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OLEAN – Common Council President Ray Wangelin stood alone on Tuesday night in his opposition to raising city sewer rates in the upcoming fiscal year.

No arrests have been made in a stabbing incident that injured two Jamestown Community College students early Sunday at St. Bonaventure University.

SALAMANCA – Nang Thai of Bemus Point won $1.15 million from the Wheel of Fortune Special Edition MegaJackpot at Seneca-Allegany Casino on Sunday.

SALAMANCA – Waving flags and beating drums, about two-dozen peace walkers marched from Salamanca to Ellicottville on Monday during the third day of their 57-day journey across the state.

OLEAN – Since 2002, the Olean Area Transportation System (O.A.T.S.) has provided a service many area locals and organizations consider invaluable.

Michael Hastings/Olean Times Herald The Southern Tier Symphony performed Saturday evening at teh Olean High School Auditorium as part of its seventh season. The symphony will perform this afternoon at the Bromeley Family Theater on the University of Pitt-Bradford campus at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20 at the door and children are admitted for free. For more information visit www.southerntiersymphony.org.

ALLEGANY – It was lights, cameras, action this morning when Channel 2 television meteorologist Andy Parker broadcast weather segments live from EB’s Eatery on East Main Street.

CORNING – Republican Tom Reed’s congressional campaign organization was as surprised as everyone else by Rep. Eric Massa’s abrupt announcement Wednesday that he would not seek re-election.

SALAMANCA – The home of Seneca Nation of Indians’ tribal leadership in the Allegany Territory has come a long way in almost 50 years.

ALLEGANY – The Cattaraugus County Health Department plans to initiate new education programs to improve the county’s health ranking scores where it consistently ranked near the bottom of the list in a statewide study.

Rep. Eric Massa, D-Corning, abruptly announced Wednesday he would not seek re-election in November due to a recurrence of cancer.

OLEAN – In 1999, St. Jude Childrenâ??s Hospital asked for some help from 95.7 WPIG FM to raise money locally for childhood cancer research.

OLEAN – The Olean City School District Board of Education is bracing for the upcoming budget battle with a series of discussions and scenarios in place.

SCIO – At its meeting Monday night, the Scio Central School District Board of Education agreed on the specifics for an informational mailing to be sent to residents in the district later this week.

LITTLE VALLEY – There was no inappropriate conduct between three jurors and a witness in the trial against a former state trooper who was found guilty in September of vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated, according to the judge who presided over the case.

Not every aspiring theater performer gets a chance to be in the limelight.

OLEAN – Celebrated all over India and in many other parts of the world, the “Holi Festival”, also known as the Festival of Colors, is a popular Hindu holiday commemorating the harvest of the winter crops as it welcomes the beginning of spring.

ALLEGANY – It’s often said that people are a product of their environment.

Julia SampsonOlean Times Herald FRANKLINVILLE – Don’t know much about history? Sometimes the history behind the history weaves a tale all on its own.

Itâ??ll be two days, two milestones next week for a pair of long-lasting residents at the Eden Heights assisted-living facility.