Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Mar 22, 2018
OLEAN — City officials hope to begin an $800,000 replacement of the water line along Washington Street in the next year. But water rates will rise abo...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Jan 03, 2018
OLEAN — The newest member of the Common Council was tapped to lead the board on Tuesday. John Crawford, I-Ward 5, was elected head of the council duri...
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...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Nov 22, 2017
OLEAN — From glowing support to outright denunciation, commenters expressed a range of opinions at a public hearing on the city’s proposed rental insp...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Nov 08, 2017
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...
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...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Oct 04, 2017
OLEAN — A compromise to ease the burden on some landlords facing rental inspections met with mixed reactions Tuesday. The proposal, put forward by May...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Sep 06, 2017
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...
Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Aug 23, 2017
OLEAN — Anonymous benefactors seek to overhaul the east entrance into Oak Hill Park with a $162,000 gift. The Common Council approved the gift Tuesday...
Crime, Local News, News
Aug 18, 2017
OLEAN — A former candidate for the Common Council was charged Wednesday with a felony after allegedly egging his former opponent’s car. Police charged...
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Jul 12, 2017
OLEAN — A Seneca Heights family wants to share its love of literature with the neighbors around Magnano Park this summer. Jess Smith of West Ohio Stre...
Local News, News
Jun 28, 2017
OLEAN — One of Olean’s busiest streets will get a little busier for a few weeks, but it should be a smooth drive afterward. Common Council unanimously...
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Jun 21, 2017
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...
Local News, News
Jun 17, 2017
OLEAN — A few changes are needed in the rehabilitation of the William O. Smith Recreation Center, to the tune of $155,000. But there is some money for...
Local News, News, Technology
Jun 07, 2017
OLEAN — The city and the SPCA in Cattaraugus County have reached a new agreement to maintain dog control services, but the shelter will no longer be p...
Local News, News, Technology
Jun 07, 2017
OLEAN — A final version of a new city housing code is “weeks away” from having a public hearing, but officials encouraged those with helpful suggestio...
Here And Now, News
May 10, 2017
OLEAN — Olean now has a task force to help “promote civic responsibility and develop a stronger, healthier and safer community.” The task force, estab...
Local News, News
Apr 06, 2017
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This story first appeared in the Times Herald's Outlook Edition on March 31.) Olean’s downtown has evolved — like it, love it or hate ...
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...
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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. ...
