Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jul 14, 2018
OLEAN — Four hopefuls filed petitions to run for three city Common Council seats in November. Thursday was the deadline to file petitions for party no...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jun 21, 2018
OLEAN — As the city eyes fixing the water line along Washington Street, officials hope to get the rough street taken care of, as well. The Common Coun...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Dec 28, 2017
OLEAN — Common Council members will re-examine the Walkable Olean Phase 2 project after the first of the year. The council’s committee of the whole ta...
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Nov 12, 2017
OLEAN – An attorney on the Genesis House board stated Saturday that a men’s homeless shelter on South Second Street, which had been ordered to close b...
Commentary, Local Columnists
Nov 11, 2017
When a mayoral candidate on the short end of the vote takes the time to drop by her opponent’s election-night headquarters to offer congratulations an...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Nov 08, 2017
OLEAN — Bill Aiello has made history as Olean’s first full-time mayor to be re-elected. In a rematch of the 2013 mayoral race, Aiello, a Republican, d...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Nov 05, 2017
OLEAN — Oleanders will hit the polls to decide their next mayor on Tuesday, while most of the city’s wards will see their aldermen up for unopposed ne...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Oct 24, 2017
OLEAN — A year ago, then-alderman candidate Linda Witte said she had no intention of running again for mayor. But that all changed after less than a y...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Oct 19, 2017
OLEAN — Questions over economic development, budgeting and housing caused civil but sometimes pointed, verbal blows to be exchanged Wednesday night be...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Oct 11, 2017
OLEAN — A large, fresh-air market tying into the heart of Olean could be the ticket to make the city a destination, the brain behind a proposal said T...
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Oct 08, 2017
OLEAN — With a rematch of the 2013 mayoral race on the ballot in November, the candidates will again face off in debate this month. The debate between...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Sep 27, 2017
OLEAN — A candidate for mayor who failed twice to get on the ballot feels a write-in campaign could give Olean voters another choice on Election Day. ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Sep 13, 2017
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...
Cattaraugus County, Here And Now, Local News, ...
Sep 10, 2017
OLEAN — Can Linda Witte break the city’s apparent curse on re-electing a mayor? Witte, an alderman and retired nurse who served as the city’s first wo...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Aug 23, 2017
OLEAN — A former city employee will come back to the area to lead his old department. Aldermen unanimously approved Tuesday the hiring of Bob Ring Jr....
Cattaraugus County, Here And Now, Local News, ...
Aug 01, 2017
OLEAN — A West Olean man has thrown his hat into the ring in a bid for the mayor’s job, hoping to get a spot on the November ballot. Joe Duplechian, o...
Local News, News
Jul 28, 2017
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...
Cattaraugus County, Here And Now, Local News, ...
Jul 19, 2017
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...
Crime, News
June 16, 2025
OLEAN — A West Valley woman faces felony welfare fraud charges following an investigation, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office reported. Nicole L....
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
More rain is on the way for the Olean area in the coming week, though the National Weather Service predicts a lower chance for severe weather than the...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
OLEAN — The regular monthly meeting of the Olean Public Library Board of Trustees will be held Wednesday, June 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the library's Conf...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
BRADFORD, Pa. — To understand the engineering challenges they had set before them, members of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s Baja Racing C...
Local News, News
June 16, 2025
BRADFORD, Pa. — In August 2024, Keating Township supervisors Dave McClain, John Anderson and Ryan Herzog adopted a protective ordinance that attempted...
June 16, 2025
David W. Leaskey SALAMANCA --- David W. Leaskey, 72, of Salamanca, NY, died Monday, June 9, 2025 at Olean General Hospital following a short illness. ...
