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OLEAN — Collectively relieved following weeks of talks, the Olean Common Council Finance Committee and Mayor Bill Aiello tentatively agreed Tuesday on...

OLEAN — City budget talks will continue today after some Olean Common Council Finance Committee members leaned Monday night toward a less drastic spen...

OLEAN — Municipal department heads will justify their needs and wants Tuesday and Wednesday as the city works toward adopting an on-time 2017-18 budge...

OLEAN — The Olean Common Council on Tuesday OK’d a policy to control the city’s fund balance. The amount — a percentage or dollar figure — has yet to ...

OLEAN — Though it’s not required by law — more so strongly suggested by the state comptroller — a fund balance policy may soon become reality in the c...

OLEAN — It’s budget season at City Hall, and aldermen formally addressed Mayor Bill Aiello’s proposed 2017-18 budget for the first time Tuesday. Membe...

OLEAN — The Olean Rotary Club is planning a monument to a piece of city history that may also draw crowds to witness its creation. An aging population...

OLEAN —A day after publicly discussing a pending roof replacement at the Manufacturers Hanover building, the city’s Urban Renewal Agency on Friday rep...

OLEAN — Riding a $100,000 grant, the city may soon enlist more manpower to fight zombie properties and blight. The Olean Common Council’s Operations C...

OLEAN — City lawmakers are looking to evolve an ongoing neighborhood safety discussion into something greater. Olean Common Council President Paul Gon...

OLEAN — Olean Common Council members opted to retain their current leader during Tuesday’s annual reorganizational meeting. Alderman Paul Gonzalez, D-...

OLEAN — With one Olean Common Council meeting left in 2016, city leaders have begun looking ahead to next year. Some matters will require prompt atten...

OLEAN — A prized piece of Olean’s historic district is preserved. Construction crews in October finished the North Third Street reconstruction project...

OLEAN — The Olean Common Council’s City Operations Committee approved Tuesday a preliminary agreement for a shared asphalt zipper with the town of Ole...

OLEAN —Olean Mayor Bill Aiello welcomed the service of the three Common Council election winners Wednesday. Two of them, former Mayor Linda Witte and ...

OLEAN — Olean Mayor Bill Aiello welcomed the service of the three Common Council election winners Wednesday. Two of them, former Mayor Linda Witte and...

OLEAN — Republicans were swept during the Olean Common Council elections Tuesday in wards 1, 3 and 5, propelling a former mayor back into city service...

OLEAN — Three Olean Common Council seats will be decided Tuesday in the general election. Races in Wards 1 and 5 are contested. Former Mayor Linda Wit...