Where we live: West Seneca
West Seneca The town’s Emergency Operations Center debuts Tuesday in the Ebenezer Building at 900 Mill Road.A ribbon cutting and open house begins at 5:30 p.m.John Gullo, the town’s disaster...
View ArticleWhere we live: Southern Erie County
Southern Erie County Springville Elementary School will host a science, technology, engineering and mathematics camp in July. Camp Invention will offer hands-on practice in solving problems such as...
View ArticleWhere we live: Orchard Park
Orchard Park Erie County Emergency Services will set a fire and put it out as part of a firefighting demonstration at Chestnut Ridge Park from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. WednesdayFive volunteer fire...
View ArticleWhere we live: Lackawanna
Lackawanna The Lackawanna Festival will be here before you know it, and some children may not be able to attend Kid’s Day on June 28 because of financial constraints. For $18, you can sponsor one...
View ArticleEvans hit-run case renews debate over how much evidence is enough for Sedita
Here’s the conundrum facing Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III regarding the hit-and-run death of Barry “Bob” Moss: A prosecutor’s job is to see that justice is done. It’s not to...
View ArticleCamp Happiness expects more kids than ever
SOMERSET – Organizers said they expect a record number of campers this year at Camp Happiness, a one-week day camp experience for people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities, opening...
View ArticleTwo women arrested on DWI charges
Erie County Sheriff’s road patrols arrested two women for driving while intoxicated over the weekend.In Newstead at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Tuaylataisha Dejesuslozada, 25, of Buffalo, was charged with...
View ArticleVandal breaks sign at West Seneca bowling center
A bowling sign outside The Edge Bowling Center was tipped over and broken early Monday morning. A witness reported hearing a loud noise and walking outside to find the sign of the center, located at...
View ArticleDareus’ street-racing case postponed in Hamburg court
A Hamburg Town Court hearing that had been scheduled for Tuesday in the street-racing crash case against Buffalo Bills defensive lineman Marcell Dareus has been postponed until July 1, according to a...
View ArticleState leads successful weed pulling effort
More than 300 volunteers pulled 5,100 pounds of an invasive “garlic mustard” plant as part of a competitive nine-week effort to reduce the weeds at nature preserves.The Buffalo Audubon’s Beaver Meadow...
View ArticleAs the lunch line gets healthier, making ends meet in school cafeterias gets...
What really worries Susan Birmingham is the spaghetti. Not the PB&J. Not the grilled cheese. Not even the potato chips. Birmingham’s cafeterias in the Frontier Central School District already...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man admits stealing $215,000 from elderly aunt
A North Tonawanda man accused of stealing $215,121 from his elderly aunt’s bank account over a six-year period while she was living in a nursing home in Erie County pleaded guilty Monday to...
View ArticleOhio man arrested for trying to sell stolen handgun
A 26-year-old Ohio man was arrested for trying to sell a stolen 9mm loaded handgun at a Town of Hamburg motel late Thursday, and a friend of his was arrested for allegedly trying to interfere with...
View ArticleOrchard Park settles lawsuit with police
The town of Orchard Park agreed to spend $210,000 to settle a lawsuit from police officers that troubled board members with what seemed like a petty request to be paid for the time it takes to put on...
View ArticleLackawanna ‘summit’ brings deal on garbage fee
A compromise on a controversial new user tax for garbage pickup in the City of Lackawanna paved the way Monday night for Council approval of a $26,250,871 budget for 2014-2015.The compromise was...
View ArticleOrchard Park settles lawsuit with police
The Town of Orchard Park agreed to spend $210,000 to settle a lawsuit from police officers that troubled board members with what seemed like a petty request to be paid for the time it takes to put on...
View ArticleDavid R. Newcomb, former Buffalo Forge president
Dec. 14, 1923 – June 12, 2014David R. Newcomb, former president and chief executive officer of Buffalo Forge Co. and a well-known member of the local business and charitable communities, died Thursday...
View ArticleDesign sought for Rails to Trails
An architectural firm will soon begin preparing a design plan for a Rails to Trails project in the village of Springville. Village Board members authorized Mayor William Krebs to ask Joy Kuebler...
View ArticleNYCLU seeks information on cellphone tracking by sheriff
The New York Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a Freedom of Information Law request seeking information about how the Erie County Sheriff’s Office has been using cellphone tracking devices to...
View ArticleShhhhh! Quiet zone in Hamburg ahead
Gayle Ciraolo, of Hamburg, is looking forward to her telephone ringing and not having to run into the bathroom and close the door before she can hear the conversation.Members of Bible Fellowship...
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