Where We Live: Hamburg
Hamburg Visitors from 38 states, Washington, D.C., and nine countries have searched for trilobites, brachiopods, corals and fossil fish and plant remains this year at the Penn Dixie Paleontological...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Southern Erie County
Southern Erie County Upstate Niagara Cooperative took top honors in five categories at this year’s New York State Fair in Syracuse. The company won Dairy Day Awards in a variety of categories at the...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Orchard Park
Orchard Park Orchard Park Town Board members are pushing for a swift completion to the water main replacement on Timberlake Drive. The street has had more than 25 water line breaks in 20 years, and...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Evans
Evans The Lake Shore Central School Board will hold a work session at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the District Office Conference Room at Lake Shore High School, 959 Beach Road, Angola.On the agenda:...
View ArticleWhere We Live: Lackawanna
Lackawanna The City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Council chambers in City Hall, 714 Ridge Road, with a work session followed by a regular voting meeting at 7 p.m.Also this week:• The...
View ArticleMarjorie and Robert Bratton celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bratton of East Aurora celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a party hosted by their children for family and friends. Mr. Bratton and Marjorie Siperek were married Aug....
View ArticleEllen and Kenneth Landes celebrate 60th wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Landes of Hamburg celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a gathering in their son’s home. Mr. Landes and Ellen Feairheller were married Aug. 21, 1953, in Immaculate...
View ArticleMary and Anton Culig celebrate 60th wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Culig of Hamburg celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a dinner at home. Mr. Culig and Mary B. Morog were married Aug. 29, 1953, in St. Mary Catholic Church, Welland, Ont....
View ArticleLinda and David Harm celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. David Harm of West Seneca celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a renewal of marriage vows and papal blessing in Fourteen Holy Helpers Catholic Church, West Seneca, followed by a...
View ArticleDrunk drivers keep area police busy
Police across the area charged motorists in West Seneca, Ripley and Clarence overnight for driving while intoxicated, including one who was charged with a violation of Leandra’s Law for having a minor...
View ArticleLost hikers rescued in Chestnut Ridge Park
Five lost hikers were rescued in Chestnut Ridge Park late Saturday after they became disoriented amid the park’s dense foliage and deep ravines, Orchard Park police reported.The two males and three...
View ArticleWest Seneca high schools to reabsorb alternative students
When classes resume in the West Seneca School District this week, students enrolled in the alternative education program will be back in a traditional high school setting.Sixteen years ago, saving...
View ArticleWest Seneca man charged with DWI after almost hitting trooper
A West Seneca man was arrested for driving drunk early Saturday after he swerved out of his lane and almost struck a state police car, New York State Police officials reported Monday. 42-year-old...
View ArticleLocal districts prepare to implement Common Core curriculum
Students returning to area classrooms this week will be greeted by smiling teachers and all the possibilities a new school year brings.They also will face what some are calling the biggest changes to...
View ArticlePlan for effluent storage site to be discussed by Wales, Marilla boards
Members of the Wales Town Board plan to attend a meeting with the Marilla Town Board and representatives of Quasar Energy Group at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Marilla Fire Company Recreation Hall, 1940 Two...
View ArticleEast Aurora's Elm Street enjoying a resurgence
Just beyond the striped awnings of Vidler’s 5&10, a shiny new sign points the way to the arty, organic, hipster district that has quietly grown in the leftover industrial places along the train...
View ArticleSchools set to implement Common Core curriculum
Students returning to area classrooms this week will be greeted by smiling teachers and all the possibilities a new school year brings.They also will face what some are calling the biggest changes to...
View ArticleEast Aurora's Elm Street enjoying a resurgence
Just beyond the striped awnings of Vidler’s 5&10, a shiny new sign points the way to the arty, organic, hipster district that has quietly grown in the leftover industrial places along the train...
View ArticleDisbarred lawyer gets prison for client thefts
They had been good buddies for decades. They’d gone fishing together in Buffalo and Florida. For about 20 years, Donald L. Miller had hosted Thomas J. Wojciechowski in his mobile home in Florida and...
View ArticleReed admits error in using campaign funds to pay Steuben County tax bill
WASHINGTON – Rep. Tom Reed accidentally paid a Steuben County tax bill out of campaign funds last year, but he insisted Tuesday that the mistake – which broke House ethics rules but which he quickly...
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