Jean and Edward Brooks celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brooks of Springville celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. A Canary Islands cruise is planned with friends in October. Mr. Brooks and the former Jean Wood were married Aug....
View ArticleTowns reject Erie County’s 1% increase in offer for snowplowing...
Erie County upped its offer for towns plowing county roads, but the towns say that it still is not enough.“It’s not going over well with the highway superintendents or the supervisors,” Concord...
View ArticleEast Aurora School District to vote Oct. 8 on capital project plan
Residents in the East Aurora School District will vote on a $7.8 million capital project that will address facilities needs but also boost security at each of the district’s three...
View ArticleMaintenance, repairs will shut runways at night for 3 weeks
Maintenance and repair work will close down runways overnight for the next three weeks at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, starting today, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority reported....
View ArticleErie County medical examiner retiring
Dr. Dianne R. Vertes, Erie County’s chief medical examiner, is expected to retire today, county officials said.Dr. Tara Mahar will act as interim chief medical examiner while a search for a permanent...
View ArticleArea residents reflect on King’s dream
“I was living in New York City at the time and a friend said, ‘Want to go?’ I was for civil rights and so I got a free ride on the bus from New York City,” Valerie Neiderhoffer recalled late Wednesday...
View ArticleHolland-East Aurora school sports mergers may face problems
Although the East Aurora/Holland high school football merger appears to be a smooth venture so far, future mergers of other sports between the two districts may not happen as easily, Holland Athletic...
View ArticleMarilla sets hearing on farmland protection plan
A public hearing on the Town of Marilla’s agricultural and farmland protection plan will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 in the Community Center. Barbara Johnson of Stuart I. Brown Associates said the...
View ArticleRestaurant’s plan for pavilion is an Elma issue
The owners of the American Grill on Seneca Street in East Aurora want to construct a pavilion behind their restaurant that could be used for weddings and other catered events.The restaurant, owned by...
View ArticleVertes expected to retire as chief medical examiner
Dr. Dianne R. Vertes, Erie County’s chief medical examiner, is expected to retire today, county officials said.Dr. Tara Mahar will act as interim chief medical examiner while a search for a permanent...
View ArticleHealth commissioner stresses mammogram aid
Erie County’s health commissioner, Dr. Gale Burstein, has urged all women to have regular mammograms once they reach 50, regardless of whether they have health insurance, and urged women to take...
View ArticleState taps BNE to run its suite at ‘The Ralph’
ALBANY – The Cuomo administration is keeping its suite at Ralph Wilson Stadium, but it has turned over the suite’s management and tickets to a local business group.Months after coming under criticism...
View ArticleAlmost back to school
For kids, it would be the week before Christmas – or maybe the one in June right before school lets out.For their parents, though, the time is now.We’re talking about the longest week of the year....
View ArticleFormer Holland Middle School to become before- and after-school program
The Holland School Board voted 6-1 Monday to approve the request of a child care business to operate a before- and after-school program in the former Holland Middle School.Superintendent Cathy...
View ArticleSouth Dayton to mark 30th anniversary of “The Natural”
September marks the 30th anniversary of the filming of the movie “The Natural,” which starred Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close and Kim Basinger, and South Dayton is marking the event with...
View ArticleTwo more ex-Bernas clients reimbursed $300,427 by lawyers’ protective...
Two more former clients of now-imprisoned lawyer Kenneth P. Bernas have been awarded a total of $300,427 that he embezzled from them, according to the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection.The recent...
View ArticleHead Start program is feeling the pain of funding cuts
A key anti-poverty program from the civil rights era is feeling the strain from Congress’ sequestration battle.Head Start, an early childhood development program that serves more than 2,000 children...
View ArticleInternational agency seeks tougher rules to reduce algae in Lake Erie
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – The United States and Canada should crack down on sources of phosphorus runoff blamed for a rash of harmful algae blooms on Lake Erie, an advisory agency said Thursday. The...
View ArticleFamilies find themselves frazzled faced with back-to-school tasks
For kids, it would be the week before Christmas – or maybe the one in June right before school lets out.For their parents, though, the time is now.We’re talking about the longest week of the year....
View ArticleGarden Notes / News of area clubs and events
Willow Ridge Garden Club will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Zion United Church of Christ, Parker Boulevard and Koenig Circle, Town of Tonawanda. Arlene Leising will present fresh arrangements using fall...
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