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
Nov 03, 2022
OLEAN — Two political newcomers are hoping to fill in for a retiring alderman in January. Clarissa Ivan is on the Democratic line in the Nov. 8 electi...
News
Oct 28, 2021
OLEAN — Members of the Common Council expressed their support for Olean City School District students following controversy over a principal and subse...
Local News, News
Nov 11, 2020
OLEAN — After years of false starts, city officials have approved a new noise ordinance. On Tuesday, the Olean Common Council approved a revision to C...
Local News, News
Oct 30, 2020
OLEAN — While most attention is on federal-level races, city voters are seeing several local decisions on the ballot. Along with the Ward 1 alderman r...
Local News, News
Oct 28, 2020
OLEAN — After nine months and other government bodies holding meetings online, the Olean Common Council is expected to follow suit next week. Alderman...
Local News, News
Sep 28, 2020
OLEAN — Familiar faces will be on the ballot in the city’s Common Council elections this fall. The Cattaraugus County Board of Elections reported that...
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
Apr 23, 2020
OLEAN — A city alderman is under fire for lambasting a local business for enforcing a COVID-19-related executive order. On Wednesday, Kevin Dougherty,...
Local News, News
Mar 11, 2020
OLEAN — The city’s Sixth Ward is without a voice on the Common Council after Alderman Nate Smith resigned abruptly Tuesday evening. The five-term Repu...
Local News, News
Feb 12, 2020
OLEAN — Design work on $6 million in repaving at the Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport will move ahead, but questions remain over the long-term future ...
Local News, News
Jan 07, 2020
OLEAN — The new Common Council president should not take long to adapt to the role — he’s been there before. In a 4-3 vote during a special meeting Mo...
Local News, News
Jan 04, 2020
OLEAN — A one-purpose meeting next week should choose the next Common Council president. The Olean Common Council will host a special meeting Monday e...
Local News, News
Jan 03, 2020
OLEAN — It will be almost two weeks before the Olean Common Council selects its leader for the year. At the panel’s reorganization meeting Thursday, a...
Local News, News
Oct 16, 2019
OLEAN — Aldermen will decide on whether to ban smoking in city parks next month. The Common Council’s public safety committee on Tuesday forwarded on ...
Local News, News
Sep 18, 2019
OLEAN — A third entrance into Franchot Park might help improve the South Olean neighborhood, city officials said Tuesday. During a Common Council stra...
News
Jun 05, 2019
OLEAN — City officials hope to find some way of dealing with the long-term congestion on North 12th Street. The Common Council’s Public Safety Committ...
News
May 30, 2019
OLEAN — The list of houses torn down by the city to fight blight is getting a little longer. On Tuesday, the Common Council unanimously backed a propo...
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...
