Expert says Hoskins’ horses weren’t suffering
A world-renowned farrier testified in the Beth Lynne Hoskins animal cruelty trial Thursday that the condition of her horses’ hooves would not have caused pain or suffering, based on the photographs...
View ArticlePig on the loose in West Seneca? It’s ‘Coco Chanel’
Nobody knows where “Coco Chanel” came from, but the pig snared in a residential neighborhood by West Seneca police now is making herself at home at the SPCA Serving Erie County in the Town of...
View ArticleOrchard Park police, school officials investigating Twitter posts
Orchard Park police and school officials, along with the Erie County District Attorney’s Office, are investigating what were described as “inappropriate messages” about the school district on social...
View ArticleMarilla Town Board plans to buy house for use by the Historical Society
The Marilla Town Board is taking steps toward buying a house at 1739 West Ave. for use by the Historical Society and the vacant lot next door for additional parking.The property is behind Town Hall on...
View ArticleDr. Carlos e. Villarini, longtime Southtowns pediatrician
May 11, 1930 – May 18, 2013Dr. Carlos E. Villarini, a pediatrician in the Southtowns for 37 years, died last Saturday at his home in Fox Run, Orchard Park, after a long illness. He was 83.Born in...
View ArticleVeterans offer lessons in history at West Seneca East High School
It was an opportunity for them to talk about their military service, but the stories told by veterans to students at West Seneca East High School on Friday also touched on American history and...
View ArticleSale of Hamburg Walmart building called legitimate
The owner of the company buying the old Walmart building on McKinley Parkway in Hamburg says he acquired the building through a legitimate business deal, and not because town leaders changed the...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Aurora/East Aurora
The Aurora Historical Museum’s new home in the Southside Municipal Center will be dedicated during an open house Thursday featuring exhibits about Fisher Price toys, World War I Red Cross efforts and...
View ArticleWhere we live: Southern Erie County
The Boston Planning Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Town Hall, 8500 Boston State Road.Also this week:• Grievance Day for challenging assessments in Eden will be conducted from 6 p.m. to 10...
View ArticleEast Aurora boy receives kidney from school aide
Two years ago, when Roy Jaworski was a fourth-grader at Parkdale Elementary School in East Aurora, he spent a lot of time in the school’s health office, where he struck up a close friendship with aide...
View ArticleWhere we live: West Seneca
West Seneca as a field trip destination for schoolgirls from the Bronx?It happened Wednesday, as Professional Women in Construction, in conjunction with Kemper System America, led a group of teenage...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Hamburg
Village of Blasdell residents will see changes in their recycling and garbage collection.Starting June 3, the waste and recycling day will move from Monday to Thursday. The village also will change to...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Orchard Park
An Orchard Park Central high School student placed in the Top 10 in testing during the DECA International Career Development Conference and competition recently in Anaheim, Calif.Sydney Wawrzyniak...
View ArticleWashington spotlight is on WNY veteran
The eyes of the nation will be on James Van Splunder today as he lays a wreath at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.Van Splunder, a member of the Merchant Marine during World War...
View ArticleBicyclist, back from injury, thanks responders
Dan Humiston smiled Sunday as he finished his 50-mile bike ride through Southern Erie County.It went a lot smoother than a year ago, when he was coming down a hill on Trevett Road in Concord, hit a...
View ArticleSpringville feed mill burns
Four fire companies responded to a fire that broke out at the Gramco feed mill Sunday afternoon in Springville.The fire broke out around 2 p.m. at the mill, located at 299 Waverly St., according to a...
View ArticleNew focus on freshmen and life skills sets Lake Shore apart
It’s 8:05 on a weekday morning, and the students in a sunny room in Lake Shore High School look a little sleep-fogged.Some sort through backpacks. A few stare into space.This is their first class of...
View ArticleIn ad, super PAC sets its sights on Grisanti
ALBANY – A super PAC co-founded by Jonathan Soros has targeted State Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-Buffalo, with a round of radio advertisements as it seeks to build support for a taxpayer-funded...
View ArticleNew academic building planned for ECC North Campus
Erie Community College will construct a $30 million academic building on its North Campus in Amherst, college and county officials announced this morning.The decision comes after controversy about...
View ArticleHoskins wants animal-cruelty case dropped, citing ‘intimate...
The Beth Lynne Hoskins animal-cruelty trial has taken a tawdry turn with the horsewoman asking the judge to throw out the case, contending that a prosecutor had been romantically involved with an SPCA...
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