Opinions split on school admissions processes
The Buffalo School District’s agreement to review and then revise or expand the admissions process and selection criteria for its criteria-based schools, including City Honors, is worrying many...
View ArticleMarilla Town Board approves press box payment
The Marilla Town Board voted unanimously to approve paying the town’s share for a new press box at Creek Road Park in Elma – a facility used for football and other sports by an athletic organization...
View ArticleEvents for people with disabilities
As part of its Person First Forum series, the Museum of disABILITY History, a project of People Inc. will host U.S. paralympic athlete Adam Page from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the museum, 3826 Main St.,...
View ArticleGolisano-Congel joint bid for Bills off, sources say
Preliminary conversations between Syracuse developer Scott Congel and B. Thomas Golisano over a potential partnership to buy the Buffalo Bills are dead, according to two sources plugged into...
View ArticleWhere we live: Southern Erie County
Southern Erie County The annual family picnic at Eden Library, 2901 Church St., will be held Wednesday.Erie County Legislature Chairman John J. Mills, R-Orchard Park, is hosting a hot dog roast...
View ArticleWhere we live: Orchard Park
Orchard Park Slowing development on Powers Road will be the subject when the Orchard Park Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee meets Monday.The session begins at 7 p.m. Monday in the first...
View ArticleWhere we live: West Seneca
West Seneca A public forum on the town’s 2014 Comprehensive Plan update will be held Tuesday.The event, sponsored by the town and the West Seneca Chamber of Commerce, is scheduled for 7 to 9 p.m. in...
View ArticleWhere we live: Aurora/East Aurora
Aurora/East Aurora The Hubbard Film Society will present “Gloria,” a Chilean movie about a divorcee’s quest for romance, this afternoon in the Parkdale Auditorium, 141 Girard Ave.The screening begins...
View ArticleWhere we live: Hamburg
Hamburg Burger Fest takes place from noon to 11:30 p.m. Saturday along Main and Buffalo streets and in the municipal parking lot. The one-day festival offers food, live music, a classic car show, and...
View ArticleWhere we live: Erie County
Erie County Erie County Sheriff’s Office patrols have been beefed up at county parks to ensure public safety during the summer. The office’s Mounted Division, all-terrain vehicle and marine units are...
View ArticleWhere we live: Elma/Marilla/Wales
Elma/Marilla/Wales Plans for a cluster subdivision straddling the Elma/Lancaster town line is on the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting of the Elma Planning Board.The proposal, by Ryan Homes, involves...
View ArticleWhere we live: Lackawanna
Lackawanna Lamb by the pound and sarma dinners will be the featured food at Our Lady of Bistrica’s Croatian Church Lawn Fete next weekend.Elvis impersonator Terry Buchwald will perform from 7 to 11...
View ArticleJoint Golisano-Congel bid for Bills is off, sources say
Preliminary conversations between Syracuse developer Scott Congel and B. Thomas Golisano over a potential partnership to buy the Buffalo Bills are dead, according to two sources plugged into...
View Article'Steel Sun' seeks home at Bethlehem site
A vast wasteland from a past generation’s steelmaking would be transformed into a high-tech energy producer under a plan to install 13,000 solar panels on brownfields at the former Bethlehem Steel...
View ArticleSpringville man charged with having sex with a minor
A Springville man has been arrested on charges of felony rape after allegedly having sex with a minor.Brian Dunningan, 41, was arrested July 8 for injuring a child younger than 17 years old. Dunningan...
View ArticleState may oppose methadone clinic
A clinic that would dispense drugs to heroin addicts planned for a residential neighborhood on the Lower West Side has faced opposition from Erie County, and now the state may follow suit. The state...
View ArticleTwo men arrested on aggravated DWI charges at Alden checkpoint
Two men were charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated Saturday night during a state police sobriety road check in the Village of Alden.Ian E. Hahn, 26, of Alden and Robert B. Germann, 48, of...
View ArticleThree minors arrested in Springville car break-ins, theft of gun
Three minors were arrested last Tuesday in connection with recent car break-ins in the Village of Springville and attempted sales of a stolen handgun, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office said.Detectives...
View ArticleWall Street rating agency sustains Erie County’s ‘A’...
A Wall Street rating agency Monday declined to upgrade Erie County’s credit rating beyond its current “A” status, prompting renewed calls by the county comptroller and the Legislature’s GOP-aligned...
View ArticleHamburg looking for more quiet zones
Now that Hamburg has two quiet zone railroad crossings, it is looking to add a couple more, and one councilman suggested residents start lobbying Erie County.Two of the proposed sites are on roads...
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