News
Nov 23, 2022
OLEAN — Free parking is coming back to downtown for the holiday season. The Common Council unanimously passed a resolution declaring that all city-own...
News
Oct 26, 2022
OLEAN — More than two years after calls began for a civilian police review board, the Common Council sent its version to the mayor for approval. In a ...
Local News, News
Jan 05, 2021
OLEAN — A former leader of the Olean Common Council is back as head of the panel, while Mayor Bill Aiello delivered his State of the City address on M...
Local News, News
Oct 22, 2020
OLEAN — An overhaul of noise control is heading to the Common Council next month for approval. The council’s public safety committee on Tuesday unanim...
Local News, News
Jun 24, 2020
OLEAN — The majority of city aldermen threw their support behind the Black Lives Matter movement on Tuesday. In a 5-2 vote, the Common Council approve...
Coronavirus, Local News, News
Mar 28, 2020
OLEAN — The Olean Common Council will be meeting Tuesday and Thursday, at 5:30 p.m. each day, in the Council Chambers of the Olean Municipal Building ...
Business, Local News, News
Feb 05, 2020
OLEAN — A year after putting it on the back burner, the Common Council is again eyeing what, if any, regulations to place on Airbnb rentals. The counc...
Local News, News
Nov 14, 2019
OLEAN — With boat launches in Portville and Allegany, city officials hope the county will also help with one on East River Road. The Olean Common Coun...
News
Jun 27, 2019
OLEAN — The Olean farmers market building has a new name. The Common Council on Tuesday approved the official name of the $1.25 million structure now ...
News
Jun 25, 2019
OLEAN — A pair of Republican primaries for the Olean Common Council were decided Tuesday amid slightly above-average turnout for such races. In Ward 2...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Mar 07, 2019
Three Olean Common Council members — two Republicans and one Democrat — have been endorsed to run for District 8 Cattaraugus County Legislature seats ...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Feb 13, 2019
OLEAN — A farmer’s market will be built in Lincoln Park. The Common Council on Tuesday awarded three contracts for $1.06 million in construction for t...
Leters to the Editor
Sep 26, 2018
I find it ludicrous and disheartening that before the Olean Common Council has been a proposal to raise the mayoral salary almost 60 percent, and to a...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Aug 27, 2018
OLEAN — The Olean Common Council will be meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Council chambers of the Olean Municipal Building for its Committee of the...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Aug 13, 2018
OLEAN — The Olean Common Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Council Chambers of the Olean Municipal Building for its Committee of the Whole...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Feb 28, 2018
OLEAN — City officials put the wheels in motion Tuesday for a grant to help lower-income entrepreneurs get a start in business. The Common Council una...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Nov 29, 2017
OLEAN — The city’s proposed rental inspection law was sent back to the drawing board, but no policy changes are expected. The council unanimously tabl...
Local News, News
Jun 06, 2017
OLEAN — City officials hope to end a year-long dog control dispute with the SPCA in Cattaraugus County this evening. The Olean Common Council will mee...
Local News, News
June 14, 2025
OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
