Librarian being honored for 30 years of service
A community reception will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. today in the Hulbert Library of the Town of Concord for Annette M. Gernatt, who is retiring after 30 years of service.Gernatt joined the staff of...
View ArticleProject Homeless Connect to hold program next week
Dozens of agencies will offer services ranging from free haircuts to legal services at the fifth annual Project Homeless Connect event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Thursday in the Buffalo Niagara...
View ArticleDrug Treatment Court honors four graduates
DUNKIRK – Four people were honored Thursday for graduating from the Dunkirk Drug Treatment Court Program. The event was held in the City Court building, where many of the participants applauded the...
View ArticleStrict traffic enforcement vowed in school zones
DUNKIRK – Police Chief David Ortolano said his department will plan strict traffic enforcement in school zones throughout the city. He said the speed limit is 15 mph for all zones throughout the city...
View ArticleTwo men dead in Eden crash
Two area men are dead after their car struck a tree early this morning in Eden, police said.Jason Jewett, 31, of South Byron, and Steven Webb, 28, of Hamburg, were driving southbound on East Eden Road...
View ArticlePest proliferation: Experts blame moisture, warmer summer
You may have found carpenter ants munching through the timbers of your house.Or maybe you’ve been bitten by more mosquitoes than usual.Or, perhaps it was a huge, angry nest of yellow jackets in a...
View ArticleErie County off hook for most of October storm aid
Erie County may not have to repay more than $48 million in federal assistance awarded after the October 2006 snowstorm, if FEMA gets its way.Instead, FEMA said in a report released today, that the...
View ArticleErie County gets huge cut in payback to FEMA for disputed Oct. 2006 storm aid
After telling Erie County earlier this year that it would have to repay more than $48 million in disaster relief used for the cleanup from the October 2006 snowstorm, FEMA re-evaluated a recent audit...
View ArticleAnonymous mailer fans fires of Democratic primary
Tensions appear to be rising in two Erie County Legislature district races as the countdown to the Sept. 10 Democratic primary looms closer.At issue are two anonymous, mass mailings that were recently...
View ArticleErie, Pa., business awarded garbage, recycling totes pact
An Erie, Pa., company has been awarded the contract to supply the Town of West Seneca with garbage and recycling totes.Rehrig Pacific Co. was among six companies that bid on the job. It will cost more...
View Article$5,670 donation comes from wintertime fundraiser
A donation of $5,670 has been received by Camp Good Days & Special Times from the proceeds of Boarding for Breast Cancer, a wintertime event last February at Holiday Valley. The sponsors of the...
View ArticleDespite frenzy, many parents shopped early for school supplies
Kelly Tadusz has been to four stores looking for a see-through mesh bookbag.“I’ve never even heard of such a thing,” Tadusz said. “Have you?”Sheila Burr, of Williamsville, won’t be able to rest until...
View ArticleWhat a way to say so long to summer!
You can watch outdoor “ice” hockey in downtown Buffalo, in 80-degree weather. You can watch, or march in, the Labor Day parade. You can enter yodeling and sauerkraut-eating contests in Cheektowaga...
View ArticleFrontier board transfers money to help cushion expected deficit
The Frontier School Board is thinking ahead to buck fiscal woes it knows are coming, the same woes some other school districts will undoubtedly face.The board met in a special meeting late Thursday to...
View ArticleWorkshop to be held on avoiding mail fraud
The US Postal Inspection Service will hold a free workshop on avoiding mail fraud.“Protecting Yourself From Schemes & Mail Fraud” will be held at 7 p.m. on Sept. 11 at Concord Town Hall, 86...
View ArticleCrista Botticello’s fashion enterprise in the pink
Crista Botticello was voted the student with the “Most School Spirit” when she graduated from Iroquois High School in 2009. She would go on to study education at SUNY Buffalo State before she opened...
View ArticleSheriff’s primary race shapes up to be party battle
Neither Bert D. Dunn nor Richard E. Dobson ever even dipped their toes into politics over their long careers in law enforcement, but as candidates for Erie County sheriff in the Sept. 10 Democratic...
View ArticleMary and Carmen Sebastiani celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Sebastiani of Blasdell celebrated their 50th anniversary with a family dinner in Ilio DiPaolo’s Restaurant, Blasdell. Mr. Sebastiani and Mary Friedman were married Aug. 24, 1963,...
View ArticleWhere We Live: West Seneca
West Seneca There will be some new faces, and familiar names working in new places, this year in the West Seneca School District.Several probationary appointments were unanimously approved by the...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Aurora/East Aurora
Aurora/East Aurora The school year begins with new chances for young musicians in need of lessons and high school kids interested in getting college credit for vocational study in environmental...
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