Business & Finance

OLEAN, NY — Entries for the Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, to be played June 10 to 12 on Delaware Avenue and North Barry Street, will be accepted until Friday via U.S. mail and until Monday online. 

The tournament is sponsored by the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce and its 45 corporate sponsors.

Paper forms for registration via U.S. mail are available ...

OLEAN, NY— When the whole world shut down, Tam Basilio thought hers would too.

Basilio and her restaurant, Spot 2 Be, suffered mightily during the peak of the coronavirus.  She had moved to the Olean area years ago and had been in business for five years before the pandemic. After years of continuous profits, Spot 2 Be did not make a profit from March to September ...

New York State has quickly become the largest legal sports betting market in the U.S.

But an addiction specialist and a state senator are concerned about rising cases of problem gambling.

Jeffrey Wierzbicki, team leader of the Western Problem Gambling Resource Center in Buffalo, said that since the launch of mobile sports betting, he has seen an uptick in people reaching out for help.

OLEAN, NY — The Health Home Fitness Expo provided a great opportunity for new business owners to interact with the community, Katelyn Leato said. 

Leato, who opened her business, Mountainside Impressions at 1156 Flanigan Hill Road in Hinsdale, just over a year ago, had two tables upstairs at the Friday-through-Saturday event at GoodTimes, 800R E.

OLEAN, NY — The Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce annual Health, Home and Fitness Expo will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Good Times Events Center, 800 E. State St.

There will be no price for admission. Hours will be Friday, 5 to 9 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Local and regional vendors, stationed throughout the ...

OLEAN, NY — The Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce will be adding a 5% service fee for Shop Olean gift certificate purchases, starting on May 2.

The program is one of the biggest benefits to chamber members and more of a retention tool than a revenue maker for the chamber office, Meme Krahe Yanetsko, the GOACC’s chief operating officer, explained in a ...

OLEAN, NY — Thursday, Rep. Tom Reed visited Napoleon Engineering Services, the largest independent bearing inspection and testing facility in the United States.

Reed, who represents the 23rd district which includes the Greater Olean area, was accompanied on his tour of the facility on Johnson Street by Chris Napoleon, president and chief engineer at NES.

"Manufacturers are the ...