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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
