East Aurora teacher on Common Core panel blasts process
An East Aurora teacher who serves on the governor’s Common Core advisory panel Tuesday blasted the panel’s recommendations and the process that was used to arrive at them.“If we’re going to address...
View ArticleSnow days means more school later for some distric
The wiggle room has run out of many local school calendars.Spring break has been cut short in some districts because of a series of cancellations for snow and wind chill this winter. Others will pare...
View ArticleSouthtowns residents carry on during storm
Ron Schauv was shoveling on Wednesday – again.It seems that’s all Schauv has been doing this winter.“Just a lot of shoveling,” Schauv said.The maintenance worker at the South Gate Plaza in West Seneca...
View ArticleSnow, so what’s new?
Hamburg Highway Superintendent Tom Best is never at a loss for words.“What do you want to know? It’s snowing out,” he said when contacted by a reporter. “This is no big deal. The news media is jumping...
View ArticleMain suspect pleads guilty in series of Southtowns burglaries
The main suspect in a burglary ring that was responsible for a series of daytime break-ins last year in the Southtowns was sentenced Monday to six years in prison after the victims told the judge they...
View ArticleBlizzard ends but frigid air continues
And, just like that, it was over.Buffalo Niagara absorbed a 12-hour sock in the face from a wild, second blizzard in three months Wednesday.By about 9 p.m., the storm was winding down, according to...
View ArticleRegion says ‘enough is enough’ after season’s second...
They don’t happen a lot. Once every few years, by most accounts.But not this winter. No, we’ve already had two and we’re still a week shy of spring.We’re talking blizzards, the kind that literally...
View ArticleWeather can’t keep blizzard veteran away from Hamburg restaurant
Dennis L. Pfaffenbach wasn’t about to let a little snow keep him from eating at ZJ’s Family Restaurant.“I come here all the time – blizzards, snow storms, sleet, hail, you come to ZJ’s . It’s the best...
View ArticleMarilla residents to fight sludge storage on their land
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has authorized a permit for a fertilizer storage tank on a farm in Marilla, where black, red and white skull and crossbones signs in opposition to...
View ArticleOrchard Park schools closing $2.2 million budget shortfall
The Orchard Park School Board faced sobering news this week when it learned that 14.5 full-time equivalent jobs would be cut and intramurals and some co-curricular clubs would face the budget ax in...
View ArticleBuffalo’s record snowfall to give way to roller coaster in temperatures
NEWS STAFF REPORTERThe record snowfall of Wednesday will give way to a roller coaster of temperatures over the next couple of days, with temperatures dropping to single digits, rising to the mid 40s...
View ArticleWest Seneca, Wheatfield reschedule youth hockey tryouts
Tryouts for the Squirt leagues of the West Seneca Youth Hockey Association, postponed because of the blizzard, will be held Saturday at the town rink.Squirt Major Tier II tryouts begin at 2 p.m....
View ArticleDelayed closure of Holland schools won’t cost a snow day
A decision to briefly open Holland Central School District on Wednesday morning despite a blizzard warning drew complaints from parents but won’t affect the district’s state-required instructional...
View ArticleBills fan’s court appearance postponed to April 10
A Buffalo Bills fan arrested after he fell from the top deck of Ralph Wilson Stadium into the stands below, injuring himself and another fan, will return to Orchard Park Town Court next month for...
View ArticleMan pulled from car in Eden ravine charged with DWI
A 39-year-old Hamburg man who was pulled from his car Wednesday night in a ravine off Route 62 just south of Webster Road in the Town of Eden was arraigned today on a charge of driving while...
View ArticleAMS moving forward on plans to hire 249
AMS Servicing plans to start relocating employees to a new location in Elma in mid-July, as it targets adding 249 jobs over the next five years.AMS, a residential mortgage servicer, is currently in...
View ArticleAs cold front nears, little relief in sight with spring only five days away
Winter’s numbers speak for themselves.One frozen lake. Two blizzards. Four straight months of below-average cold. Ten feet of snow.For winter-weary Buffalo Niagara residents, the magic number is five...
View ArticleWegmans donates $1.05 million to Explore & More Children’s Museum
The Explore & More Children’s Museum in East Aurora received two gifts from Wegmans on Thursday totaling $1.05 million for its capital campaign to build a facility at Canalside in downtown Buffalo...
View ArticleEducation commissioner rejects petition to remove Hamburg School Board members
State Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. has rejected a petition to remove two Hamburg Central School Board members.King determined that most of the issues raised by parent Daniel Chiacchia in...
View ArticleTeen charged in fight with 12-year-old in Evans
A teenager has been charged with beating up a 12-year-old boy in the Town of Evans.The fight happened at about 5:30 p.m. on March 9 on Commercial Street in the Village of Angola, said Lt. Peter...
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