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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...

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...

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...

OLEAN — From glowing support to outright denunciation, commenters expressed a range of opinions at a public hearing on the city’s proposed rental insp...

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...

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...

OLEAN — A compromise to ease the burden on some landlords facing rental inspections met with mixed reactions Tuesday. The proposal, put forward by May...

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...

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...

OLEAN — A former candidate for the Common Council was charged Wednesday with a felony after allegedly egging his former opponent’s car. Police charged...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

OLEAN — Olean now has a task force to help “promote civic responsibility and develop a stronger, healthier and safer community.” The task force, estab...

(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 ...