Senecas to launch Irving-to-Steamburg bus service
The Seneca Nation of Indians is starting a daily inter-territory bus service from Irving to Steamburg. Beginning Monday, buses will run Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. The bus route...
View ArticleRoy J. Fowler, former owner of Fowler’s Chocolates
Feb. 10, 1934 – July 19, 2013Roy Joseph Fowler, of West Seneca, former owner of Fowler’s Chocolates, died July 19 in Father Baker Manor, Orchard Park, after a long illness. He was 79. In 1963, after...
View ArticlePlea deal possible for Best in disposal of 5-year-old’s body
LOCKPORT – A plea bargain may be on tap for Tyler S. Best, the Buffalo man who led Niagara Falls police to the body of 5-year-old Isabella M. Tennant, and to her killer.In a brief Niagara County Court...
View ArticleWales may cut permit fee for large-hoofed animals to $100
The Wales Town Board is considering slashing the permit fee for large-hoofed animals from $300 to $100.The change was discussed at this week’s work session and will be voted on at the board’s Aug. 13...
View ArticleFrancis McLaughlin named veterans services director
Francis J. McLaughlin, a United States Air Force veteran and member of the Eden Town Board, has been named Erie County’s new director of veterans services, County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz...
View ArticleEducation-sports program given $10,000 grant
The First Niagara Foundation is giving a $10,000 grant to help Willie Hutch Jones Educational and Sports Programs provide character-building activities and instructional help at no charge for youth in...
View Article‘Billapalooza’ fundraiser is fitting tribute to a real music...
Bill Sheehan enjoys a lively gathering around music as much as anyone. Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Great Blue Heron – you name the festival, and the retired teacher is a big fan.So when friends began...
View ArticleRash of Legionnaire’s Disease cases baffles local health officials
An unexpected outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease in Erie and Niagara counties in the past two months has health officials searching for the cause, so far unsuccessfully.In Erie County, there were 38...
View ArticleNew marker placed at grave site of one of Aurora’s first white settlers
A new marker was placed at the grave site of one of the first white settlers of the Town of Aurora.Saturday’s 78th annual Adams-Tomlinson reunion at Hamlin Park in East Aurora included a stop at...
View ArticleCross country community unites to ‘Let David Compete’
Forces are in motion to keep David Gorczynski on the Orchard Park High School cross country team, and if good intentions combined with political influence have any clout, they just might...
View ArticleDetermined Higgins battles for get more funding for Roswell Park
WASHINGTON – Pushing back hard against any further state funding cuts to Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Rep. Brian Higgins is proposing just the opposite.The Buffalo Democrat in an interview last week...
View ArticlePolice ask for help in finding man who held up Hamburg store
Hamburg police are asking the public’s help in catching the man who robbed a local store on Friday.The man entered the store Friday afternoon and handed the clerk a note demanding cash. The store...
View ArticleWas casino deal really a ‘win-win-win’?
When Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Seneca Nation President Barry E. Snyder Sr. agreed in June to end their casino standoff, the governor described the agreement as a “win-win-win” – for the state, the...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Southern Erie County
Southern Erie County Eden Central School Board members last week appointed Jeffrey P. Cervoni principal of the Junior/Senior High School.Cervoni, who is assistant principal at Lake Shore Central High...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Orchard Park
Orchard Park The number of Orchard Park Central School District students earning advanced diplomas increased to 68 percent this year, according to Dennis Fitscher, assistant superintendent for...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Hamburg
Hamburg Hamburg Democrats have endorsed Ted Casey for highway superintendent.Casey, a lifelong resident of Hamburg, has a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s in safety...
View ArticleWhere We Live: West Seneca
West Seneca Magical guests and activities will be featured today as an “Enchanted Forest” is created at Burchfield Art & Nature, 2001 Union Road.The free family event, scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. –...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Lackawanna
Lackawanna The Lackawanna City Council has scheduled a special meeting for 8:15 p.m. Monday to consider amendments to the 2013-14 city budget it adopted earlier this month.The council made several...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Aurora/East Aurora
Aurora/East Aurora Next weekend, for the second year in a row, a kind of Dog Olympics will go on for two days at Knox Farm State Park.“It’s very entertaining, if you like dogs,” said Lynn Reece...
View ArticleErie County gets grant to improve emergency services, records
Erie County has received a $39,890 grant from the U.S. Homeland Security Administration to improve infrastructure in the county Department of Emergency Services and a $10,313 grant from the City of...
View Article