kudos to the mayor and members of the council who...

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 — The bottom of North Second Street will change direction with almost unanimous approval by city leaders. The Common Council on Tuesday approved...

OLEAN — Officials said they are open to allowing the salvage of woodwork and materials from city-owned properties slated for demolition, but agreed th...

OLEAN — Changing traffic patterns downtown could lead to a change for North Second Street residents. Alderman Kevin Dougherty, R-Ward 4, said he may p...

( Editor’s note: This is the first in a series on projects being presented to the local planning committee for the $10 million state Downtown Revitali...

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 — The Common Council authorized a new contract to keep a city police officer in the Olean City School District. On Tuesday, the council voted 6-...

OLEAN — The public will have one final hearing on the Common Council’s proposed rental inspection law on Nov. 21, with aldermen hoping to vote on it N...

OLEAN — In two years, Kevin Dougherty said he has seen progress on how city government is serving the community. “You hear horror stories from previou...

OLEAN — Election Day 2017 will be a repeat of Election Day 2013. Linda Witte, a Common Council member representing the city’s 1st Ward who served as O...

OLEAN — Ward 4 Democratic Party members will have their choice between two to represent them on the November ballot. Incumbent Kevin Dougherty, a Repu...

OLEAN — The Common Council’s public safety committee will open up its next meeting for the public’s input on a proposed rental inspection law. The com...

OLEAN — Four primaries in three races will greet some Olean voters on Sept. 12. The only city-wide primary, for Democratic Party members only, will be...

OLEAN — The city’s public safety committee will get a new draft of a proposed rental housing inspection law in the near future, and the public will be...

OLEAN – The city’s aldermen have come to a general consensus that in order to fight blighted rental properties, regular inspections need to be perform...

OLEAN — Olean Common Council held its first major discussion in years on requiring periodic inspections of rental units, but discussions are far from ...